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Frame & Picture Shoppe updated their business hours.
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About the PPFA | Professional Picture Framers Association
Serving the art and framing community worldwide since 1971, the Professional Picture Framers Association ™ (PPFA®) encourages artisans to hone the time-honored skill of custom framing. As the professional trade association for the custom framing industry, PPFA connects frame shops, art galleries, and suppliers to a network of knowledge and support. PPFA builds on its 40+-year history of establishing best practices for framing, and providing programs and services essential for entrepreneurial success. Through education, certification, business services, industry research, and events, PPFA leads its members to discover, understand, and act on new business opportunities.
Frame & Picture Shoppe opened it’s doors in 1996. Kimberley Breil, CPF, has been framing professionally for over 30 years. Kimberley is a member of the Professional Picture Framer’s Association. In 1989, Kimberley became a Certified Picture Framer, becoming one of the earliest custom framers to earn the PPFA designation, demonstrating her knowledge and expertise in mounting, glazing, frame cutting, preservation methods and the proper materials to be used in framing projects. To stay current with new products, technology, techniques and designs, she has attended seminars and workshops at framing conventions in New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Las Vegas. Kimberley became an accredited judge in 2001 for the New England Chapter of PPFA, then was asked to be head judge in 2007 and also in 2013 for the International PRINT Competition. She was asked to become a member of the International Competition Board in 2014. Only three framers are chosen from the PPFA members’ list which has members in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Kimberley became Chair in 2016, overseeing the entire International Competition in Las Vegas in 2017. She also became President of the New England Chapter of PPFA in 2016. New England is the largest and most active chapter in the PPFA.
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Jeff Kern – Professional Custom Framing
Jeff Kern – Professional Custom Framing
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Tuesdays we are open by appointment only. Please call 413-599-1854. Thank you.
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Frame & Picture Shoppe updated their business hours.
In December 2020, I made the difficult decision to not take on any new needlework customers. This was difficult on an emotional level and as a business decision as what business owner wants to turn away work? I have been a member of the Embroidery Guild of America for close to 40 years and have met some of my closest friends through needlework. With age has come arthritis in my hands and less dexterity to handle needlework as precisely as I have in the past 25 years. It takes me much more time now to line up threads with a mat or frame now than it used to in the past. Seeing the exquisite needlework my wonderful customers have brought in over the years has been a joy.
I do not wish to being in new help and spend the time teaching them the intricacies of custom framing this close to retirement. And frankly, I doubt I would ever trust someone to handle my customer's needlework. Though it was with a heavy heart, I made this difficult decision
In response to someone’s posting, I do not close during lunch (which is between customers) as many of my customers travel to come to the store when it is convenient for them and I value and appreciate the time they take to come in.