Help!! Framing Ayu Posters?
 

Has anyone else framed their Ayumi posters? I have several I want to hang up, but I want to frame them first to prevent damage, but my problem is that the posters seem to be a different size than the frames I can find. I think that perhaps the US doesn't carry those frame sizes, so I was curious if anyone knew of any place to get the appropriate sized frames short of taking it to a professional framer??? Is there an online site or anything perhaps???

I would just go to an art store, and have them do it. I'm sure it can be done pretty cheap. I've been wanting to frame some things of mine, and a friend of mine said to just take it to this art store.
I wouldn't take it to Hobby Lobby, though. Maybe Michaels?

Your best bet if you have album and single posters which are B2 size (29 X 20 or which ever way it goes) is if you buy a 24 X 36 frame.I've looked in art stores and never found any that were the perfect side but that doesn't mean they don't exist.Also you could get them custom made but that might actually be expensive.As PickleCookies said, I wouldn't take it to Hobby Lobby because they are expensive to do custom work.

Why not Hobby Lobby...I was just there yesterday and thinking about checking on it. Is Michaels better for that?

Oh, ok, haha, thank you! I'll definitely check at Michaels then, I had never even thought to ask them if they could do custom frames. If not maybe I can get one thats oversized. My posters are mostly odd sizes, like 24.5 inches by something or other else...and no one carries that. Thanks guys!

Yeah, someone told me Hobby Lobby is crap for framing. :laugh
Try Michaels or something. I'm not sure. Maybe you can ask how much it would cost to get a custom frame job? And then compare prices.
Thanks for reminding me to go get my stuff framed. :)

I have my Ayu posters framed. I didn't get anything fancy, since my main concern was to keep them protected. I guess a bit of advice would be not to get them framed with glass since if it were to break, it could possibly scratch or tear your posters. I think I have the same size that Ayumi626 mentioned (24X36) I got mine at Michael's for like eight dollars each!

framed? crazy fans haha

but i think you people will take that as a pride

I got a few black plastic poster frames from Wal-Mart ($6 each) and most of the posters fit into them. The ones that were smaller, I had my father cut the clear plastic and the outer frame with his saw and re-construct it. It was really easy.

^
Envy those with handy people living with them.

Yeah, I asked about custom frames...and the quotes they gave me at Hobby Lobby and the like were OUTRAGEOUS!!!!

Well, nevermind then. O_o

Is she talking about those like...cardboardy things?...cuz those are fun to work with ^^-!!


If I were to frame with those? What would be theb est way? does anyone know?


OffTopic-ish: Do (Ayu's?) posters fade w/ sunlight? ...that's my main reason for not having em framed/tacked on my walls yet..

I've framed my posters. There are few stores here that sell so big ones (these are 60x80cm)

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4397/pic1az7.jpg

One frame costs around ~$20

wow, those look wonderful!!!

(and what a trip to see my old thread revived.)

an people post there pictures of ther Ayu posters I think it would be very nice to see especially the framed ones

crazy :(, but still pretty cheap considersing how much everyone says they are~

I've got...4? Ayu posters to hang...X_x; but yet, i still wanna know how the cardboard framing works, because my techer's done in on my art work and it looks really nice

I think those frames were pretty cheap, they aren't the best quality you can buy though but they do the job and I'm happy about them :)

Where did you get those frames? I've been looking around some but been unable to find those huge ones... maybe I can get those in Sweden aswell?

I found those from Kärkkäinen, I doubt you've heard of it :e

That's a very Finnish name, lol.

Never heard of them... oh well, I'll have to keep on looking.

It's about time I frame a few of my posters and put up on my walls... I have 4 and with that kind of huge frame they'll sorta cover the free wall spaces of my entire room, lol.

Yep, it is :P

I don't know if you've heard of Anttila, it's a quite big department store chain and they have stores all over Finland, maybe in Sweden too, don't know lol, they also sell big frames.

Maybe up in northern Sweden, no clue, haven't heard of that one either D: ... Maybe if I have time tomorrow I'll pass by a hobby store to check what they have. If not tomorrow I'll do it the day after.

Ou, ok ^^ I'm amazed if there aren't any big frames in Stockholm :D

Maybe I'm just a big fat sucker at finding them? :/




I just have to protect my home town!

:roflmao

lol you aren't a big fat sucker, you just need to search harder

^^

I just went to Michaels and got FIVE poster frames. 24x30, best size for Japanese B2. You get bigger side borders than top and bottom borders, but I think it looks good. They told me all Michaels have the same deals. Go out and get your poster frames! ~$11 with tax. Same value as if you use the weekly 40% off single item Michaels coupon in the LA Times. I dunno if it's ever possible to get more than 40% off poster frames; maybe TH knows. 14th is the last day of the deal.

I'm gonna have awesome Feng Shui...BB + a-nation for yin and the two AT06 posters for yang. Throw in A Best present D for the nostalgic past. Two more poster frames on standby. That's seven total...I don't know if it would be a good idea to buy any more. I could have more posters...but no where to put them up. I'm pretty content, I think these are among the best of the posters. Best for putting on walls. But duuuuude some of those TUKA ones are out of this world...like the B0 ones...<drools uncontrollably> freaking $100 tho...oh oh or the body shot visee ones that are high and narrow. Some of those look sooo good as pics...but probably the aspect ratio isn't the best for walls. Yes, I think this choice of posters works very well for me. I loooove posters...I don't know what's wrong with me lately. Posters are such luxury Ayu items...$65 for four, + $44 for frames, that's about $30 a piece, man... But DAYUM I'd take this over a painting any day. Unless it was a painting of Ayu? Damnit, foiled myself. I wonder how the new posters are gonna turn out. Good posters = drain $$

haha so the 24x30 frames were 30$?....X_x wew...

lol i was JUST there too xD...but i went for an art project...and i didn't even think about frames ....even the cardboard ones ._.;;;

No no the frames are ~$11 each...poster + frame average cost will be ~$30

I must say, that looks amazing!

oh cool! :), could you show me a picture of the ones you got if possible? :)

thx evolution7931, I tried my best :P

HiruNoKaze only ~$11 hmph.. that's very cheap, I hope they'd have those prices here too <__<

Well as far as I know, Michaels only sells one brand of poster frame. I just got the 24x30. There are random pics on the cover like a saxophone player and a surfer. Says "poster frame cadre d'affiche."

omg ^^- i finally got my frames from michaels! (gogo black friday cheapness!!!)
i got 3 22x28 frames from less than 30$!!! (i don'
t know why I didn't just get 20x28.../hmm..)

I'll post them as soon as I frame them ^^-!!!

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...medposters.jpg
and voila~ ...hmm I had to fold down the big ones a bit ...and I'm saving my 3rd big one for the Secret poster ^_^! ...but maybe I'll go out and buy a 24x30...for it.....But these things are soo hard to center!

Any tips?

Those look so awseome! :D

I remember you mentioning that earlier today.

Oh noes that's why I didn't get the 22x28, they're just short. I regret having bought one of those things, now it's useless. I decided I wanted to preserve the things for longer than a few years so you can see my pics in the post your collection thread.

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=424

Thing is, those poster frames are not acidfree, not UV protected, and the poster hugs the plastic. After Deli told me, I was like...uuuuughhhh I want to be able to admire them even when I'm an old man, time to invest in frames built to protect. I really enjoyed having my BB poster in one of those frames while I was using it though.

So what exactly did you do?, Did you make them yourself o_o I was reading your post @ the other thread and it's a bit confusing x3~ (seems like you wanted to get it off your chest in one quick rant:laugh)

and what exactly is bad about the non-acid free/non-UV protected ones?

stardusties, the CDL0405 poster looks way awesome.

Gorgeous collection.

thanks :)..but it's such an awkward poster....where would i put it? ><

A great place would be right over my computer monitor.

Apart from that, I'm not really sure :/.

So I bought the glass and the frame part. And all the foam board. I cut the foam board myself and it just put it all together. It just took a bit of ingenuity and a lot of work, so that's why I was ranting so much :).

Acid makes stuff turn yellow and UV makes colors fade. I'm thinking, these posters are so high res and vivid that any fading would be very noticeable...not that I would tolerate fading at all. And stuff will stick to glass/plastic so if you take it out years after, it might very well be byebye.

Yea I just really wanted to rant lol. Sorry for being so...hard to understand.

Interesting. You got me get out my Ayu posters and think on how to frame them!

I want to put up my 3 BLUE BIRD and 3 AT06 Startin' posters at the wall, beside each other. Err.

It'd look cool, I want frames.

Perfect, I'll wish for them as a Christmas present :).

3BB up at once? meehhhh too much repetition for me. Everyone get your posters out of the closet! Every poster that comes out makes the world a better place.

3BB up at once? meehhhh too much repetition for me. Everyone get your posters out of the closet! Every poster that comes out makes the world a better place.

Wow that's great, I never thought about framing posters, very good idea indeed!

I never thought about framing my posters, either...then I'd have abolutely NO ROOM left. This is what my walls already look like (pardon my messy room, I'm in the midst of hell-week at school):



I wonder where I'm gonna put my Secret poster when it comes today? .__.

Wow...

If you need room, I can always buy something from you :laugh

chocopockymaster, the Memorial address poster is real pretty. Nice wall you got there.

Haha, thanks. xD I love the MA poster, too...unfortunately, the bottom is a little torn because it's right above my pillow and I have a tendency to toss and turn at night, so my pillow kills it. Everything else is the result of years of money-spending and wall-covering...

...did I mention I have about 30 more posters in tubes underneath my bed? x__X

30!? Neat.

Hey... you should change place of the Ma poster, ruin any poster but not it!