Every picture, every piece of artwork , has a story. Your story. An heirloom, a memento, a photograph, a child’s first drawing, a print you chose from a gallery, a memory from a favorite vacation, a sports jersey, a ticket to a concert, a poster, the list is endless, but they are all your stories.
What makes Little Conestoga Picture Framing different is the stories. What I love the best about what I do is being able to take your memories and create a piece that you will love to display and tell others about your story.
Little Conestoga Picture Framing is a full service studio. Located on a charming horse farm in Elverson, PA.
Bring your art and memories to L-I-F-E. As your Local Independent Framing Expert, I offer a complete range of mouldings, matboard samples, and hundreds of choices. As an artist, I bring to you creative ideas you will not find elsewhere, with competitive pricing, and very prompt delivery.
Thank you for visiting our site, and enjoy the stories.
Framing Plates & Flags - Really Old Ones!
Plates
Recently this plate arrived, of a portrait of the client's great great grandmother dated 1880. Knowing where to send her to have it properly restored insured it would come back to me for framing. A good framer should have a network of other experts to help out when needed! Over the years I have built up a cache of people to advise me when "I get one of those really good ones".
American Flag
When this flag flew on a air craft carrier in WWII at Iwo Jima, Im certain the soldier never dreamed that 85 years later it would hang proudly in his granddaughters family room. Knowing what to do to keep it for another 85 years is part of Little Conestoga Picture Framing's services. We treat heirlooms as if they were from our own family.
Are you getting what you pay for?
Everyone likes to see "SALE 50-70% OFF!" Saving money is a good thing. But how do you know you are getting what you pay for?
Recently I read an article in my trade/ industry that the franchise framing/craft stores are selling a version of high quality museum glass, passing it off as the Real Deal, or their own personal version of it. However, what these franchise stores have purchased is a flawed quality, lower standard glass, and are selling it to their customers. The customer is unaware of the differences in glass, and paying the same price for as an independent would charge for the Real Stuff.
Confusing? On the premise that an educated consumer is the best consumer, I feel it is important to let the client know that they have choices. They are not locked in to what I feel. The client at Little Conestoga Picture Framing leaves knowing that they made good choices about their art and why. They also know that they are getting what they paid for.
Consider your passionate, Local Independent Framing Expert, and be assured you are getting what you pay for.
The price of quality?
A while ago when a client came to me with an order to cut just mats and glass, I didn't think anything about the frame. he had purchased the frame at a "big box" store and spent quite a bit on it. I often do fill in orders, where only the mat or glass is needed.
Two years later, he called on me to say the frame that "I did" was splitting at the corners and falling apart. After looking at it, I remembered the scenario. In an effort to save money, and get the "70% off", he purchased the frame, but went elsewhere for the rest of the work ( me). But the frame was of very poor quality, and nothing I would have represented.
The philosophy of our studio is to try to offer the client a little more than the other guys, absorb the details and little things, and try to deliver a hassle free product. I quoted him an inclusive price that beat out the single price of only the frame. Had he started out with the entire project in one place, he could have saved time, money, aggravation, and the inconvenience of doing it all over again a couple years later. All those things add up to expensive mentally, physically, and through his wallet.
Winter Classic framed sports memorabilia, Framed $125.
Out of Print Rare Richard Bollinger print. Signed and numbered 708/750.