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September 11, 2008
Cheap and Good
I bought the above poster at Good Shape Design the other day for a mere $30. It's perfect (parfait!) - all black, graphic-y goodness - to hang over the crazy wallpaper in my library. So far, the only things I have on the walls in there are the Jason Miller mirror and a small little piece made out of book pages that no one will ever notice.
The only problem with me buying all these posters and so on is that it necessitates trips to Michaels for cheap, junky frames, which I put off and put off because I find the process so tedious and frustrating. Especially when you've got something, (like my Royal Tennenbaums prints), that measures 8 1/2 x 11 but has a white border around it that makes it look SUPREMELYSILLY in an 8 x 10 frame (which shows the white border only on two sides). In my experience, almost all of the prints I covet on Etsy are like that. It's annnnoying because I must smother the smugness of getting a cool piece at a bargain basement price with some exorbitant frame bullshit I can't afford or go the cheap route and be pissed and disappointed every time I see it.
If I had a genie, I would wish there was some middle ground between $300 custom framing and the $6 plexiglass and wood veneer craptunculars. And then I would wish for dental insurance. My third wish would be for french toast.
Posted by Bree at September 11, 2008 08:45 AM
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Oh oh! Me madre told me that Michael's is offering 60% custom framing this weekend so maybe you can it done fancy-style!
Posted by: Jessica at September 11, 2008 12:41 PM
Ooop. I mean 60% off custom framing. 60% framing would just be silly (and hardly archival).
Posted by: Jessica at September 11, 2008 03:31 PM
I think this information may be the straw that drove me to Michael's. Maybe while I'm there, I can get clock parts?
Posted by: Bree at September 11, 2008 05:32 PM