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Permalink Reply by wascher on December 27, 2013 at 7:26am

Very cool, and glad Hobby Lobby was able to give you some great tips :)

-w

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Permalink Reply by Rich on December 27, 2013 at 7:47am

Hobby Lobby is great for do it yourself framing.  Nice selections for low prices.

Again, be careful with their own custom framing though.  I've brought in a few items, and the result has generally looked good.  But I had the photo in one replaced (James Stewart forgery) by a local family owned framing shop.  When they took out the matte, they found the Stewart photo had been pretty lazily taped to it by whoever the HL framer was. 

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on December 27, 2013 at 9:08am

Sweet

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on January 3, 2014 at 2:14pm

I took your advice Ryan,  got 4 frames with matting today,  I went a little more on the frames for the one Mantle but the other frames were less than 10 bucks a piece.  Everything was 50% off.  Here are some pics. 

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Permalink Reply by Null on January 3, 2014 at 2:29pm

Wow looks great I LOVE that Mick 8x10 that has his card and the ball. That right there proves he knew EXACTLY where to sign to make a photo beautiful. Did you double matte Whitey? or did photo frame come with that matte?

And yeah, usually they always have 40-50% off one regular priced item, so there were times where I would stop by there after work each day and snag one frame, instead of buying 3-4 at once and only getting the 50% off of one... LOL. If you have a smartphone, you can get the coupons from their website and they can scan them right off your phone. 

I finished my Blink framing the other day. I took their advice and bought a 22x28" frame... I then purchased a 22x28 matte that I had a 18x24" hole cut into. (Hobby Lobby a custom matte was 12 bucks and they do it in 5 minutes... Michaels said it would be $55 and took a week to order.. WOW!). So I got this matte made, and when I got home I realized my poster fit right inside the "window" of the matte and wasn't lifted off the glass at all... FAIL. 

So I decided to go back and get a pink 22x28" matte with a 17x23" hole cut into it. This worked great, however since I "double matted" I could not close the clamps on the backside... FAIL.

Thus, I decided to just use the pink custom matte which was 22x28 with a 17x23" hole. NOTE TO SELF: don't get the matte the EXACT SIZE as the photo/poster or it will just fit perfectly into the "hole" and not be lifted from the glass at all!

Here is the result, I'm happy with it for now:

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on January 3, 2014 at 4:25pm

Sweet I have a Steven Jackson poster to someday get signed.  I will have to frame it prolly the same way.  Thanks man.  I did is all my self and saved a bunch of money. 

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on January 3, 2014 at 4:26pm

The Whitey is Double Matted.  Yes.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on January 3, 2014 at 4:27pm

That looks great Ryan.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on January 3, 2014 at 4:49pm

I have placed many of my 8x10 autographed photos into Ultra PRO Platinum Hologram Pages.  Should I not have done this?  They fit very nicely into an Avery Heavy-Duty View Binder purchased at Staples.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on January 3, 2014 at 4:59pm

I think those are okay.  They don't have any PVC in them, as most hard plastic toploaders do (those can damage autographs and age photos).

I saw the recommendation in another thread to only use mylar sleeves for items signed in paint pen.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on January 3, 2014 at 5:03pm

Thanks Rich.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on January 3, 2014 at 4:55pm

Ryan, do you remember when you were a kid and your teacher told you to try to answer a multiple choice question before you looked at the choices provided?  Before I looked at your choices I already knew the answer to your question.  Bring your poster to Michaels Arts and Crafts and have it framed professionally.

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