SecondMoonshot Custom Picture Framing

07/16/2026

We will be closed on Friday July 17th. Taking a ride over to Gibsonville, NC to pickup some lumber at The Hardwood Store. Having lunch at Pete's Grill of course!

07/09/2026

Inspired by Short’s Hotdogs and a painting I saw made of the landmark hotdog joint. My brother-in-law (Tom Johnson) is a budding pastel artist and took on a piece of a photo of the shopfront…love it!

06/27/2026

Yes, we will frame your asphalt!

A very interesting framing project that tested many skills and required some creative solutions.

This is a walk-through of mounting and framing an asphalt remnant from the Raleigh Speedway (1952-1958) in a shadowbox style frame.

06/18/2026

Next up: Another Weaver Gallery Blown Away Man in Chair Poster - Mint

Due to the volume and unique framing we do with the Maxell and Weaver Gallery Steve Steigman posters, at least once a month customers throughout the USA ask me if I have any available or if I can find quality originals.

I came across this one in Germany and the customer decided to proceed in the acquisition and … oh my, the condition for it was….STUNNING. I would classify this as Near Mint (only detractor is some scotch tape on the back which should be very easily removed. We did pay a premium for this, although I do not charge a finder fee if we also do the framing.

We did a mockup of how we are going to be framing it with a single mat of Before Dark and a Graphite metal Nielsen Profile 117 frame with TruVue Conservation Clear UV glass (we later upgraded to Museum glass)…we are thinking of going with a double thick mat. Should be a nice one.

Last pic was the final…

06/16/2026

Laser Engraved Plaques In-house

SecondMoonshot does its own laser engraving of plaques in house on a variety of materials including anodized aluminum, painted aluminum, plastic, glass and wood.

Framing is not required to take advantage of this service and you can bring in your own materials as well (samples for testing are required with customer supplied materials).

06/01/2026

Last Mile Picture Framing

We have a steady flow of customers that have framing projects that started out as DIY or minor projects, often to be set aside due to lost steam, unexpected complexity, or just changes in priorities.

Sometimes we will get in a frame bought over internet but the picture just wont fit or acrylic / glass needs cutting, or need to add a mat or two. Sometimes they want me to make a modification of other design elements or resize the frame. We are happy to help take these side projects and get them ready to hang.

We call these “Last Mile” projects as a carryover from similar concept used by UPS and other shipping carriers when they use USPS to do the last mile of delivery.

Here are a couple that we have done over the years…

05/24/2026

I guess I have to get back to the shop sometime…great week!

05/02/2026

Restored Mirror

I had a large heavy wood mirror sitting in the shop for years. I looked at it closely last week and there were signs of a beautiful wood under the cracking gold paint, so stripped the old paint, sanded it and decided to go with a teak Briwax finish and gift it to my daughter.

04/17/2026

Public Domain Photography

You have most likely heard of Edward S. Curtis (Western Native American) and Dorothea Lange (Farm Service Administration) and their incredible photography they (and other photographers) produced during the early 1900s. Most of their work is freely available on the public domain and most notably from the Library of Congress where you can download the images of varying resolution.

After discussing with my daughter who is working to continue designing her pottery, I thought a nice series of pottery related vintage photos from Edward S. Curtis mostly relating to Native American tribes simply framed would work well to complement the pottery wheel organizer we build last year.

Because many of the images were of a lower resolution, we were able to increase the quality, clarity and resolution using some of the image enhancement tools including Adobe Photoshop and the TopazLabs suite of tools. We did make these so that we can swap out the photos over time to keep things fresh.

04/05/2026

Just framed and available for sale on SecondMoonshot.com