Archive for the ‘Beginner’s Friendly Plastic How-to Video’ Category

A 5 Min FP Quickie Video by Jen Lowe – Working with Pellets

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Well...Jen beat me to it!...getting her video up before I taped mine for the month...but actually this is perfect timing because I will be showing how to use Friendly Plastic Pellets in molds.

However, before my video goes live, check out this Quickie Video by Jen Lowe Designs. Great basic information on working with pellets. Then on Saturday, I'll take this a step further with a video on using the colored pellets in molds....so....lots to look forward to...

okay.....Lights...camera....(buttered popcorn).....ACTION!!!

Exactly what is a “Snapper” anyway????

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
I think our creative minds must be fried to pieces but none the less, Tina (aka Tineesha) was inspired to dig out all her friendly plastic literally from the 80's and bring it on over to Jen's house...Unfortunately, most of these were "snappers" and boy did we have fun with that...
Jen got out her video and began to tape....(and of course you know that I had to nick this off her blog) --if you look real close..Jana is in the background and I am laughing hysterically....
Again...who knew friendly plastic could make your abs sore from laughing so hard?
Read on:
This is the first in a series of videos that will be 5 minutes of less and hopefully help you understand the little things about Friendly Plastic that will help you have more fun than anything with this fantastic product!!!

Now please understand - 5 minutes or less, NOT professional, in fact, today, we were all in our jammies and sweats and we played and just had the best time ever. But I think you will see - it's ok to have fun and still show you the difference between what's a good piece of Friendly Plastic....and a piece that's been around since the 80s.



Our heartfelt thanks to our good friend Tina H who played the role of Tineesha! We'll have to see if she won't come back and help us out again in the near future!!!

Mixed Media Inspiration by Liz Welch

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
I was perusing the internet this morning for Friendly Plastic. It's so wonderful to see this medium gaining popularity and expanding. For example, just a few months ago - a search for FP on etsy.com would have given you a few choices and now...theres several artists featuring their friendly plastic work! This is exciting.

Have you had a chance to listen to the podcast about our upcoming design challenge? If not, be sure to hop on over to www.blogtalkradio.com/friendly-plastic and listen to our September 2nd show. It's full of information on how you can participate in the Open Design Challenge and win some great prizes .....and some $$$ too!

Among the four categories - we have a Mixed Media OPEN and I thought you might enjoy a little bit of inspiration from the Friendly Plastic Queen herself... Liz Welch. Liz is very proficient in mixing friendly plastic with a host of other mediums for stunning effects. Among her accomplishments are numerous awards for her work with textiles and Friendly Plastic.




This is only a small sampling of inspiration from Liz. I invite you to jump on over to her page: www.lizwelch.me.uk and see more of her fantastic work with Friendly Plastic and mixed media.

If you are new to the Friendly Plastic world - Liz has a couple of wonderful DVD instructional videos available on her website: www.rarebird.ltd.uk

I personally have a copy and I would highly recommend it to jumpstart your Friendly Plastic fun!

So have fun...create...design.....and ENTER!