It's only a little while ago that we started noticing ourselves saying " Yes! We stock the big size frames!"  more and more often to our Customers' calls, and so,  here's this post!  Now, we've always stocked " big sizes" frames, for years, actually, but how come we're being asked this  more frequently?  Our theory is that is due mainly to two, important, factors.  The first is that there are less and less of these variety stores and discount shops around.  Many have simply stopped trading and closed down because their small business proprietors can't make enough money to pay expensive rents and high taxes, let alone  paying themselves even a basic wage. The first factor is the easiest to ... 

About a year or so ago we began experiencing a renewed interest and higher sales in our lovely wooden shadow box frames, and it wasn't until we started chatting with Customers that we learned that our increased sales were due to the new, local trend, and subsequent demand for,  Entomology Shadow Boxes!  And what are these exactly, you might say?  Well, frames for bugs, or to display insects, invertebrates and even small creatures.  It seems that this new craze is all about Customers wanting to buy 3-dimensional frames inside which are mounted spiders, scorpions ...

We get so many calls and inquiries about A0 picture, or poster, frames that we thought it it only fair to elucidate on the subject matter for the benefit  of Customers, visitors and readers.   An approach as good as any to  explain this subject might be:  'Who, What, Where, When and Why',  to wit,  the 'Five Ws' mnemonic verse which assists writers in fully and properly detailing,  describing or explaining an event, happening. or story.  Incidentally, the Five Ws aren't a modern invention.  It would seem that it was  an ancient Greek rhetorician, Hermagoras of Temnos, of around about 2,000 years ago who invented this popular aide-memoire. 

Frames styles come and go every decade or so.  We have seen so many over the years, from the ornate to the glossy aluminium, from the gaudy, ornate  gold to the plain white, and many more. Yet there is something incredibly functionally simple and elegant about clip frames. The design has stayed remarkably consistent over the years, perhaps because it is so uncomplicated and basic.  It has no visible wood or metal edge or border and consists of a backing board and a pane of glass with the artwork sandwiched in between, all held together by clips. 

We decided to write this post after an interesting conversation with one of our Customers who had come to buy one of our AFL Football display Cases.  The lady, before buying our football case, insisted on inspecting it thoroughly, to make sure that it was constructed according to our advertised description. We were happy to oblige,  opened a case and showed her one which was indeed manufactured as detailed, and that is, as two-tiered, high-gloss, with removable, black, acrylic base with rubber feet to protect resting surfaces.  The Customer was satisfied by her inspection, then asked us, would we accept 'trade-ins'. Piqued by this unusual query, we asked to her to elaborate.  Well then, it seems that not all ball display cases are created equal ... 

Indeed, February has come around, again. This is the month when the Australian Government Public Service Graduate Program starts once more, as it has, for decades. It is needed because, truly, the public sector is a huge, employee-hungry, employer.  The Federal Government alone  has 14 official Government Departments in Australia.  In alphabetical order these are,  Attorney-General's Department,  Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Department of Defence, Department of Education Skills and Employment,  Department of Finance,  Department of  Foreign ...