A Brief Tour of Window Mats and Their Openings. In this blog we will try to shed some light on Window Mats
and Their Openings, with a particular focus to their external and internal sizing. A window mat ( Customers often call them edges, cardboards, surrounds, masks, etc ) or a window mount, as our English brethren would call one is that white or coloured cardboard that framers often put around images and inside picture frames. Broadly speaking, window mats are placed over and around images for several ...
Stretcher frames versus strainer frames what’s the difference?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:Stretcher frames and strainer frames are often used by artists, painters and embroiders. These frames are the wooden framework which hold and support the canvases artists paint or create. Embroiders sometimes
also use these frames for their embroideries since these can provide the durable tensions needed for sewing and pinning. That said, the greatest difference in Strainer Frames Versus Stretcher Frames is the cost. You can buy online a 50x75 cms (20”x30”) stretched, primed ready-to-paint, canvas stapled to a strainer ..
In praise of white picture frames
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:It wasn’t really that long ago that white picture frames were thought of, insipid, bland and without character. Older
picture framers clearly remember the times when white picture frames were only for special occasions, special persons or special places. Only the occasional Customer would only come in asking for frames in this colour. We would be told that the frames were for a wedding, and of course the bride would be wearing white. Or for baby or little girl’s room, since white invariably brings innocence and purity to mind. Or that there would be a special event with that white ...
Of spam, junk, ham, phishing and unsafe websites
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:We think we can all agree on this: while spam or junk emails are bad, phishing emails are far worse. What’s the
difference between the two you might ask? Succinctly, the former just fills up your inbox with spam, unwanted, or junk mail. The latter can empty your bank account, compromise your financial status, credit rating and even steal your identity, in extreme cases. Our website PictureFrame.com.au is safe, trusted reputable and with a long-established online presence. As it features an Online Store ...
How should I pack and send photo frames or picture frames?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:This may seem a fairly simple task, but it’s actually a little complicated to pack and send picture frames and photo frames the right way. A first consideration is the size of the picture, photo frame or picture frame to be shipped. It
will be fairly obvious that a small, 4”x6” photo frame will be a lot easier to pack and ship than, for instance, A1 framed poster. Another way of putting it is that, the bigger the picture frame, the more work you’ll have to do. A second one may well be, who will ship or courier the parcel for you. You will need to keep in mind that many Couriers will not accept parcels containing picture frames, photo frames ...
How to hang and keep your picture frames straight and level
Posted on Category: Frame Care & MaintenanceBy:Looking at the image here, who hasn’t ever asked him or herself, how to hang picture frames straight and level in their homes or office? It would be fairly safe to say: no one, because just about everyone we know of
has had to deal with this issue at one time or another. It has to be one of life’s great small annoyances, especially when or if you're having visitors at home. Why this happens has to to with physics. The natural elements, everyday events and happenings can transmit, impart or exert unseen, but real, forces. A gust of wind via a doorway left open will most likely be string enough to move a photo frame on a wall. A ...
A word about picture framing testamurs
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:A testamur is often also called an award certificate, a university graduation certificate or diploma.
It is awarded to students, on their successful completion of a higher, or tertiary education course, in Australia this is often a, a four year, undergraduate degree course. Testamurs are often signed by a University’s Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor. These valuable documents are often a prima facie evidence of tertiary qualifications and hence this post about a word about picture framing testamurs. Nowadays undergraduates ...
Double your picture framing dollars with matted picture frames
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:
We have noticed that many of our picture framing Customers are thrifty, frugal and quite astute. Now, you too can double your picture framing dollars with matted picture frames when coming
to our factory to buy our photo frames and picture frames and save money. Our customers seem to want more bang for their bucks, more picture frames for what they want to spend. This is why we would like to divulge a relatively unknown, and somewhat underused, shopping strategy , and one way to do this is to buy our matted frames ; instead of ...
Why you should not cheaply frame your own football jumper
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:We thought we should write this post "Why you should not cheaply frame your own football jumper" because of the regular inquiries we receive from customers and s
porting fans wanting to Do-Your-Own, football jumpers, soccer tops, cricket shirts framing, using cheap, ready-made, picture frames. Typically they tell us that they have a family football jumper they want quickly framed for a fast approaching birthday or looming event. Often they just don’t only want the jumper framed, they also want photos, tickets, scarves or what have you, combined and all framed together. They further explain that as their budget is a ...
How to cheaply stretch and frame your own counted cross stitch
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:It has been our experience, and in particular during these last 20 years or so of custom picture framing, that
Customers seem to be wanting to spend less and less for any kind of custom picture framing, hence this post "How to cheaply stretch and frame your own counted cross stitch" . We are finding that most people baulk at even moderate custom picture framing prices, wanting to spend as little as possible on custom picture frames, even less than what they used to, years ago. Why this is so is beyond the scope of this ...


