DIY Picture Frames by Kids ” If you’re like me and a super busy mom, sometimes DIY projects with your kids sound like even more work! Enter easy photo frame crafts with DIY frames via our Decorate It Series by Frame USA. We spent last weekend decorating frames for my husband for Father’s Day. We put on our smocks, pulled…
While we may be out of the office we are still doing everything that we can to help those in need with our monthly charitable giving program. This month we’re taking our very successful Fill The Truck charity initiative and partnering with Council on Aging to create Fill The Truck for Seniors. For every order placed on frameusa.com during the…
We will say it once, and we will say it again. All our frames are 100% made in America! Since the very beginning, we have pride ourselves on creating high quality products, but also that they are all completely American made. What does “Made in America” really mean? At Frame USA, we make sure that we source our materials locally.…
The possibilities are endless when it comes to what you can do with a Shadowbox. We’ve highlighted everything from the traditional to the unique on the blog. If the dates on the blog posts we’ve linked are any indication, shadowboxes were and still are a popular choice when it comes to picture frame design. We’ve given you the ideas on…
One of the things that go hand in hand with picture frames is mat board. A custom mat adds another level of style to your artwork. This is one of the reasons we launched Matdesigners.com. We wanted there to be a place where customers could order both high-quality picture frames as well as custom photo frame matting to go along…
10th Annual FillTheTruck.Org Charity Initiative Results During the month of December we take on a charity of initiative called FillTheTruck.org. In 2010, Dan Regenold, CEO of Frame USA, started this initiative. Every year since it has continued to get bigger and bigger. For more information on the history of this initiative check out our recent blog post here. This past…
Every month Frame USA partners with a different local or national charity. We give to each charity through donating time, money, exposure, and resources. For every order placed on frameusa.com $0.75 is donated to the charity of the month. The August 2019 charity is Melanoma Know More. In August of 2010, the world lost a wonderful young man named, Andy…
Tips for Wedding Photography and Framing I grew up believing there are a few important stages in life: graduating from college, finding your first “big kid job”, getting married, and then all the fun stuff that follows marriage. So when those steps fell into place perfectly in my life, I was over the moon! Right after getting my first big kid…
Matting Artwork When looking at a piece of art, matting can really brighten or enhance the image. People often ask if you should mat a picture based on the image itself or based on the room it will hang in. It’s actually a little of both. You don’t want to have a mat, frame, and picture totally clash with the…
Hello fellow framers! As we all know, summer is quickly coming to a close. And with that, comes all the fall things (HAPPY DANCE!). This season we’re introducing a brand new series to the Frame USA collection called “Timber”. Our new series Timber Barnwood is a great way to spruce up that She Shed, or dust off those old time,…
Does your image need dry mounting? What is dry mounting and does your image need it? The process of dry mounting adheres your image to foam core using a heat press. Sometimes when art is printed, the paper will have slight imperfections. The process isn’t reversible, but it will remove any bends, smileys, creases, or curls that may be…
The Frame USA Print on Demand team is always hard at work. Every week we get tons of orders for art prints that we process, print, and frame. We’re able to complete about 300 images in a day! We currently have about 28,000 images from artists that we license and sell through Amazon. Our Print on Demand team goes through…