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[kbmum]

Hence, the reason for the eBay store?

[Anna]

   She got you there John.   Congratulations on your new endeavor BTW.

[LikORish-Spider]

Hence, the reason for the eBay store?

Yeah, This mornig I told my wife I had surprise for her.
She said, "What? Did you get that mess cleaned up."

I have nooooo idea of what she is talking about.

[Nienna]

Hence, the reason for the eBay store?

Yeah, This mornig I told my wife I had surprise for her.
She said, "What? Did you get that mess cleaned up."

I have nooooo idea of what she is talking about.

awww Bless her! Not only has she the patience of a saint, but a sense of humour too!!

 

[beckham1]

Hence, the reason for the eBay store?

Yeah, This mornig I told my wife I had surprise for her.
She said, "What? Did you get that mess cleaned up."

I have nooooo idea of what she is talking about.

Well we know who the boss is then right

[Nienna]

Yep! We know who wears the trousers in the Martin household don't we!?

awww poor John - he'll start thinking we're picking on him ....

 

[Bryanjs14]

There is the new Serenity display. My local framer has come through for me on every piece I have sent there. I purchased a Serenity poster and told them I wanted to have to logo in the center with the cards in sort of a circle around it and they said they had something special in mind, well they put the logo on foamboard and floated it and even took the time to carve out every letter (check out the TY at the end of Serenity! it is still connectet even though there is a small gap between the logo and the black matteing!) They just did an amazing job and it is my favorite piece so far!

[darthmactor]

Very nice.

[kbmum]

Exactly how are the cards being held in place?  Is it just from the pressure of the matte and glass?

[Bryanjs14]

Nope, I put all of my autograph cards into single card snaptights. That way, there isn't a screw or a magnet that has to be framed also.
The framing store applies (I think) strong double stick tape onto the back of the snap tight and presto. it holds...I have not had a problem with any cards moving or anything so whatever they use it good. They also guaranteed it was acid free and would never damge the cards, or the matteing

[kbmum]

That sounds like a good way to do it.  The glue will never touch the card. 

[grecopa]

Oh my gosh!  That is the BEST!  I want the autos now.  :'(  Your framer is really creative.

[Bryanjs14]

Tell me about it! They are a bit pricey but the quality of everything they have done for me really REALLY makes up for it.

Chronicle of Riddick autograph set is next followed by a Hellboy costume set (should be fun...I want to see if they can but the Hellboy logo onto it somehow)

[grecopa]

I finally did a frame for my 3 OZ props.  I have a book called "The Grimmery" which tells the story and behind the scenes stuff from "Wicked" the musical.  I really liked the beaten up background on one of the pages, so I used it for the design on the mat.  Excuse the nasty looking grey cutting mat in the background. 
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Here are my series of sketches by Rich Molinelli.  2 are in color, and I'll be framing them in this order. 

[Bryanjs14]

I have three new pieces on their way! A Riddick auto piece, Superman costume piece, and Harry Potter SDCC tie set piece....cannot wait to see how they turn out!

[Roz]

They all sound great Bryan, but most of all I'm looking forward to seeing the Tie set - the Tie set is a little master set all by itself I think, so it has a lot of potential I really like it!

[Anna]

I really love your framed Oz piece Kelly!   Your background choice for the mat is perfect.   I'm looking forward to seeing your Molinelli sketches framed!

I'm also looking forward to seeing your framed pieces Bryan!  I agree with Roz, I'd love to see the Tie set framed!

[Bryanjs14]

Yes they are blurry, yes that is my big self in the reflection, and yes, that is Madden 07 in the background (which I am currently owning) I have NO MORE room on my walls lol so until I can get them up somewhere and take better pictures well, this is what I can offer


Superman Returns...the logo is really cool and is raised and looks almost 3-D but I do not like that they did not cut the cards into the Matte like they do with the rest of the pieces. Oh well, not a big deal.

Riddick, I like how this turned out and I really like the frame. I wanted something small and compact and they did a good job with this.

This one turned out 10x better than expected. I printed out the Hogwarts crest from a website and I expected them to just cut a circle out with just the logo or something but they hand cut the logo out, every edge is perfect, and I love that even though I completely forgot to tell them, they were smart enough to place the ties so that they lined up with each house in the crest (like Slytherin is in the top left of the crest, and they put the tie card in the top left)

[Trey]

wow they are all fantastic 

I really do like the superman one I dont think it really makes difference if they are cut in or not with that one..the blue background just sets it off nicely.

[Bryanjs14]

oh yeah, they still did a great job with it...I had the background color in mind when I went into the store...and it took us like 30 minutes to find a suitable frame....it is hard to pair a frame with a bright blue background.