Pull at Mom's heart strings

Give mom her favorite memories and yours too - a new giclee by Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott. Sure to pull at Mom's heart strings!

$300. archivally framed in brilliant color at 14" x 27"

p.s. A great mate to Mom's day with Little Jeremy

10 framing ideas for Valentine's Day

Here are our ideas that are sure to please and give you lasting pleasure:

1. Kid's art - Moms, Dads and Grandparents love this

2. Old family photos

3. Sports jersey or t-shirt, team photo or action shot

4. Shadow box a treasure - i.e. pocket watch, baby rattle, ribbons, awards, pins and metals, booties...you get it!

5. Frame a favorite quotation, poem, song lyric - we’ll typeset for you

6. Diploma, honor, award, news clipping

7. Frame a map of your vacation spot or a favorite place

8. Pet photo - good grief, how could you go wrong?

9. Select an original one-of-a-kind brush and ink drawing by Jim Borgman - if you frame it, we’ll have Jim personalize the mat for your receiver

10. Purchase a personalized gift certificate - spend exactly what you want and treat your receiver to a shopping spree

Last week I got a call from a customer asking about framing and arranging old family photos. This is a great topic and one that I get asked often. Here are a few things to keep in mind when creating a display.

• Variety the spice of a really interesting display, different shapes, sizes, and a mix of vertical and horizontal.
• Mat colors should be within the tones of your photos, let them be individual to each photo so that each one looks its best individually. The width of the mat should be balanced with the molding , some wide, some narrow
  
• Frames should be selected individually too, consider using a variety of widths of moulding.
• Oval frames, and oval mats in rectangular frames are a great addition to your arrangement.
• Consider putting some photos together in the same frame, creating a dramatic horizontal or vertical shape.
• Add a shadowboxed keepsake or a document
  
• Put all your frames pieces on the floor in front of your wall and move them around like puzzle pieces to find your most pleasing configuration.

• Start hanging from the center of the wall out to the sides, leaving a ragged edge will allow you to build on to your arrangement
• A family wall is something everyone enjoys, pull out those photos in the drawer and display them where you share them, that's what it's all about.