Stepping into the blog

Holly is determined to keep me young, so this is it...my first blog!

This week at the gallery we're working on several projects. We're working up an insurance claim for a customer whose house was flooded. They had 19 pieces of artwork stacked against the wall and all were ruined. We will need to change mats and backing boards, find replacement artwork and in some cases replace the frames.

We're also doing some framing for Linden Golf Course in Puyallup where my brother Rick was just chosen to be the head golf pro. (Way to go, Rick!) One of the images is an aerial shot of the golf course taken 25 or so years ago - there was sure a lot open space surrounding the golf course back then.

Our work on the huge antique map continues. Yestereday we mounted down all the backing boards and built the inner frame (one of four frames to be used in this project). Today we will tackle the linen covered liner and possibly sew the mat to the backing board. Next step: order and join the two outer frames. This is a complicated project but once you see the finished product we think you'll be oohing and aahing along with us.

Only two days left in the Greenwich Workshop BOGO sale! This is a perfect chance to buy a piece of artwork for yourself and get one free to give as gift...or keep for yourself! Remember...we're offering 20% OFF FRAMING with any BOGO purchase.

One blog down, many more to come...

Jan

Up and runnning

Finally the site is up and running! I'm pretty excited. I'm proud of it and think it looks great. The best part about the new site is that it's easy to update. I'm looking forward to keeping it fresh and new, full of things that will hopefully be of interest to our customers.

It's been a busy week full of deadlines. It feels good to have a good amount of work on the books. Thanks to all of our loyal customers we've had plenty to do lately.

I've been communicating this week with a new artist - Carol Schiff. She's shipping to us some of her amazing still lifes from her home in Florida. I think our clientele will really appreciate these wonderful paintings of fruits, vegetables, and some with tea pots. It will be nice to get some fresh work in the gallery.

We had a customer interested in having a commission done by Janet Nelson, our artist who does the fun fifties inspired series of women. Janet agreed to paint a portrait of the customer and her friend in the style of her choice - what a great keepsake! And what a wonderful way to commemorate a lifelong friendship. I'm looking forward to seeing what she creates.

That's all for now...

Holly

Here we go!

This is pretty exciting....a new website, almost up and running, and a blog to boot. We are finally taking the gallery into the 21st century! Jan and I have been wanting to do this for a while and here we are...

Busy, busy, busy. We have been working like crazy this week! (okay, we did have a bit of a break being closed on Monday - I camped in the rain, Jan spent the day watching her granddaughter master her newfound skill of walking) In between helping customers, we finished 7 retirement pieces for the Lakewood Fire Department. They looked great framed with badges, coins, and certificates. We also framed an amazing (pictures to come) Tibetan plank with the most intricate painted detail. The framing design on this one is a home run! With a total of 3 frames, it is set off beautifully.

Our next challenge: framing a 5 ft x 7 ft antique classroom map....more to come on that one!