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We Frame It, 5 Glyn Way, Stubbington, Southampton (2026)

24/10/2026

Saw this in a restaurant in Japan. Look closely and read the caption. I thought it was clever. Sadly the framing let it down!!!

23/10/2026

We Frame It is enjoying Art in Japan and Korea.

20/08/2026

My customer brought me this photo to frame that had already been mounted but rather unconventionally!! It had a straight cut top and bottom mount but no sides. I decided that this style rather suited the subject of the photo of the never ending dunes in the Namibia desert. I think it works very well increasing the impact of the photo greatly. I’ve called it the letter box style. There’s always plenty of ways to present images and convention doesn’t always apply.

17/08/2026

Please support your local artists they have so much talent to share. Plan your tour……

06/06/2026

A customer wanted to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary (wood) with an unusual gift. Some years ago her husband had collected a drumstick thrown out into the crowd from the drummer in his favourite band.

I came up with the idea of having a two in one gift by using it as a mirror which would also have the benefit of reflecting the words on the underside side of the drumstick. It’s possible to hang it either way.
It worked a treat…
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

25/05/2026

A customer wanted to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary (wood) with an unusual gift. Some years ago her husband had collected a drumstick thrown out into the crowd from the drummer in his favourite band.

She thought that this would make an excellent gift if it was framed. I came up with the idea of having a two in one gift by using it as a mirror which would also have the benefit of reflecting the words on the underside side of the drumstick. It is possible to hang it either portrait or landscape.
Black deep moulding with a black spacer kept things simple whilst anti reflective glass creates amazing clarity.

It worked a treat but photographing it for this post was difficult.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

07/05/2026

This is the third reincarnation for my Tree of Life embroidery. A new life now as a traditional firescreen.

Having moved house and business last year to a 2 bedroomed bungalow in Stubbington near Fareham we inherited a log burner. With less walls to hang all our pictures up it struck me that I could convert my embroidery into
a traditional firescreen to stand in front of the log burner.

I undid my previous framing removing the double mount and replacing it with a wooden slip. This slip I hand painted to match colour of the aida x-stitch fabric. I knew exactly what moulding I was going to make the frame from. A gold stick of moulding that I had kept for many years as I had always wanted to use it for a piece of work. It was a perfect fit for this piece as the pattern resembled the flames of a fire. I drew a design which he used to cut out two shaped feet. He then japanned these and bolted them through the bottom of the frame. The finishing touch was a decorative handle ordered from Etsy.

07/05/2026

This is the third reincarnation for my Tree of Life embroidery. A new life now as a traditional firescreen.

Having moved house and business last year to a 2 bedroomed bungalow in Stubbington near Fareham we inherited a log burner. With less walls to hang all our pictures up it struck me that I could convert my embroidery into
a traditional firescreen to stand in front of the log burner.

I undid my previous framing removing the double mount and replacing it with a wooden slip. This slip I hand painted to match colour of the aida x-stitch fabric. I knew exactly what moulding I was going to make the frame from. A gold stick of moulding that I had kept for many years as I had always wanted to use it for a piece of work. It was a perfect fit for this piece as the pattern resembled the flames of a fire. I resized the ultra vue glass and my husband cut and japanned a backboard. I drew a design which he used to cut out two shaped feet. He then japanned these and bolted them through the bottom of the frame. The finishing touches were a decorative handle ordered from Etsy and a few wooden ladybirds 🐞 to crawl along the frame.

The following is a description of the embroideries previous framing stories…..

After stitching the Tree Of Life in 1994 my mum kindly offered to have it framed. She took it to the Salvation Army who ran a framing shop near where she lived. The framing looked good until after becoming a picture framer I took it apart to see how it had been framed. Little did my mum know what the framer was going to do.
The work had been cut and stapled to a piece of hardboard. The acids in this board were leaching out and had already discoloured the edges of the fabric. Left in this way the embroidery would have been ruined by the acids in the hardboard and the fabric would have been completely discouloured. The outline of the tree was clearly visible on the backboard and the staples were beginning to rust. I was left with the bare minimum of fabric to work with so as not to show the stained fabric. I reframed it to conservation standard with a double mount, anti reflective glazing and an oak frame. It hung on the wall for many years.