That's awesome! Your apartment is about as decked out as I've seen.

Are you able to post a link to wherever you buy your framing supplies?

I've got some memorabilia I need framed and yours look awesome. I remember you said in the other thread that you did it yourself and got the supplies online.

If you remember where you bought it, please share.

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Posted by jlovel7

Louisiana

Member since Aug 2014

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Posted on 8/20/16 at 4:19 pm to Number 31

The frames for the jerseys were from Amazon and these were from hobby lobby $12.99. I also bought purple matte board that I cut out myself while I was there to fill the frame.

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Posted by 911Moto

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:01 pm to Number 31

Framing/matting is not hard to learn. I started doing my own around 8 years ago when I did my gameroom. Frame shops were so damn expensive - I had a few things done at one and it cost me over $1K - I said frick that and bought my own tools and have framed dozens of things since then. You only really need a couple tools, which you can buy at Hobby Lobby - a matte cutter and a guide. Logan is the company that makes all this stuff.

Hobby Lobby puts frames on sale every other week for 50% off. Frames on sale won't cost you more than 30-50$ for most stuff up to around 24"x36". A 40" sheet of matting costs around $ 8-10 - and you can catch those on sale also or just pull up a 40% off coupon on your phone.
You can cut your matting on top of a big piece of cardboard or just buy a big piece of foam board at Hobby Lobby also. A utility razor will cut the matting to the size you need, then you do your cutout with the matte cutting tool. A box of razors for the tool will last you forever.
You can learn online in a few minutes how to cut out matting, and if you explore a few websites you can learn how to do fancy corners and stuff, triple matte everything, etc.
This one cost me about $40 to do - would have easily cost over $200 to have it framed at a shop.