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Friendly Plastic featured on Cool2Craft Monday October 25

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Join Linda Peterson on Monday October 25th at 12 noon Eastern time - (11am central and 5pm in the UK) to learn how to create a dichroic effect in Friendly Plastic using some materials she brought back from England!!! Such a fun technique inspired by Liz Welch.

See you then!!!

To see the show live visit linqto.com/rooms/cool2craft about 30 minutes and take part in the pre-show chat.

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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A Friendly tease…………..Friendly Plastic TV and Friendly Plastic visits Knottingham

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Im in the final stages of editing the next in the series of Friendly Plastic videos and I've shot the opening on location in London, which I think you will enjoy.

But for now, I am on my way to the English Midlands to go visit a couple of very dear friends, Gill and Liz.

Liz has been featured many times on the blog for her amazing work in Friendly Plastic and helping spread the word throughout England and the world. I will be visitin Liz's home and studio tomorrow. So stay tuned....even I don't know what we will create!

For now here's a sneak peak at what's coming up on FPTV. Make faux jade using Friendly Plastic Pellets!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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Friendly Plastic goes on the road to the Creative Connection Event

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

It was a great honor to be representing Amaco and Friendly Plastic this weekend at The Creative Connection event held in Minneapolis, MN. Here's a little night time view from the 18th floor of the Hyatt Hotel seated in downtown Minneapolis.

Somehow you just know it is going to be an awesome day when you're greeted at the breakfast table by creative "new" friends and a a delicious yogurt parfait.

The event was host to 400 creative women from indie etsy artists, mommy bloggers, publishers, designers, TV show producers and so on representing 46 states and Canada. These women were just "itchin" to absorb all they could to take their businesses and their dreams to the next level and let me tell you...the talent in the HandMade Marketplace was beyond my wildest dreams.

I used this opportunity to connect and meet as many new creative friends as possible and of course to spread the word of just how awesome Friendly Plastic is. Those who had heard of Friendly Plastic were so excited that this "retro" product is on a comeback mission and those who didn't....okay the way "younger" crowd....we're excited to hear about a medium they had never heard of before.

They had lots of opportunity to create with Friendly Plastic at the special Pajama Party Event which we held LIVE from the hotel. Over a hundred attended this event.

My table is excited and ready to go!!! Look at all those happy faces!

Once they learned how you can cut and stack and melt and heat and bond and marble and wrap Friendly Plastic....you couldn't pull them away!

One gal got so carried away...she made 4 pieces in about a half an hour...and she was still sitting there making more. She just kept saying.."I LOVE THIS STUFF....I LOVE THIS STUFF!"

Everyone left the event with huge smiles on their faces and a goodie bag full of Amaco products to take home with them....now the next challenge....

How in the world to get it all home?!?!?!!?!?

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.
Friendly Plastic can be purchased at CrafTECH University's craftE-store

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Friendly Plastic at The Creative Connection Event

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

The countdown is HERE!!! Im so excited to be here representing Amaco and Friendly Plastic to an amazing group of 400 women attending The Creative Connection Event.

Over the next day or two paneled discussions and classes will be held to help creative women take their business to the next level.

Cool2Craft will be broadcasting a special airing of the Pajama Party live via the web tomorrow night beginning at 7:30 pm central. Join Tiffany Windsor and myself as we bring you the coolest crafts - and yes that includes FRIENDLY PLASTIC! and much much more.

I've just arrived to the event, but Tiffany tells me that this is beyond her wildest imagination!! I can't wait to dive in tomorrow.

I'll be signing copies of my latest book - Beading in No Time from 3pm to 4pm...so if you are attending this event, drop by and say hello! I'd love to meet you!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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New Friendly Plastic TV Episode – ArtEmboss and Friendly Plastic Geometric Earrngs

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

As many of you know...Im deep in the middle of writing my next book on Metal Work jewelry. But, I just can't seem to keep my hands out of the Friendly Plastic!
In this episode I combine ArtEmboss Light brass with Friendly Plastic designer sticks in the Swirl Pattern to create a pair of very trendy geometric earrings. They even SPIN!!! How fun is that?

If you are new to Friendly Plastic and what to give it a whirl, CrafTECH University offers classes to get you acquainted with this wonderful exciting medium. Take one of our online LIVE and interactive classes or choose one of our on-demand classes. It's your choice and it's creating on YOUR schedule not mine.

Join Tiffany Windsor of Cool2Craft and myself at the Creative Connection Event on September 17th. We'll be broadcasting from the event live and bring you live Friendly Plastic demo's as well as other fabulous demonstrations from the industries hottest Designers and manufacturers....so set your calendars...

Okay ya'lll....get off the computer and go make some Friendly Plastic Jewelry!!!!!!!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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Friendly Plastic TV presents – Stamped Tube Beads with Linda Peterson

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The next in the series of Friendly Plastic TV dedicated to rubber stampers! Get out those stamps, ink and alcohol ink to create some quick easy and beautiful beads.

Then share photos with me and I'll feature you on this blog!

Join me on Monday - Noon eastern, 11am central as Friendly Plastic will be featured on my segment on Cool2Craft!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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Cool2Craft Live archived show on YouTube

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

In case you missed the March 1 Cool2Craft episode and the kick off to National Craft Month, Tiffany Windsor has graciously taped my segment and made it available for all of you!

Another FP live demo is scheduled for this Monday April 5th on Cool2Craft. See Fracture N Fusion!

See you then! oh....and tell your Friends!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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Final Days of National Craft Month – get your entries in!

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Just a couple more days to "officially" celebrate National Craft Month....but I say why stop there...let's celebrate crafting every day!

A great big thank you and shout out to one of our loyal readers Molly Fischer who submitted these earrings!! Fantastic job Molly. I especially love the danglies! (that's my kind of thing!)

All you have to do is email me a photo of something ....anything you've created using Friendly Plastic and I'll enter you in the contest to win a gift pack of FP! Get the entries in!

Just a quick note of what's coming up:

April 4th - Favecrafts Radio. An interview featuring the debut of my new book "Beading in No Time"
www.blogtalkradio.com/favecrafts

April 6th - Cool2Craft Live. A live demonstration of Fracture and Fusion in FP. Giving away an autographed copy of my new book - CHAT LIVE WITH ME!!

April 19 - Cool2Craft Live - Bling Bling wire wrapped rings CHAT LIVE WITH ME!!

Check the websites for your local times. If you are unable to make the live show - all shows are archived for your viewing/listening convenience.

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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Simple Photography Tips for Friendly Plastic

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

By now, you've probably been reading our daily posts and have created a mountain of Friendly Plastic projects - Right???? I sure hope so!! Now it's time to share them with the rest of the world. But how do you photograph them so that they will stand out in the photo?

Here are a few of my favorite tips if you are just beginning:

Select a camera that will do nice close up (macro) shots. This is very important.
Hold the camera steady - if you can't, consider using a tripod and the timer button on the camera
Use a simple background. A light grey, black or light blue works well. As an option you could use a pretty piece of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper with a gentle pattern. Stay away from pure white as this tends to confuse the camera and sends the white balance in a tizzy.
Use natural lighting if at all possible. Shoot by a window, but not in direct sunlight. You can also take your project outside and choose a nice shady spot. This helps avoid shadows. Lighting is so important - so give attention to this particular tip!
For nice detail shoot the photo in as high of resolution that your camera will allow. Mine is 8mp. The higher the megapixel the more detail in your photo when enlarged.
Here's an important one.....if emailing your photo to your Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook or to me to share, please resize the photo down to an "email version". Most photo editing programs will allow you to resize these photos to send quickly over the internet. If you are using Photoshop, simply click on FILE then SAVE FOR THE WEB and this will do the trick!!

The photo below is a good example of simple photography.

I photographed this on a patterned piece of scrapbook paper. While the paper has a light pattern to it, it doesn't detract from the Friendly Plastic pendant.

You can see that the patterned background that I used above would not be a good choice for displaying a variety of beads, such as these beads created by Liz Welch. She effectively used a lighter grey background to highlight each and every bead.

This is an example of a close up photo. Liz used a black background to make the individual bead stand out. The photo is clear. Just a word of caution, be careful using black backgrounds, since they could come off as greys, blues or purples.

Have fun with the photography and stay tuned tomorrow as I give some more advanced tips!

Email me your photos!!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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National Craft Month Tips on Jewelry Making!

Friday, March 12th, 2010

I've posted on Facebook a call out for your favorite jewelry making tips....or ...just a creative tip in general. I love all the response I've been receiving. (remember to leave your tip on the blog via a comment or on Facebook and I'll enter you into a drawing to be given away next Friday!)

Here are of some of my favorites:

Cindy C. "When making jewelry for yourself, have something in mind that your going to wear it with. That way you can match or with medias like friendly plastic, polymer clay, etc you can create colors that will coordinate with your outfit. It will give you a great custom look"

Carol C: "Taking apart something I bought at a charity shop and combining it with my stash to make something new especially using chain maille. There are some wonderful weaves to try."

Melody B: "I like making various wire pieces up and then come back to them to put them together at a later date. Things always look different from a fresh perspective!"

Amy K: "Beading gives you the flexibility to work to your hearts content, and improvise as you go without losing valuable stock if you mess up :)"

These are all GREAT tips ladies! Thanks so much for sharing! Leave your tip too and win a prize!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

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