Mixed Media Jewelry Project of the Month's ready!

The Mixed Media Jewelry project for February is finished and ready for download to all the members of the jewelry pom blog.

This month's focus was on Red Hot Luv Beads. Believe me these beads - this technique .....is sooooo addicting. I'm hoping you get the "What If" syndrome and share some of your creative experiments with me.

POLYMER POMS ONLINE - NOT ENUF HUGS

I call this one Not Enuf Hugs! There's a little story behind that which I've shared on the POM BLOG!

For all you members, simply log onto the POM Blog to download your project (on the right side bar) and get some inside tips as to possible variations. Also send your comments, pictures and questions to me so that I can answer them.

For you non-members....see what your missing????? It's simple and easy to join - simply click here for more information and then sign up using the link on the side bar. There's also a free sample project there too! The POMs are retroactive- meaning everyone will begin January 09 and get all this years projects. It just seems to be the easiest less time consuming way to go.

Jewelry POMS will be up later today......

WELCOME! FRIENDLY PLASTIC IS BACK!

Welcome! Friendly Plastic is BACK! It's trendy, it's HOT and it ROCKS!

This medium, once popular in the 80's and 90's is not your "momma's Friendly Plastic anymore!". We've updated the style and even thrown in a few new techniques here and there.
We intend to give this medium the recognition it deserves and appeal to all audiences!

Primarily my focus will be in working with the pellets. With my polymer clay background, I am finding ways to tweek polymer techniques to work with the Friendly Plastic. My style is organic, nostalgic, funky and chunky....and there are times when I like to throw in a bit of whimsey to.
If you want to check out my 'personal' Art Buzz...click here.

My co-author, Jana Ewy is a renowned Friendly Plastic designer and has been working with this medium for 20 years. Her work is nothing short of amazing and stunning. But I'll leave her to introduce herself to you. She has a blog and an Etsy store as well.

Please introduce yourself to us! Leave us a comment. Share with us what you'd like to see as far as products, new colors.... Tell us what you like, what you don't like. That way we can keep creating the products you want most.

If you have an FP link...email it to me.

We'll be blasting magazines, internet sites and creating videos for you to view - we'll give you more details when they are available.

Thanks again! and thanks for being a part of re-discovering this wonderful - retro-trendy medium again!

Busy Busy as a designer should be..... After CHA

I blink and it's like a week has gone by.....wait a second...a week HAS gone by! Seriously I had intended to blog sooner and catch you all up! Oh my goodness, has life happened!





Coming home from CHA made my brain swell...literally...my mind wont shut off. I think I have the "What IF?!?!?!" syndrome....what if I do this...what if I do that? IF IF IF.....IF only I had enough time in the day to play with all my "IF's!"





I arrived home late Thursday night to ice and snow. I sure didnt want to leave the 80 degree weather in sunny Califoria. CHA was a little different this year, I was seriously busy and dead tired after each day of the show and Im sorry to say, I have very few pictures. But I do have blog links of others who have shared what they saw at CHA...so I'll list them at the end of this post.





As for things that I did see and liked....(thanks to Jana for cluing me in...) Amate Studio's (thats AH Mah Tay....) has some awesome jewelry blanks. Perfect for Papercrafting jewelry, Polymer clay and Friendly Plastic (my new favorite addiction! - like I need another!). The girls at Vintaj also had some great vintage jewelry findings. Katie Hacker at Beadalon dropped by to bring me their newest catalog full of yummy licious findings, chains, cords...you name it. I use Beadalon in just about all my jewelry designs.





There was also a company there making fused glass jewelry in the microwave...yep...the microwave. And...I intended on going by to see it happen in greater detail...but I didnt...when I had the energy, I didnt have the time and vise versa......





My in-laws arrived on Friday, that meant the house had to get cleaned...so no chance to create that day....Saturday we visited .....and Sunday.....I couldn't take it any longer...so just before we left for the superbowl party at my parents house, I got out the electric skillet and swirled some Friendly Plastic. Oh..it was so much fun to add color...and embossing powders and all different kinds of "What if's"...so much fun that I sat watching the superbowl, thinking I wished I had brought my friendly plastic with me! How sad is that?





Monday, I spent the day exploring several WHAT IF's with friendly plastic pellets. It's some amazing stuff.... .and the nice thing about it is....it's instant....you heat..make and dunk and you have it. Im amazed at the stone effects that I can create...and later this week...(after the POMS are finished) I intend on perfecting and discovering new techniques....

So now...here's a few bloggers who attended CHA:

Mill Lane Studio - she has some great stuff on there

Katie Hacker - Bead Queen Extraordinaire

Crafty Pod - promoting the Indie Arts

Enjoy those links........ For all you POM members, POMS will be out tomorrow!