In celebration of the shop launch that includes lots of Fine Art prints, I wanted to pull together some ideas around framing.
I get asked a bit about where to get frames/recommendations for colours/whether to use a mat board or not etc.
It of course all comes down to personal preference and what you think would look best in your space but what I love about framing is you can go big by getting something framed professionally - which is often a financial investment (often more than you might have paid for a print!) but such a craft and totally worth it IMO.
I have been in plenty of seasons in my life where I didn't have the sort of budget where I could get everything framed professionally so I've also played around with more affordable options.
Here are a range of options from professional framing (usually $100+), to more affordable alternatives (between $15-$30) and of course just forgoing a frame altogether works too.
My Fine Art Prints are 11 x 14 inches. I really like this because a lot of frames come in this size so you can usually have a really nice range of choices. I put a white border around the art to give flexibility in displaying it - eg you could frame right up to the edges, do a thin border bringing in your mat board closer, or keep the full width of the white border.
This white frame I used for The Conditions of Will front cover is one I bought from Walgreens and was pleasantly surprised with the quality, I didn't use the mat board as the frame itself was exactly 11x14 inches (same as the print). It would also have been nice to see if the frame was twice the size and could have a big mat board - even maybe one in a cream colour like her dress could be cool if I were to get the print professionally framed.
Here is one in the same size but a Dark frame from Walgreens
I love this gold frame from Target, I think it would look amazing with the Exploding Heart because of the gold in the piece.
I also like this walnut frame and think it would suit the Endpaper Artworks really well.
I also got these floating white and gold frames from Target. I got these in-store so I don't have the links but they do have a heap of cute options for if you were to use the greeting cards as 'mini-prints.' Like this, or this.
I also got a heavy floating glass frame from Target which is cool because you can keep it simple by putting it against a white background or you could lay it up against the spines of your books on your shelf and have them peek through, or you could get a piece of coloured card that you put behind the art. Options are endless!
Another option of course is to just blu-tac or sticky tape a piece to the wall with no frame like I've done with these pieces below. This has been the story of my life when I was at uni/always renting or moving around etc - I've had many an "art wall" that was all in credit to blu-tac and I think it totally works. Until of course its time to move out and get your bond back.
I love these examples I've been tagged in below - I'll never get over seeing my art in the wild, I feel like art is the quickest way to make a house a home (and shelves full of books of course).
Thank you @laurchickreads, @__allbookedup and @brittley.reads
I got one of my Magnolia Christmas prints framed at Framebridge in Chicago and captured a little of the process here.
This cost me $125.
I hope this helps! If you have any questions you can catch me at hello@emmylawless.com and please tag me in your print photos I love seeing them so much.
All my love,
Emmy xxx
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