What a difference a mat makes

I should have known not to figure mat cutting dimensions when my brain was mush, but I tried anyway. I cut it just big enough to allow the picture to fall through on the sides. I must have forgotten to subtract the half inch required to keep picture inside the hole.

I had no pieces large enough to redo the mat, so I tried patching it with an under mat of the same color. That looked terrible. I could not show it in that condition.

I bit the bullet and took it to the local framing shop.

I had intended to replace the original brown mat with another one, but Teri showed me a rust-colored mat. She said she could trim brown mat and put the rust one underneath, next to the picture. I loved the idea. The rust color brought out highlights that hadn’t shown before.

She adores this picture and wants to hang it in her shop as an example of her work. We traded my picture for her framing. I’m excited to see my work hanging on someone else’s wall. She also wants me to produce a book of my work for sale in her shop.

Is that cool or what?