As it is the start of a new year I am trying to tick a few things off a list that has been around for ages…
I sure you have one too….these are lists of things that you need or must have done, but they all depend on funding…. they need £’s or $’s to make them happen!….
Such as my pile of prints, paintings and tapestries. They all need framing in order to protect and display them.
BUT:
Have you noticed how very expensive it is to get anything framed by a framer these days?
Soooooooo expensive, I was horrified.
Hence my enquiry at the local framers, and the list alterations. (see no.3.)
I simply am not prepared to pay those prices.
Talented other half to the rescue yet Again…and yes I did ask very politely.
He measured everything I needed framing, listened very patiently to what I wanted, made a list of colours and then disappeared for a few hours….
He came back later with my first request, a pair of wooden open frames that I could stretch my ‘kitschy’ oil canvas over….
and one for my vintage tapestry an ‘alpine scene’ (which by the way I did not sew, it was a thrifty find from last year.)
Now it is my turn…I have located my trusty staple gun. Time for me to do it myself I think?
A bit of stretching and pulling is needed….
but the end result is worth it…
…now to find the perfect spot to display them….
On the ‘Alpine’ themed picture shelf I think…(toh made that picture shelf its from an off cut of mahogany..a beautiful coloured wood)
What do you think? Money well saved I think!
My Toh meanwhile is painting and altering old frames to fit new prints and old posters….more pics to follow..
Bestest
