http://lodiartandframe.com Quality Art and Framing Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:30:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finished a beautiful shadow box that contains a christening gown and family photos.  I love to help preserve family history. http://lodiartandframe.com/278/ I have been very busy with framing this summer.  All kinds of wonderful projects like: kids school projects, engagement and wedding photos, military shadowboxes, restaurant decor, office wall decor, original pastels, and now here comes the senior portraits and Badger football posters.  Fall has arrived to soon. http://lodiartandframe.com/wow-where-did-summer-go/   I am currently framing an impressive 42X15 photo of the Madison shoreline, a  colorful needlework sampler,  two student projects  "52 things I love about you" card sets,  a set of 4 reproduction silk wall hangings, a beautiful pen and ink home portrait, 2  lovely calendar pages, a senior portrait, a ... http://lodiartandframe.com/welcome-to-2010/ The Summer has come and gone.  Now with Thanksgiving around the corner I am framing many projects for the home.  I just finished a custom beveled mirror and frame for over a fire place.  It measured an impressive 22 x 60 inches.  I have been helping a photographer with his UW Wisconsin Badger ... http://lodiartandframe.com/181/ Lately I have been busy framing music posters for a local business.  I also framed pressed flowers, needlework, a family reunion photograph, and a lovely pastel by a local art teacher.  I am building a shadow box for a world record holder which includes a beautiful sword and of course ... http://lodiartandframe.com/137/ Projects in the works for this week are: an aerial photo of a family farm, a shadow box of memories of a beloved pet, sheet music, a lovely photo of Pewits' Glen, a 1900's family photo, childrens original school art projects,  a gratuate's photo collage, and Lodi Ag. Fair projects are starting to ... http://lodiartandframe.com/81/ Some of my recent projects include the framing of : a wedding invitation, two greeting cards, a tapestry, a multi-opening mat with an engraved title plate, vintage paint by number paintings, a newspaper article, Hmong needle work, the first photo of an adopted daughter, and reading posters for the Library.  More ... http://lodiartandframe.com/79/ Visiting An Old Friend by Katy Helmer http://lodiartandframe.com/graduation-gifts/ Spring Arrivals By Melissa Helmer This week I framed a small clay sculpture in a shadow box.  I replaced broken glass on a print and repaired  the frame.  I stretched and framed a silk scarf.  I framed a vacation  photo.  I dry mounted a 40 x50 map.  I framed an original ... http://lodiartandframe.com/23/ You just never know what wonderful  things people will bring in to have preserved in a custom frame. This week I framed an original photo and an original oil painting by two local artists.  I framed a needlework sampler and a Farmers' Market poster.  I also framed a Washington D.C. class ... http://lodiartandframe.com/21/