I love to create desktop themes and I used to submit them to several of the desktop theme websites. But I don't like the fact those websites bundle the desktop themes with spyware so I am offering my themes for download here. My desktop themes are free for download and there is no spyware or anything like that. All I ask is that you download these themes for your own personal use only and that you do not distribute them or put them up on your website for download without getting my permission first. All of my desktop themes (except Daffy) have been created on a computer that uses Windows ME but they will also work with Windows XP (you have to switch to 'Windows classic style'). Please feel free to email me at owlwatcher_974@lycos.com with questions or comments on any of these themes. I also will consider doing desktop themes by request.
Cartoons
- - CatDog ... This is the first theme that I made that created the cursors and icons for. I was especially proud of my 'walking catdog' cursor because it was my first animated cursor. The picture that I used for the wallpaper came from CatDog's 1st Fansite. All the sounds and the other pictures I used for creating the icons and cursors were downloaded from various sources.
- - Courage The Cowardly Dog ... Courage The Cowardly Dog is another one of my favorite cartoons. Nearly all of the images and sounds used in this theme were made from screen captures and audio clips that I got from various Courage episodes. Some of the images that are used in the cursors were downloaded from various sources and two of the icons were modified from windows icons. This is a fairly large zip file (over 3mb) because of the windows open and windows close themes. I didn't want to change the sound quality so I left the wav files the way they were. This theme has wallpaper for both 800x600 and 1024x768 screen resolutions.
- - Daffy Duck theme ... I made this desktop theme for my mom on her birthday in 1998. It was only the second desktop them I made so it was done before I knew anything about how to make my own wallpaper, cursors or sounds. The wallpaper, sounds and cursors were downloaded from different places but I can't remember where I got them from so I cannot give credit to the creators. The color and sound scemes are mine. I haven't used this theme on my computer in a while but I believe that there are some extra sounds and icons in the zip file that were are not used in the theme. I kept these in the zip file so I could customize the theme if I used it on my computer. One other note ..the original opening sound to this them had my voice at the end saying, "Happy Birthday Mom!" ... I wanted to keep this in the zip file but I have lost the original windows open sound.
- - Invader Zim Invader Zim is one of my favorite cartoons so I had to make an Invader Zim desktop theme. All the cursors and icons were made by me. Most of the pictures used in the creation of this theme were downloaded from various sources. The sounds were downloaded from various sources and modified as needed. This is the first theme that I spent a lot of time editing some of the sounds to get exactly what wanted instead of just using what I could find. I especially like the windows exit sound.
- - Spongebob Squarepants I thought this would be a fun desktop theme to do. All the icons and cursors were created by me. The pictures I used for the wallpaper, icons, and cursors were downloaded from various sources along with the sounds.
- - The Wild Thornberrys I made this theme because there were no other Wild Thornberrys themes at the time. The main cursor that I created for this them has been lost so the theme uses the windows default cursor. The other cursors (help ahd animated wait working cursors) were created by me from pictures that I downloaded. All picutres and sounds used in this theme were downloaded from various sources.
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Holiday
- - Charlie Brown Christmas ... I made this theme in 1999 to try to get myself into the Christmas spirit. This theme was made while I was still dependant upon finding cursors and icons created by other people so these things were downloaded from various places on the web along with the picture I used for the wallpaper. I can't remember where I got any of these things so I cannot give credit. Also, this is the only place where this desktop theme can be downloaded. The desktop theme sites were I submitted this theme are not allowed to offer anything with any of the Charlie Brown characters for download.
- - Mickey's Christmas ... I made this theme a couple of years ago for a friend of mine. I have not used the theme since I created it so I don't remember if I made any of the icons or cursors. I believe I downloaded everything I used for this theme, including the sounds and the picture I used for the wallpaper, from various sources. It's been so long ago that I cannot remember where everything came from so it is impossible for me to give proper credit.
- - The Little Drummer Boy ... I think I made this theme around the same time I created the Mickey's Christmas theme. I wanted to do a different sort of Christmas theme and I've never seen a Little Drummer Boy theme. I was still pretty much dependent on finding icons and cursors so I searched those things out from various sources. Some of the sounds for this theme came from a cd of different sound effects. I downloaded at least one of the sounds from somewhere on the web but I can't remember where. I took me quite a while to find the picture used I for the wallpaper which, if I remember right, the website I took it from said that the picture was originally a Christas card.
- - Valentine ... I made this theme because I recieved a lot of great valentine images from the list I am on and I got inspired.
The wallpaper, cursors, and icons were created by me using images that were either created or 'cut out' by some very talented people who send their work to the list. The sounds for this theme come from the song, 'Love is Love' by Culture Club.
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Music
-- Black Eyed PeasThis theme was made by request. I'm not a fan of Black Eyed Peas so I did the best I could with my limited knowledge of the band. The wallpaper, icons, and cursors were all made by me with the exception of the main cursor which is a modified windows cursor. Most of the sounds were taken from the song, "Where is the Love?" although there are one or two "More Windows" sounds used as well as one sound taken from a different Black Eyed Peas song that I don't know the name of.
- - Kraftwerk 2000 Kraftwerk is my all time favorite band which is why I made this theme. This is the first theme that I actually created the wallpaper for instead of just searching for and resizing a picture. One of the pictures used for the wallpaper was downloaded from a Kraftwerk fansite while the other picture is a screen capture from the Music Non-Stop video. This theme also features one of my favorite animated cursors - my animated robot cursor. It took a while to get the animation right and, it may not be perfect, but I like it. The one thing I think I could improve on this theme is the sound scheme since there are only three different sounds. Some of the pictures used in this them were downloaded from various sources and some are screen captures from videos. The sounds for this theme are from the Kraftwerk song, "Music Non-Stop".
- - CatDog ... This is the first theme that I made that created the cursors and icons for. I was especially proud of my 'walking catdog' cursor because it was my first animated cursor. The picture that I used for the wallpaper came from CatDog's 1st Fansite. All the sounds and the other pictures I used for creating the icons and cursors were downloaded from various sources.
- - Courage The Cowardly Dog ... Courage The Cowardly Dog is another one of my favorite cartoons. Nearly all of the images and sounds used in this theme were made from screen captures and audio clips that I got from various Courage episodes. Some of the images that are used in the cursors were downloaded from various sources and two of the icons were modified from windows icons. This is a fairly large zip file (over 3mb) because of the windows open and windows close themes. I didn't want to change the sound quality so I left the wav files the way they were. This theme has wallpaper for both 800x600 and 1024x768 screen resolutions.
- - Daffy Duck theme ... I made this desktop theme for my mom on her birthday in 1998. It was only the second desktop them I made so it was done before I knew anything about how to make my own wallpaper, cursors or sounds. The wallpaper, sounds and cursors were downloaded from different places but I can't remember where I got them from so I cannot give credit to the creators. The color and sound scemes are mine. I haven't used this theme on my computer in a while but I believe that there are some extra sounds and icons in the zip file that were are not used in the theme. I kept these in the zip file so I could customize the theme if I used it on my computer. One other note ..the original opening sound to this them had my voice at the end saying, "Happy Birthday Mom!" ... I wanted to keep this in the zip file but I have lost the original windows open sound. 
- - Invader Zim Invader Zim is one of my favorite cartoons so I had to make an Invader Zim desktop theme. All the cursors and icons were made by me. Most of the pictures used in the creation of this theme were downloaded from various sources. The sounds were downloaded from various sources and modified as needed. This is the first theme that I spent a lot of time editing some of the sounds to get exactly what wanted instead of just using what I could find. I especially like the windows exit sound.
- - Spongebob Squarepants I thought this would be a fun desktop theme to do. All the icons and cursors were created by me. The pictures I used for the wallpaper, icons, and cursors were downloaded from various sources along with the sounds. 
- - The Wild Thornberrys I made this theme because there were no other Wild Thornberrys themes at the time. The main cursor that I created for this them has been lost so the theme uses the windows default cursor. The other cursors (help ahd animated wait working cursors) were created by me from pictures that I downloaded. All picutres and sounds used in this theme were downloaded from various sources. 
- - Charlie Brown Christmas
- - Mickey's Christmas
- - The Little Drummer Boy
- - Valentine
-- Black Eyed Peas
- - Kraftwerk 2000