Lots of Framing Work

I did framing work on 5 pieces today. Two of them are re-works because I decided to put glass in them. In order to do this, I had to rip them off of the mat board around which I had wrapped the pieces and then glued the overlap to the back. It was a delicate operation to separate them from the mat board, iron on interfacing and then cut to fit the frame. I feel much better now that they have protective glass in front of them.

This one will go back to work in a few months, after the remodeling is complete (that’s a whole other post):

This one goes back to Terry, after I removed it from his work cubicle more then a year ago (I think). It, too, will probably go back to work after the remodeling (Terry and I sit in the same building):

Next, I framed this piece (Sue Hillis’ Wine a Bit) that I stitched last August:

So, it now looks like this:

The wine bottle charm is so thick that I couldn’t use glass. It is mounted on acid-free self-adhesive board.

While digging through my pile of finished pieces waiting to be finish-finished, I found this piece (Just Nan’s Crystal Heart) that I stitched last May:

I just happened to have a frame laying around for a 5 x 5″ piece and it didn’t look too bad, so it now looks like this:

I used spacers to allow for the charm used in the center of the piece.

While in Walt Disney World last month, we bought a bunch of artwork that needed to be framed. Yesterday, I went to Michaels and picked up frames for Wine a Bit and this Tinker Bell postcard:

I also had two large posters custom framed. They will be ready in about 2 weeks and I can show them off then.

When I was at Michaels last week (yes, I’ve been there a few times recently), I picked up a frame for this Tinker Bell sketch and immediately popped it in when I got home:

I love this piece because it is a sketch actually done by a Disney artist, not a print or poster. I have a limited edition Tinker Bell print that is already matted that will also need a custom frame, once I pick up the posters. I also need to pick up two more frames for 5 x 5″ stitched pieces, if I can find them. I need one in brown and one in white. If I can’t find anything premade at Michaels, I’ll take them into Lise at The Strawberry Sampler to be framed at some point. Maybe during the next framing sale, but I’ll have to save up for it, because I have at least one other piece (and hopefully at least one more finish by then) that I’ll want to have framed.

I’m going to press Terry into service tonight or sometime soon to get some of these pieces hung up, including the two pieces that I had framed by Lise during May’s framing sale. I haven’t taken photos of either of these yet, so I’ll take and post some once they are hung.

One more thing to show, while I’m at it. I made this beaded bookmark today, as well:

It will be one of a series of bookmarks that I am going to make for my father-in-law’s wife, Nan. She likes to read and has one lone, well-used paper bookmark to her name, so when we were up there in August, she asked if I would stitch her a bookmark. Of course, you know me, I couldn’t make her just one. I decided to make bookmarks using all sorts of crafting techniques. So, she’ll get this beaded one, two stamped paper ones, a stamped leather one and at least one stitched one.

I can’t believe that I didn’t crawl out of bed until 11 AM today and still managed to get all of that framing, plus the bookmark, done by around 3 PM. I’ve also done a lot of cleaning since Friday. I’ve generated 5 or 6 bags of garbage already and 2 bags of donations (mostly clothes) that we dropped off at Goodwill yesterday. I think I might bake a cake tonight, too. Plus work through some laundry. And pay some bills. And call my mother. And write a letter to my grandmother. Hmm… I think I should log off now.