Photograph Framing

May 18, 2012 2:02 PM

I want to frame a 8x10 photograph, but I want to find a really cool place/website to either buy a cool and different picture frame or figure out how to do it myself. Any suggestions?
posted by Mikon6 to Shopping (7 answers total)

Can you give an example of "cool"? So we can better direct you?
posted by saradarlin at 2:40 PM on May 18, 2012

Best answer: Buy frames cheap at Goodwill, decoupage or paint them. I bought a nifty frame on sale at Marshalls and plan to paint it to match the photo better. Exposures is a catalog for frames. Michael's crafts sells frame components for work that needs a non-standard frame size. If you check out any photo magazine, there will be ads for frames and custom-cut stock frames. My faves are the ones from Goodwill that I can tart up.
posted by theora55 at 2:57 PM on May 18, 2012 [2 favorites]

Best answer: My mother was a professional picture framer for years, but she's recently taken to sandwiching a picture between two pieces of glass (or non-glare acrylic) and fastening it shut with a black binder clip (this kind) in each upper corner. The metal handles for the clips can be used to hang the picture from a nail or screw or pushpin, or thread fishing line through it. It sounds cheesy, but it's actually very attractive in a stark, mid-century modern sort of way.
posted by lekvar at 3:08 PM on May 18, 2012

Best answer: This blog post has some great advice on framing. My favorite are these (very simple and not expensive).
posted by biscuits at 4:10 PM on May 18, 2012

Best answer: The last time I was at a Michaels, I couldn't help but notice that there were two isles of 8x10 frames.
posted by oceanjesse at 9:51 AM on May 19, 2012

Response by poster: Wow, thanks for the answers and links. SaraDarlin, 'cool' I guess, modern, less expensive, and more DIY type format.
posted by Mikon6 at 8:08 AM on May 21, 2012

Response by poster: Thanks everyone for your answers. It really has helped me figure out what I wanted to do to get some pictures framed.
posted by Mikon6 at 1:21 PM on June 18, 2012