Last Orders, Delivery Dates & Opening Times

After that, the following changes apply to store / warehouse opening times:

• CLOSED from 2.00 pm 24^th December (Christmas Eve): NB no courier service available on 24^th December.
• RE-OPENS Friday 27^th  December from 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 
• CLOSED ON Saturday 28^th December 
• OPEN ON 30th & 31^st December, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

 Normal opening times resume, 9.00 am Thursday  2^nd January 2014

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New product: Metal Paint

We now have in stock Liberon Metallic Effect Paints.  These are water based, quick drying paints, providing an alternative way to give picture frames a decorative finish. We currently stock 4 shades, each available in 250 ml pots: copper; yellow gold; antique bronze; cast iron.  Shades can be intermixed. View: Metallic Effect Paints

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New Product: STAS Picture Hits

Also new in store is the latest idea from STAS hanging systems. STAS Picture Hits provide a flexible and convenient suspension system for hanging papers, memos, photos, maps, etc. In just a few steps, you can create a unique photo wall. STAS picture hits are ideal for use in schools, shops, (estate agents’) offices and, of course, your own living room.  VIEW STAS Picture Hits

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1:1 BespokeTraining Sessions

If you find it difficult to make weekend training sessions around the UK, or you need to focus your efforts in a specific field, it may be worth considering a bespoke 1:1 training day.  We have worked with artists needing to frame particular types of work in specific ways, people wanting to make a start with learning to frame, before moving abroad, and even made a “workshop visit” to Cornwall, helping a customer familiarise themselves with their newly purchased “Pro Kit”. 

Last Saturday we helped somebody, new to framing, make a start on producing a highly creative look to their textile and mixed media pieces of work.  And it was a great success all round.  Why not contact us and see if we can support you?

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Mouldings: New Range

Our new, extended range of moulding styles has certainly been a great success.  We had a lot of positive feedback at our Open Day, in November, about the new stock and this has continued from many of you placing on-line orders and from phone conversations.  The full range is now available for viewing as easily downloadable PDFs: one for each style plus a separate price list.  These can be accessed under each of the moulding category pages, or by choosing from the list in the right hand column on the (general) mouldings page.

All mouldings can be bought according to meterage required for a project, as part of our Chop Service or, for greater savings, look into our options for “buying by the pack”. 

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Project Library: Latest Additions

Having made the promise to produce some follow-up support materials for the free demonstrations at our November Open Day, we are pleased to say that these are currently underway.  The projects were designed to use some of the newer mouldings we now have in stock and show off the added design potential. Three of the ideas are completely new to the DIYframing archive and so are being completed for the project library (Projects 12 a – 12c) as we finish writing this newsletter.  Two others have been built around existing projects or handy hints sheets. For all links and support with these items read the full news article.

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Dates 2014

A reminder that all dates are available for 2014 training around the UK: visit our COURSES page to see the new calendar.  Remember to look at our new venues: Bristol, Hereford, Telford, Ipswich, Canterbury, Christchurch, Tunbridge Wells and London.  Some of these are yet to be confirmed.

Art & Photography Framing Weekends coming up in the next quarter of 2013 / 2014:

For events at our main centre click: ALL COURSES 

Reserve places NOW, to avoid disappointment.

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