Photo Mat

Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 4:01 am

7266Cool Gibson Guitar Photo Mouse Pat Mat
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US $.59

7281Nice The Big Bang Theory Actor Photo Mouse Pat Mat
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US $.59

WHIRLPOOL Orig 1949 Gene Tierney Noir Ad Mat Photo 1
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US $20.00

WHIRLPOOL Orig 1949 Gene Tierney Noir Ad Mat Photo 2
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US $20.00

1 ONLY MAT LOTOS PHOTO BALL SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS
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US $14.95

LOT OF 3 PHOTO DOUBLE MATS BEVELED
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US $2.00

Creative Ideas To Make You Photo Mat Look Unique

Everyone wishes to decorate their homes with such items that can reflect their personal style. Using photo mats is a great idea to make your home look as if it has been designed by a professional interior designer. You can take your pictures to frame shop where you will come across numerous designs, style and size of mats that are perfect for framing your precious pictures.

Creative ideas on photograph mats can give your paintings a unique look. Some of the creative ideas are give below which can make some of the most attractive picture matting for your photographs.

Buy ribbons of your own choice having contrast color with your picture frame. Stick the ribbon in a straight line on your photo mat so that it looks like an extra border. You can also make double borders by sticking two ribbons of different colors with few centimeters of gap between them. Apart from pasting the ribbons on all sides of the casing you can put them in one side also. This will give a smart look to your photographs. This type of design suits best on still photos.

Wallpapers are great decorating material for your photo mats. Take a picture mat and paste the back of your preferred wallpaper to the front of it. Now cut the extra corners of the wallpaper and neatly fold the edges down and stick it to the photography mat. Now use a knife to make the opening for photograph. This will give your photograph mat different texture and color. This type of decoration can be used for still snapshots and hand painted pictures.

One more creative idea is to stick buttons on the mat. Instead of buttons you can also use bottle caps. When you are using bottle caps make sure that it does not hampers the fitting of the frame. Hence, use caps which are very sleek or cut them in your preferred size and shape.

Sticker can also be used for decorating. You can either use two or three sticker of big size or can use several small stickers. When you are using small stickers, make sure that all the stickers are of the same type. This will give a coherent design throughout the picture matting.

You can also go to a reputed frame shop which supplies various photo frames and mats. These shops provide superior quality products and offer the latest designs in the market. Documounts is one such shop that has web presence also. You can visit their official website that contains comprehensive information about their picture mats, photograph mats etc.

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Whether you need a thick photo mat board to add depth to your frame, a picture matting that can help protect your most valuable artwork and antique documents, or a basic picture mat for decorative framing; we have the mat board you are looking for.

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