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  • DW5741
    DW5741 Posts: 19
    ToHellURide said:


    Poster collection guard dog!

  • DW5741
    DW5741 Posts: 19
    Right on! Your wall looks great! Can you post more pics?  My dog isn’t much of a guard dog. Lol 
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,963
    FadedGlory said:
    After I did the Moline poster (above), I figured I probably should do cool things with a couple others from 2014, too. So this is what I did with St. Paul and Cincinnati. Cincy I tried to play off the circles and lines in the Pendleton art. I think it was a good idea. Execution-wise, meh ... 










    That Cincy looks great!
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  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    DW5741 said:
    Was this question answered? I never use Michael’s. Their employees might be trained to frame, or they may send them out, but I just don’t trust that over professional framing companies - large or small. There are several professional framing places where I live (in the DC area), and I look for groupons for them. Saves me a lot of money (my favorite one is for a $100 credit towards framing for $30) and they really know what they are doing. 


    Some people really don't like Michaels.

    I take mine there because its always the same girl who does it for me and she rocks. I trust her 100%

    It really depends on who you get at the store I think.

  • mikeliska
    mikeliska Posts: 253
    I agree.  I've used Michael's before and the guy I work with has put together some great frames for me (none of which have been gig posters actually).  They're expensive as hell though.
  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    True, They are expensive. There are usually promotions going on too. Like 50% off custom framing. So id hate to see the overall price if it wasn't 50% off. Yikes.
  • mikeliska
    mikeliska Posts: 253
    Even with their ever-changing and always confusing array of discounts they're still expensive, or at least have been for me.
  • madtowndave
    madtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,013
    I've had all of mine done at Michaels. I usually wait til there's a 70% or 85% off promo, and it still runs $200-$300.
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  • DW5741
    DW5741 Posts: 19
    edited September 2018
    Ok, agreed. It does depend who you have doing the framing, and if you have a regular person, that makes all the difference. 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    Michaels did a kick ass job for me, but yeah, they are expensive. Over $300 for mine AFTER the 50% discount. I had some gift cards for Michaels though, so easy decision. I really don't care where I go, as long as they do a good job and it's not a rip off.... with gift cards, it wasn't a rip. I don't see the reason for not liking Michaels for the job they do though. I have never seen anyone who had a Michaels job done who wasn't really happy with what they did. I guess it really must matter which store you go to, and that all the stores in my region are good.
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  • monkeewrench
    monkeewrench Posts: 949
    Micheal's has always done a great job for me too, but even with coupons they're expensive. I went there this past weekend to get in on their last deal (something like 70% + 25% off), and the two 12 year olds in the back talking and giggling never came out to see if they had any customers. It was the push I needed to start ordering from American Frame online.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    edited September 2018
    i would never attempt to my own matting because I know i'd fuck it up, so I'll never not take something to a professional framer, but that's just me. And I definitely can't fault Michaels staff where I am - they are all lovely.
    Michaels has a "we'll beat any competitor by 10%" clause or something, do they not? Doesn't that mean they would technically always be most affordable assuming one bothers to get proof of the competitor's pricing?
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,888
    How do you all afford to frame your posters?  I finally moved into a house about 3+ years ago.  About a year in I underwent the project to frame my posters.   Ended up framing about 20 of them.    I chose quantity over quality.   Brought them to a local framing shop and they did pretty simple custom cut frames.   Metal black frame with glass front.   About $50 (Canadian) each give or take $10 depending on the size.   That cost me well over $1000 to do.   Now when I get new ones I get them framed the same way so they match.  They look pretty good, but not as cool as the matted ones people post on here.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    Zod said:
    How do you all afford to frame your posters?  I finally moved into a house about 3+ years ago.  About a year in I underwent the project to frame my posters.   Ended up framing about 20 of them.    I chose quantity over quality.   Brought them to a local framing shop and they did pretty simple custom cut frames.   Metal black frame with glass front.   About $50 (Canadian) each give or take $10 depending on the size.   That cost me well over $1000 to do.   Now when I get new ones I get them framed the same way so they match.  They look pretty good, but not as cool as the matted ones people post on here.
      i cant afford it. But i love a fancy frame job, so I told my family to give me GCs for the framers for my bday and xmas, lol. I will continue to do this so that I can get a couple more framed the same way.
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  • jhager79
    jhager79 Kitchener Ontario Posts: 291
    PJ_Soul said:
    Zod said:
    How do you all afford to frame your posters?  I finally moved into a house about 3+ years ago.  About a year in I underwent the project to frame my posters.   Ended up framing about 20 of them.    I chose quantity over quality.   Brought them to a local framing shop and they did pretty simple custom cut frames.   Metal black frame with glass front.   About $50 (Canadian) each give or take $10 depending on the size.   That cost me well over $1000 to do.   Now when I get new ones I get them framed the same way so they match.  They look pretty good, but not as cool as the matted ones people post on here.
      i cant afford it. But i love a fancy frame job, so I told my family to give me GCs for the framers for my bday and xmas, lol. I will continue to do this so that I can get a couple more framed the same way.
    I frame mine as I get them with frames from Micheals, also purchased a used mat cutting kit and am trying to keep the costs down that way.
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  • JB56195
    JB56195 Posts: 306
    Where do people find the setlists to put in their frames.  Cool idea.

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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    I'm a Hobby Lobby guy.
  • hadfiiw
    hadfiiw Posts: 218
    Zod said:
    How do you all afford to frame your posters?  I finally moved into a house about 3+ years ago.  About a year in I underwent the project to frame my posters.   Ended up framing about 20 of them.    I chose quantity over quality.   Brought them to a local framing shop and they did pretty simple custom cut frames.   Metal black frame with glass front.   About $50 (Canadian) each give or take $10 depending on the size.   That cost me well over $1000 to do.   Now when I get new ones I get them framed the same way so they match.  They look pretty good, but not as cool as the matted ones people post on here.

    My b-day and fathers day is only a week (or so) apart so my family will get me a combo b-day and fathers day gift of a framed poster.

    It is expensive but I had blank walls before I started framing posters.  I can't imagine anything else up there.

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  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,409
    edited September 2018
    ToHellURide said:


    Poster collection guard dog!
    This is awesome!! Love the consistency. Perfect way to display and not have it look like it’s a Pearl Jam takeover :lol:
    Post edited by OceansJenny on
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