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September 2009                                                                Volume 3 issue 9


Use Art & Framing for Your Room Makeovers

The square footage of the average American home is 2,500 square
feet. Of all the space in that home, the wall space is usually the most neglected. So why not spruce up your home with some beautiful art and framing? It offers one of the most economical ways to give your living space a new look and will dramatically change the overall feel of your entire home.

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Start by choosing a room that has a lot of empty wall space.  Visit A Framer's Touch for ideas. Let us add artwork and family photos using just the right matting and frame designs. We can provide framed wall decor that will fit with your furnishings perfectly and will enhance any room. We'll produce all the elements you need to create an appealing balance that will make your home enjoyable to look at and to live in. 

Framing family photos or heirlooms are great economical and meaningful ideas for a hallway, den, living room, or bedroom, making them part of your everyday lives.

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Wall art gives a room personality.  Wall art will make older furniture feel rich.  With fall and winter just around the corner, spend your indoor time at home looking at beautifully framed art instead of blank walls. A Framer's Touch can help you achieve a whole new look with custom framing.


Coming Soon
October's Featured Mixed Media Artist 

Creating art is about the journey, responding to the materials and transforming it.

I studied art at Portland State University, where I had the opportunity to visit Cuba with other artists, actors, musicians and writers from around the country.  Upon returning from Cuba, I decided that school was not reality, so I quit school and went looking for life experiences.  In the interim I had bills to pay so I focused on a career in commercial printing, all the while building my portfolio.  My first show was in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. 

I like re purposing things. When I was at PSU I would "dumpster dive" and find hidden cast off treasures for my art projects. Treasures from my escapades would always find their way into my work. I was a child of the late sixties and seventies, very eclectic in nature and evideced in my art.  

The element of chance is magical and can be perceived as a roadblock or pathway between the pendulum swing from chaos to order.  I enjoy that moment when art dictates what it needs from me.

I view the computer as an artistic tool to work through some of my ideas. It lets me see what would happen if an alternate choice is made.  The beauty of art is that there is no right or wrong, just a different point of view.

Take a sneek peek of Jeffs art in our online Artist Gift Gallery.
Everyday Frame Special 2009
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Use Art & Framing for Your Room Makeovers
Comming This October
Everyday Framing Special
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New Artist *Jendala*
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At-Choo Pet Tags
By Elaine Seamans



Elaine wishes more people were as lucky as her - to have had her priorities and heart transformed by a wee little dachshund, Quackers.

With a couple of degrees in design in hand, Elaine created At-Choo.  The goal of At-Choo is to inspire hope, love and all good things that make us feel better. especially laughter.

One of Elaine's most popular items is her Pet Jewelry. These pet tags are made of pewter and are then dipped in a mixture that looks like silver, but is actually nickel, copper and tin. 

Stop in A Framer's Touch to see our collection of  Elaine's Pet Jewery.
New Artist
*** Jendala ***



Created by artisan Jennifer Utsch, Jendala resulted from making the connection between creativity, the environment and universal growth. Jendala is best explained as being "Jenn's wheel" of existence, making the journey of changing, creating, and reinventing.