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By: Summer Projects « Razzberry Pipedreams

Summer Projects « Razzberry Pipedreams — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:50:05 +0000

[...] The shirts that I can’t bare to cut up will likely make their way into t-shirt frames. [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:05:09 +0000

@Susan

Thanks for taking the time to let me know you found it useful.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:52:11 +0000

This post was so very helpful!!! I needed to frame six basketball jerseys for the graduating seniors on my husband’s team. It was quick , easy and inexpensive with this amazing post. Thank you!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:32:18 +0000

@Samantha

Glad you find it useful.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:40:06 +0000

I love this idea. My bf has alot of shirts that he can’t fit or are falling apart, but he won’t throw them away because they have funny sayings on them. I plan on doing this as a surprise and hang them on the wall in our house. I think he will enjoy seeing them and them not being stuffed in his drawers.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:13 +0000

@Judy

I’m sure it will keep for a good while… depending on the material (cotton, polyester, etc.) of the shirt your putting in there. However, I don’t image that the glass in these shadow box frames offer any UV protection so you’d want to keep it out of direct sunlight, or get some UV coated glass for the frame if that’s a concern. It’s certainly not air tight either, two enemies of preservation: sunlight and air.

The upshot is this isn’t a method for a historical artifact or something of monetary value. The fact that the shirt is stuffed inside the frame shows that. In the context I used it – keeping a favorite t-shirt around and relatively safe – it works great. But it’s certainty not a way to preserve something in the sense that you’d want to keep the Mona Lisa preserved and protected.

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:44:35 +0000

Will this be able to like keep it well preserved for a very long time?

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:52:25 +0000

@Flaz

Never saw a “Big Johnson” tee… so I looked it up. I doubt him or his wife will forget ya.

Thanks for the comment, glad you found this useful.

By: Flaz

Flaz — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:38:29 +0000

My buddy, D. Johnson recently moved to small town Nebraska and bought a home with a “man cave” basement. I have 3 classic Big Johnson tee’s I will shadow box frame and send back. He’ll never forget me and his wife will never forgive me!!! HA

Flaz from San Diego

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:24:11 +0000

@Stephanie B

I’m glad you found this useful – thanks for taking time to comment.

By: Stephanie B

Stephanie B — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:07:29 +0000

What a great idea! I have hockey and football jerseys from college that I would really like to display in my office, but they’re childrens size, so of course they don’t fit into a regular jersey case. And plus that would cost more then the little jerseys themselves.. This is definitely going to my office more me. Thanks!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:37:46 +0000

@H Lynnea

So glad that you found this useful – thanks for taking the time to comment.

By: H Lynnea

H Lynnea — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:07:09 +0000

Wow, what a great idea! I have a t-shirt that a friend made from High School that I no longer fit into, but couldn’t stand to throw away. It’s been languishing in the back of my closet, but now I can give it the place of honor it deserves. Thanks so much for sharing this idea!

BTW – found my way here via Instructibles.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:02:00 +0000

@Mark Thomas

Thanks!

By: Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:47:50 +0000

Great project! And a worthy band. Bleach are one of my favorite groups of all time.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:06:08 +0000

@julie

Thanks – I share this stuff in the hopes that someone else will find it useful; I’m glad you do.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:49:39 +0000

Thanks for posting this – as my son gets older I want to save so many of his shirts from bands he’s joined and the one from the LOST tv show with just the “numbers” but havent found a way to do it – this is a great idea!! Thanks for the pix it really shows details on how to do it.

By: frogdut

frogdut — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:39:07 +0000

I am soo glad I found this website! My best friend was getting rid of a bunch of clothes after she had her first baby because even after the baby weight was gone, certain things did not fit right anymore. One of them was a shirt she had made for hockey games that said simply “HABS SUCK” (serious hockey fan is an understatement). Now I am not of the same opinion, but it was a great shirt because she wore it with such conviction and pride… she had many a free beer bought for her out of respect for the shirt. I took this shirt out of the Sally Ann pile unbeknownst to her, knowing that she would one day regret this decision. I now know what I am going to do for her this year for christmas. I wanted to let you know that you have made one hardcore Canucks fan and new mom’s year!! Thanks for the tips on the shadow box!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:50:41 +0000

@frogdut

Thank you for leaving your comment. It’s really great to hear when my posts inspire or are useful to others.