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Summary: Learn the different types of shadowbox frames professionals use with expert home décor tips in this free online framing video clip.
Minnie Bell has over 20 years of experience framing pictures and fine art. She currently works for Nacq Partners, a company who specializes in picture framing and antiques. Customers...read more
Let's face it- picture framing can be expensive. Not only do you have to buy the frame, matte, and print, you also have to pay for the labor of someone else. However, what if you could frame pictures all by yourself? You could design the perfect framing job for whatever memory you want to capture. The task of framing pictures in not as difficult as you think. All you need is some instruction, and you could discover a life changing hobby.
If you want to learn how to frame pictures like a professional, this free video series is perfect for you. Our expert, Minnie Bell, takes the time to show you some unique framing ideas. Learn how to use shadowbox frames to capture your memories. With shadowboxes, you can add trinkets and treasures to your photographs. Learn how to choose a matte for shadowboxes, and learn how to use liners. Also, if you are interested in putting fillets in your shadowbox, learn how to properly clean and cut them. So, next time you are searching for a unique way to frame pictures, learn how to use shadow boxes today!
"In the next few clips we're going to talk about the specialty frames and different types of frames that are out there and available to you. There are lots of different ones and different things that will go with them there are shadowboxes, floater frames, stackable frames, frames with liners and frames with fillets and all different kinds of frames and different reasons why you would chose them. I chose 6 shadowbox frames to show you today from the littlest one to the deepest one we carry. If you look at the sides of them this one is about 4 1/2" deep to where this one is only about 3/4" deep. They come in very plain that one is about an 1" deep, this one is about 1 1/2", this one is also about 1 1/2 and this is about a 2" and this one here is about 4 1/2" like I said. "