Summer Shadowboxes

It's been too long and summer is now on the downside...sigh!! I've had some very....interesting projects come in that called for some tricky shadowboxes. It has really kept me on my toes....brain engaged...which is good, they say the mind is the first thing to go??!!

This box consisted of a shadowbox with extender and then fitted with another shadowbox flipped upside down with the rabid holding the metal object at the back....7" in all!!



Shadowbox and extender.....





















Multi-layer shadowbox....









By far , creating shadowboxes are my favorite...even when they are a rush order (K.M.!!)....the finished product never ceases to be more than expected...LOVE THAT!!

Cuts like a knife....part II (eat your heart out Bryan Adams)

Box is made...lined with suede and harware inserted from the back...

hinge hardware is attached (holy moly that was a rough one)....uuuuurg.....uuuuug....pant, pant

Whew!!....it fits nicely!!

looking good so far...looking good...*holding breath*

........TA-DAAaaaaAAAaaaaa!!!

Don't you LOVE museum glass!!...you didn't even know it was there did you??

So I will sleep a little better having this rush job outta' the way!! And...Girl LOVED it!!

Cuts like a knife...

I'm not exactly sure of the whole story behind this knife but from what I could tell...Girl brings in knife to shadowbox for a Valentine's gift for her fiance. Knife was made by someone very close to Fiance and has a lot of sentimental value. Fiance likes to show knife off so Girl wants the knife to be removable. Hmmmmmm...... so, I'm building a shadowbox where the rabbet will be the back of the box and will hold the weight of the knife then I'll build a separate frame the exact outside dimensions as the shadowbox and hinge it will a piano hinge. The box will be lined with suede as close to the same color as the knife scabbard as I can get it. Between the suede and the backing (I think I'll use peg board, light yet sturdy) I'll hide a piece of hardware that I can manipulate just enough to poke a small part of it through the suede and use as a cradle to hold knife and scabbard.

Whew!!....here we go!!

TV Morning Antics

Well it was quite the morning. We were all there on time but the film crew was a little late...we were just beginning to wonder if they were gunna' bail when Mr. Casey Scott waltzed in all curly blonde hair under a baseball cap and grinning from ear to ear. Someone said his nickname is the "village idiot" awwwwwwe....he is almost like a lost puppy...

It was a lot of standing around for 3 hours and then one sided banter between Casey and the mic...we couldn't hear what Ron and Mary were saying in the studio??

We got a few phone calls even before the segment ended but one of them was Casey's stalker??!! YIKES!!...I think I'll stick to framing, thank you!!

I hope this will give the custom sports memorabilia a great kick start for 2010!! Thanks McGee's Stamp and Trophy for a great morning and next time let's get breakfast brought in!!

Jersey Shadowboxes

I just picked up three football jerseys to frame....Ocho Cinco, Drew Brees, and Adrian Peterson. They are all signed and have authenticity papers, but the Adrian Peterson jersey also came with a photograph of him signing the jersey. Very cool because you could see the signature and could tell it was THAT SHIRT...pro football player, big diamond earrings....but the funny part was he was signing it in someones kitchen and it looked like one of those bad 4-plexes over on the southwest side of Provo that 100 years ago I actually lived in. Bad fake oak cabinets and cheap stove...I was thinking "hurh?"....is this some black mail scam someone has Peterson over a barrel on??....you would think a major Pro player would have some 500 sq ft man-cave-office to be signing his jerseys in???

Never the less I love framing these, it's hard not to put on the jersey and take my pic wearing them before I start on the framing.....no....I've....never.....done.....that! ;) Okay maybe just the Michael Jordan's college jersey with the championship bracket embroidered on it that he signed from the winning game!!