To celebrate Veteran's Day we're posting one of our more patriotic projects. Here is vintage American flag with 46 stars. The 46 Star Flag: On July 4,1908, the U.S. flag grew to 46 stars with the addition to the Union of Oklahoma (November 16, 1907). This was the official flag for 4 years. Theodore Roosevelt [...]
Just framed up this photo for a corporate gift. We used a Roma black frame with pewter lip, a deep flannel grey mat with a special message "To Travel is to Live." engraved on a matching brushed silver plate. We turned this around in just two days to deliver for the client's birthday. What [...]
When we say that Cherry Creek Custom Framing is Denver's most ARTful framing we mean it! Here are a three examples in our shop at the moment: An original Ansel Adams photograph, a Richard Diebenkorn lithograph, and a Joseph Albers color study. Wow! We love what we do and we love to see what [...]
A client recently brought in this beautiful weaving purchased on her travels to Turkey. We fashioned a special float frame for it so that it can be displayed on the wall and enjoyed and protected. The carpet was mounted with velcro tabs hand sewn on to the back which then allow the carpet to be [...]
Cherry Creek Custom framing brought some 4th of July fun to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which was held July 3rd-5th, 2015 in Denver's Cherry Creek North neighborhood. Our American Gothic photo booth contest turned out many fantastic photographs! So many in fact, it was difficult selecting our grand prize winner. However, the decision was [...]
Need art for a child's room? Frame up a dust jacket! We love this idea and thought we would share. Take a look through your child's favorite books. Chances are you may have removed the dust jacket to keep it safe from jelly fingerprints. Instead of tucking it away consider framing it to decorate your [...]
Allen Tupper True (1881-1955) is perhaps best remembered by Denver art afficionados for his murals that grace Denver buildings. Colorado National Bank spent $18,000 in 1916 for the mural titled "Indian Dreams". The mural has recently been restored and looks spectacular. True is also remembered for the murals with a communication theme done in the [...]
Gotta love these frames! The right frame doesn’t just set off a painting to perfection, it can also increase its sale value. So why are they so often overlooked? A new exhibition at the National Gallery aims to give frames their due, as Emma Crichton-Miller reports In July 2007 a magnificent painting came [...]
Maybe you once had this iconic image thumb-tacked to a wall in your room as a youngster? Chances are that it didn't weather this kind of display well. As we here at Cherry Creek Custom Framing await the December release of the latest film in the epic saga, we can help all you fans [...]
We would like to congratulate Aaron Casey for being invited to present his original research at the Denver Art Museum this Saturday, April 11th, 9am to 3pm with a reception following. Aaron's paper, "Craft Creep: The Hand-made and Technology" was selected to be part of the Front Range Art History Symposium which represents the best [...]
