Grateful and Thankful to all...

As morning dawns outside the frame shop door and Thanksgiving is around the corner (tomorrow)...
I have a great BIG THANK YOU to all my customers... and the beautiful things you bring to the shop for framing.
Without you, there would be no need for me.
Because of you, I walk and talk in beauty everyday.
When you are here, creative magic happens!!!
Thank you for coming to the shop.

Best Wishes for a joyful, Thanksgiving time,
Carla

Shop closed for vacation

Vacation Time!!!
Shop Closed Sept.13-Sept.26.
See you on Tuesday, Sept.27th!!!!

The Frame Shop Neighborhood.....

Minckler's Frame Shop is nestled in a wonderful neighborhood!

Although, we don't always know each other by name..we do a friendly nod as we walk about the block.
And bit by bit we come to hear about one another.

It has come to my attention that one of our neighbors has had his cancer return.
You want to say something to your neighbor and then wonder what could you possibly say?

So, I wonder if you have a phrase, mantra, saying or prayer that you have used during tuff times and might like to share?

There is something quite wonderful that happens when you know you are being held dear in some one thoughts.

Thank you for sharing............

FROM WISHES TO HUGS>>>>

Every now and then, a really good e-mail comes your way.

It makes you want to smile and laugh out loud.

So, if you have a few moments ( 3:38 to be exact) ...make sure you have the volume on....

Enjoy....http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hN8CKwdosjE

FREE HUGS IN SONDRIO,ITALY

Update on the restoration of the mural room....

Patty West, owner of South Coast Fine Arts Conservation Center sent me these photos.

She also said that the fire left dirt and soot on the mural...no plastic bits.

As you scrool down, you will see the difference between the soot,dirt area and the cleaned area.

Amazing, isn't it?

Thanks Patty for the photos!!! I look forward to any other photos you might have in the future?!

Patty West from South Coast Fine Arts on top of scaffolding at the mural room.

Partially cleaned section at peak of ceiling.

Close up showing grease and smoke from the fire.

New Garden Section Filled With 122 Wishes!!!!

As you can see by the photos, the lines were full....all 122 wishes.

So, the wishes were shredded and added to the dirt......
They were placed with some shells and succulents..

And...

a new garden section was

made with

your wishes!!!!

To learn more about how the wishing tree and garden started...check out world famous photographer Kenji and his terrific blog that documents this adventure: http://wp4duke.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/wishing-tree/

Go See The Mural Room @ the Couthouse!!!!

In January of this year, there was a fire in the attic of the Courthouse. Black smoke and tiny bits of burning plastic flooded in to the mural room. The plastic embedded itself into parts of the paint and the smoke put a brown finish over the whole mural. To make things worse, the mural was never finished with a final varnish coat to seal the paints back in the 30's.!!!!

This makes for very delicate and tricky restoration work!!! View the complete story:http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=33285

This is a copy of the mural...

...............divided into 4 sections =4 walls.

Enter... South Coast Fine Arts Conservation Center...

floor to ceiling scaffolding....

and multiple workers to clean, restore and stabilize the mural!!!

It is rare that one would ever get a chance to see restoration work done on this scale.

So, go up the stairs to the second floor.....................

Go in the door......

Look Up.........................................

It is like magic. They put a solution on the mural and then carefully blot off the smoke. It can go from a cloudy looking day to bright sunlight in a few blots!!