How do you frame a picture? The first step in your picture framing journey would be to choose a piece of art or a photo to frame that holds some sort of value to you. This is important because you will be living with your framed work for a while. Once you’ve selected what it is that you intend to…
Vince Lombardi said, “Individual commitment to a group effort: that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work and a civilization work.” His words have great meaning and hold very true in almost any aspect of work and life. If you have a group of people working individually, not communicating, but working towards accomplishing the same…
“Fantastic actually, thanks for asking…How’s your week coming along?” “I’m doing well & how about yourself?” “Just trying to keep it together, and you?” Delivery. Delivery. Delivery. The foundation for any agreement, albeit personal or business, is rooted in the relationship. Successful relationships are built with good communication, lots of understanding and no false pretenses. Therefore, being in…
On Tuesday, October 31st Frame USA once again hosted it’s annual Halloween party! The party features festive food, snacks and drinks and there is a pumpkin decorating (we’ll call it decorating instead of carving because some pumpkins were painted) contest as well as a costume contest. The origins of carving pumpkins at Halloween began in Ireland in the 19th century. Originally…
“St Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded in 1962. St. Jude’s is a pediatric treatment and research facility that is focused on children’s catastrophic diseases. The hospital costs around $2.4 million a day to run and there is no cost to be treated. Since St Jude was established, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is the most common type of…
“Breast cancer starts when cells in the breast begin to grow out of control. These cells usually form a tumor that can often be seen on an x-ray or felt as a lump. The tumor is malignant (cancer) if the cells can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to distant areas of the body. Breast cancer occurs almost entirely in…
Everything in life happens for a reason. It was a sad day when I learned that I wouldn’t be able to attend college and use my scholarship at Miami University. I had worked so hard to finally get to this point and within a 30 minute phone call with my student loan lenders everything came crashing down. I was lost.…
Recently, production has been putting a lot of emphasis on cross training employees. Employees are no longer trained just for one job or one line. Now many employees are being trained and gaining the flexibility to perform multiple duties. For example, someone working on the saw might also be trained to fill or shrink-wrap. Now, a filler might be trained…
What was September 11th? On September 11th, 2001 the USA suffered one of most devastating attacks we have ever faced. On this day 16 years ago there was a series of four attacks planned and executed by the terrorist group al-Qaeda which killed 2,997 people, injured over 6,000 and caused an excess of $10 billion in damage! On the morning…
If you’re in the Cincinnati area you’ll be happy to know that it’s that time again! Frame USA is having its annual tent sale. Our September tent sale has always been about saving hundreds in art, wall decor and framing. Now, while we are also the type to hold off to get the best possible savings, waiting until Sunday does limit…
Most of you know that Frame USA has a sister site called Art & Canvas, which specializes in a wide variety of posters included but not limited to: Art Posters Animal Posters Educational Posters Humor Posters TV & Movie Posters Scenic Posters Sports Posters We wanted to refresh your memory and introduce you to some of the newest posters we have…
It was my Mother-in-Law that started it all! She decided to move away from Michigan over 8 years ago, and began planting a seed in my head that I would do well in Cincinnati. She kept telling me, “I really think you should move dear”. I told her, I’m good here in Michigan. One day, it hit me like a…
