Archive for January, 2010
Material ConneXion honors new materials
Friday, January 15th, 2010Friendly Plastic addicts worldwide – New Artist Feature Antonia Rozsa
Friday, January 15th, 2010First let me introduce myself, my name is Antonia Rozsa and I am from Hungary.
Have been interested in crafts for ages, I started with the salt dough, then came glass painting, decoupage and card making and then one day while I was browsing You Tube, I came across FP TV and fell in love with the material.
We can't get this " em planned!<>
I always try the things You and the others on the blog made, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Of course I do have my own ideas too!
At the moment I would like to try out Pellets, but they are super expensive to have them from England and I am not a millionaire.
I would like to ask you to take a look at my creations, please remember I am a beginner!My web page with all the work I have done so far is: http://
www.szorgos-stuci.gportal.huI admire your work and every morning the first thing I do is to check out your newsletter.Thank you for reading my letter.
Best wishes,
Antonia
Thank you Antonia for sharing your talent and to think you do that all with a hairdryer is amazing.
The variety of heating methods makes this one of the most versatile mediums ever!
I would highly recommend that you check out more of Antonia's work along with all the different heating methods available. Unfortunately, since these are in a slide show I am unable to download or place them in the blog....but you won't be disappointed.
If you do not have access to a heat tool or griddle, the hot water method and oven method are wonderful and provide excellent alternatives - and to be quite honest they are among my favorites to use.
Antonia's website is written in hungarian - however if you look on the left side bar you will find a link to her Friendly Plastic work.
Yeah!! Another new addict joins us ....fortunately there is an available therapy...MORE FRIENDLY PLASTIC!
Who else wants to join the addiction?
Totally Haute Handbags by Jana Ewy
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Iowa grocers encourage bag recycling
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010It’s good to be Friendly….by SueC
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Had good fun yesterday trying out the friendly plastic for classes later this week and next.
The atc on the left is the new one I made and the one on the right is the one you have seen before.
Thought this looked like some exotic flower...
...but then again it could be Christmas trees....
These are Inga's pieces...
Sue's work is a mix of her favorite proucts to use and we are glad she chose Friendly Plastic as one of them. Check out more of Sues work on her blog at: http://desiretoinspire-suec.blogspot.com
Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.
Simply Stamped Friendly Plastic
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
One of the most frequently asked questions I have received is "is Friendly Plastic easy to use?" and the answer is...YES YES YES!
Let me give you a little personal side of me........personally.......
The past couple of weeks, I've been recovering from a major surgery.....everything went very very well...and Im feeling very well. It's amazing that in this day and age, major surgery can be performed in a day and you're back at home in your own bed by the evening. The problem with this kind of technology is that I felt TOO good...and I still feel "TOO" good, but I have to take it easy. My body isn't that good and is healing.
So that limits what I can do. I can however sit at a table and create. Mariah and I spent countless hours at the kitchen table creating a variety of things and one thing that hit me like a ton of bricks was "SIMPLE". We took simple images and created amazing contemporary greeting cards.
So what does this have to do with Friendly Plastic? It's "SIMPLE"... sometimes we get all caught up in the embellishments and how many techniques we can pile into one project that we forget "simple", "quick", "easy"...... This piece of jewelry is "simple" - simply a piece of Friendly Plastic heated, stamped, cooled, cut and then a little bit of Rub N' Buff on the highlights. A little bit of patina, some filagree and your done! Simple, easy and quick - you can have this pendant made in 30 minutes. How's that for a last minute gift or accessory.....
So remember the word of the day.....SIMPLE!....
I bet you'll create something "simply" amazing! SHOW ME!!!
Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.
One Senator paying attention to plastics
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010ESPN jokes about plastic
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010More bidders for Dow’s Styron?
Monday, January 11th, 2010Friendly Plastic Worms??? You gotta see this!!!
Monday, January 11th, 2010Today's feature is Artist Cathy Frank. She says that after the holidays she always rewards herself with a little creative time. Several pieces of Friendly Plastic, resembling worms layed awaiting discovery on her workspace.
Cathy took advantage that"What IF??" moment and created these beautiful pendants that she calls "doodle pins"
You all never cease to amaze me!!!! These are beautiful and inspiring!!! Thanks Cathy!
