If you follow our Paper.li news feed, we try to share some great advice in the art and framing community throughout the week. One article that stood out to use was and article called “Framing Artwork”, a robust and long-winded article on art becoming more than the act of creating art, but also involving labor and democracy, that art makes…
Next week, we’ll be traveling to Las Vegas for the next installment of the West Coast Art and Frame show in 2014. We’ll be joined by some of the biggest names in the industry (Larson Juhl, Tru-View, Pictureframes.com, etc.) as well as hundreds of small business owners, custom framers and artists. We’re excited for this opportunity to interact with others…
The holidays can be a real headache for those of us who are not very good with gifts. Of course, being a picture frame company, we often hear of plenty of customers raving about how they love to give our frames as gifts for their loved ones. The holidays are a great time for memories, and giving a framed photo…
We’ve received some great feedback on our Small Business Saturday Initiative, and we’re more than excited for the opportunity to promote these wonderful Etsy artists and small businesses! If you have yet to make your holiday purchases, consider these wonderful artists and craftsmen for your holiday shopping. Remember, shopping small and buying local helps our local and overall US economy!…
Etsy Artists and Craftsmen are Welcomed to Help Promote Small Business Saturday with Frame USA Saturday, November 30th is small business Saturday. While Frame USA is a pretty small business with about 70 employees, a good chunk of our customers are artists and crafty creators that also sell online or in a shop of their town. At Frame USA, we…
HGTV Uses Frame USA Picture Frames in HGTV Magazine’s DIY Feature If you haven’t seen the recent post by Molly Mesnick (Bachelor ’13 winner), you may have missed the exciting DIY projects that our customers have been doing! (Don’t worry, you can find her blog post right here!) Along with the cool projects Molly mentioned, we also had a customer…
Artists who think that art frames itself (or customers will) may face some harsh reality. For many artists, it’s no foreign concept to make that final brushstroke against the canvas and feel an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. All that hard work and your masterpiece is even better than you expected. If you’ve painted or drawn on stretched canvas, your work is…
Cincinnati Artists: Keith Allen As many of you know, the Frame USA and Posterservice Inc. retail store has just undergone an extensive renovation. To celebrate the Grand Reopening on November 1st, 2013 Frame USA will be doing a special giveaway event for the first 500 customers to visit the store. Those customers will receive a FREE 36”x24” poster of the…
Is he a genius or a jerk? Earlier his month we highlighted Banksy’s trip to New York in October. Since then there has been much written about notorious artist. From the Mayor calling for his arrest to travelers visiting New York just to tour his art, most people have something to say. All through the month, New Yorkers have been…
Frame USA Cincinnati Retail Store Re-Opens Back in September, we closed our doors to remodel our Frame USA retail store located in Cincinnati, Ohio. While there was nothing particularly wrong with the store, it was a bit too large for what we were trying to accomplish. Demands change, artists change, and framing changes. Likewise, we thought it was time for…
This past weekend several tourists and New Yorkers found themselves with an opportunity to own an original painting from renowned street artist – Banksy. On Saturday, October 12, infamous U.K. street artist Banksy setup a booth in New York’s Central Park. The booth and the opportunity to pick up an original Banksy piece was not announced, nor is it expected…
Last month we did a short feature on Artworks Cincinnati and their plans to add an artistic touch to 12 of METRO’s Downtown bus shelters. Today we just want to take a moment to update folks on how this is going and post some new images… From Facebook: Metro shelters featuring art created by youth apprentices ages 14 – 21 were…
