November Giveaway!

Check out our November giveaway over at the other blog!

New website, new blog.

Hey friends!

I wanted to announce that we have a brand new website. If you haven't already checked it out, hop on over! Also, along with the website we have a new blog, so be sure to peep that on occasion as well. We'll still be updating both blogs. 

Visit us at:

 www.ivebeenframedpdx.com

Jacquard Procion MX Dyes

New at I've Been Framed

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Jacquard Procion MX Dye

This cold water fiber reactive dye is known all over the world. The undisputed king of tie dye, Procion MX is also one of the most versatile dyes available. This cold water concentrated dye, which you add to tap water, is the most vivid of all dyes for cellulose fibers. You can easily create a palette of colors ranging from light pastels to deep, vibrant hues. For best results onprotien fibers we recommend using Jacquard Acid Dyes.

For more information and instructions visit the Jacquard website!

Tie-die how-to videos using the Procion MX dyes

Derwent Inktense blocks

We now stock Derwent's Inktense Blocks!

If you've never tried these before, you must! So much fun, have a  look...

These chunky water-soluble ink blocks bring a new sense of freedom and color to your drawing and painting! Derwent Inktense delivers pure vibrant color, but when water is added it is transformed into a translucent ink-like paint which, when dry again, can be worked over again for amazing results.

The blocks are extremely versatile and can be used for a wide range of creative effects. You can use them like pans of paint. Dip them in water and apply color directly to the paper, use dry on their side of apply directly to wet paper for instant intense color.

The blocks complement the Inktense range perfectly opening up an exciting world of endless possibilities. They may also be used on fabric to create stunning silk paintings and quilts.

Here's a great video demonstrating some of the different techniques that the inktense blocks are capable of!

Big changes at the store!

Somebody let our fire-cracker of a manager out of the office which means lots of changes have been happening on the floor. Most of her vision and inspiration gets a bit suffocated when she's forced to crunch numbers and take calls all the live long day, as you can understand I'm sure! So it's inevitable that serious business is goin' down once she gets out to bury  her hands in the store displays and merchandise. 

I am super excited about some of the changes that have gone on. While it may not be as big of a deal to some, better organization and use of space is always enough to make me jump up and down with joy.

 And of course, with cleaning and re-organizing always comes markdowns and closeouts, clean it up and get it out of here! So with all of the new changes, the sunshine, sidewalk sales and the killer deals happening right now, paying us a visit is strongly recommended.

Here's a few sneak-peaks of some of the fun stuff going on....

Top to bottom:

*The next month is all about brushes! Come see our new brush display and take advantage of some crazy markdowns. 

*The palette/container section gets a complete move and makeover

*Lots of discounted Golden products %50 off!

*Golden Acrylic section gets moved and completely revamped!

New, used, sales and closeouts!

 Hey IBF friends!
In case you missed it, we were only kidding about moving to Hawaii and if we got you with our April fooling and gave you quite a scare, then we'd like to make up for it with this great blog post full of a lot of our current sales and good buys.
A lot of this wont last long, so make sure you come in to see us soon!

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*A bag of shorty pencils...

 You just never know what you might find here!

 *Closeout new and used paints. Oils and Acrylics.

*Beautiful wood block carvings for printing.

Use for cards, clothing, wrapping paper etc...

*Encaustikos Hot Cakes

*Beautifully hand-bound sketch books ready for a personalized cover!

                                            *New card stock                    *Lots of used oils

*Golden interference gold fine... AWESOME color. Lonely gallon needs good home. Manager might need to find a new job but she is willing to let it go for $50!! Excellent for sparkling under painting, glistening highlights and general hints of metallic magic. Please help this gallon find a new home! (thats discounted $350?!?!!) only one in stock.

*Slightly used & non used prisma color markers...

 Won't be here long

*New watercolor sets in... AWESOME quality & prices

Jack Richeson. (Really similar to the Yarkas if you've ever used those.)

*Who likes whiskey & painting? This palette/flask really need a good home! The manager will work an insane deal on it! Like sell it at our cost! ($45) just for being so cool & buying it you can have the 2 pads of W/C paper here with it for free! That's a $24 free value plus $45 discount on palette! 

(She can always find a job somewhere!)

*New sketchpad only $2 bucks! each

Masters A-4 110gsm / 60lb 25 sheets acid free paper

*Have u seen our new origami section? Holy herd of cranes!

*New used water colors... They won't be here long!

Priced as marked GOOD DEALS!

$15, $10, $5 FRAMES!

Crazy deals!

*New USED books!

*Happy little trees waiting to be painted...

 Clearing out the Bob Ross mediums. 

Get them before they're someone else's happy little mistake!

*Blow out canvas sale! 2.99-4.99! Retails up to $15!

*Closeout Book Cloth

Priced as marked

As always, there's more to see than what we have pictured. Come on in to the store soon to take advantage of these great deals!

Lots of love to you all! 

Yours truly, 

The crew @ IBF

All about Adhesives!

Hey IBF friends!

March is all about adhesives at I've Been Framed!

If you haven't been in yet to check it out, here are some bits and blips of what has been going on at the store.

Kristi put a lot of effort into a glue chart that will help you see which glues work for gluing certain surfaces and materials. Super helpful and informative. Check it out!

We now have a "Try it" station located by the front door! We love when our customers get to participate and learn about different products with us. There's really no better way than to get your hands in it! But please be careful when handling the broken glass!

This month's try it station features a reclaimed sculpture currently in progress. We have a bin of broken up plates and cups and a bunch of different kinds of glues. Come help us piece together what will be the fabulous GLUE TROPHY! 

It's growing everyday!

Here we have IsaBellaFunk modeling a fabulous neck piece made out of hot glue! 

She's such a fashionista!

Here are some other hot-glue sculptures we have hanging above our display!

We are also hosting a contest!

Got some good glue tips and tricks? We'd like to know! We are running a contest until the end of the month at the shop. The rules? write down your best glue tip on a piece of paper. It can be for any kind of glue.. any tip or trick you know that is clever (see example below). Drop your paper complete with glue advice, your name and contact info into our contest entry box (located at the front of the store). We will chose a winner at the end of the month! The winner will receive the glue trophy and a glue goody bag. All of the tips and tricks entered will be displayed in the glue section of our store for all to see! Good luck and thanks in advance for all of you participants!

Example glue tip:

To make the annoying glue strings dissapear after using a hot glue gun. After your project is complete, get out your hair dryer and blast the project with a bit of hot air for a few seconds and watch the strings disappear  Be careful not to use the hair dryer for too long or else you might reheat the hot glue and ruin your project.

So that's only some of the sticky fun that we have going on at the shop. If any of this interests you, come on down and check it out! We'd love to talk glue with you. If you have any questions please call or come in and talk to one of our friendly and informative associates!