No time for frames this week, thanks to recent employment at Hobby Lobby. However, I did poke around in a woodworking magazine that inspired me quite a bit. Continue reading
Today, I’ll show you exactly how I make my handmade frames. First things first, let’s talk supplies: 1×2 pine strip at 8′ Wood glue Minwax gel stain Seriously, that’s all I use. The strip costs about a dollar, the glue and stain together cost about $5 (and the glue and stain will last for a … Continue reading
When Elise and I first moved in to our apartment, I commissioned her (well, asked her to do it–I wasn’t going to pay my own wife) to make some paintings for the blank walls in our house. She was quite excited, and promptly produced some oil paintings that I could never have done myself. Continue reading