The Basics

Dates: 7th – 10th March

Time: 10am - 6pm Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. 10am - 5pm Wednesday

Venue: Birmingham NEC (click for transport links & maps)

Stand: B17

You can download a PDF of the Focus Exhibition layout: click FLOORPLAN

As always, DIYframing will have some exciting special offers available to people visiting Focus On Imaging.  As well as the two, show specials already highlighted in this newsletter, visit our stand to find out about some great, last minute deals.

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Golden Opportunity

Having built up an exceptionally well regarded and successful gallery and framing business, Jenny & Alan Milverton are putting their business up for sale: M F Frames Ltd operates from premises on St Helen’s Street in Ipswich, Suffolk. If you are interested in finding out more about the business sale, please contact Jenny or Alan on 01473 225544, or via email info@mfframes.co.uk.

Jenny & Alan have made the decision finally to hand on the baton, because;

“… a small house in Italy beckons! And we are coming up to retirement age and want to do certain things before we keel over.”

Even if you are not ready to take over a business, you will be inspired to find out how the Milvertons, and M F Frames Ltd, started: read Where Did It all Begin?

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Mountboard Madness

DIYframing offers a range of over 20 shades of white mount board, within our total palette of 70 colours / shades. This year, especially for Focus on Imaging 2010, we can give you access to the full range, with a great mount board package. Make your choice from colour charts featuring all 70 shades of white-core board, and you will be able to create a “pick ‘n mix” order of twenty, A1 mount boards for just £45.00 (white-core). These will be sent to your chosen delivery address, carriage free. That works out at just £2.25 per sheet and no struggling around the stands with a large pile of mount board!

To read the full article as seen in Focus News, click MOUNTBOARD MADNESS

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Framing Kit Under £400

Price is always an issue when deciding whether to venture into doing your own framing. That and finding what you need. To simplify matters and keep costs down, we have come up with a home framing pack for under £400, again exclusive to purchases at Focus on Imaging 2010. There’s nothing basic in this kit though! It provides great quality tools and materials for all parts of picture frame construction and you will be saving in the order of £65.

To help whet your appetite and get you organised, you can download an advance flyer (PDF) of the framing kit on offer. Click: Framing Kit £399

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New At Focus

An exciting feature of our visit to Focus On Imaging 2010 is that we are able to demonstrate a number of new tools from Logan Graphic Products Ltd.  Some of you will have read about the new kit in our February newsletter, under the headline: Three of the Best From Logan.  Why not come and a look at what these have to offer?

To see the posting on Focus News, click: DIYFraming breaks through price ceiling with new Logan cutters

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Dates

For those looking to take things further, here's a reminder that we do have some special courses coming up very soon in Beaconsfield. There are a few places remaining so now is the time to have a look at what's on offer: Business Development Week 20th – 26th March – as well as the two basic days, training modules are; Business Day 1; 3D Framing; Conservation Framing; Framing Fabrics; Business Day 2. Remember, these can be booked as individual elements

For full 2010 listings visit COURSES.   

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New In Store

Not all useful kit is large and expensive.  To help you to use DIYframing for a one stop shop, we are extending our range of stock.  We now have some little things that you don't want to have to source elsewhere, paying another lot of postage.  To find out more about any item, click on the highlighted product names: putty rubbers; kevlar gloves (for handling glass); marker pens (for use with glass cutting); packing tape dispenser; replacement glass wheels for the Logan cutter; Longridge pencils for the border marker gauge.

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