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Ballantyne Framing & Art

Custom picture framing serving New Bern, Nc and the surrounding areas.

05/30/2026

Hi there friends! I am still quite a bit under the weather (again, not contagious!) so please be patient with me while I get back up to speed. And in the midst of it all, I have new moulding choices in. I've been waiting on my suppliers to put out some good choices that combine wood with a hint of gold and silver and they're now coming through, so if you're looking for something that combines classic and modern, I've got you covered!

05/26/2026

Hi friends--I gave it a shot but I've got to close early today. I am quite under the weather (don't worry, nothing contagious!), and just need a little more rest. I plan on being back in tomorrow, fingers crossed. Thank you for your patience!

05/20/2026

Hi friends! We ARE open today...just about 20 minutes late! We were part of that power outage in the middle of the night last night, and then alarms didn't go off....

Onto other things. Now, if my lovely customer would have let me, I'd have kept this newly framed piece! Such a beautiful hand-painted mandala that was a joy to admire as I framed it.

And last, a little update on my "let's try not to throw so much stuff away!" plan--I now have a Free to a Good Home box with matboard scraps, wayward frames, and some unwanted art prints for good measure. Come get some!

05/13/2026

Let's offer a warm welcome to all of the talented artists visiting during the Plein Air festival! This week, North Carolina Plein Air Art Festival in New Bern has organized this fantastic event where you can tour New Bern and our surrounding little ENC towns and watch these excellent artists showcase their craft.

For the artists, if you seem to be missing one last canvas, sheet of paper, or a frame for your work, I've got custom frames (of course!), Arches cold press watercolor paper in different weights, hand stretched unprimed cotton canvas, and some smaller pieces of Aquabord. I've got limited quantities of each, but if you're in a snag, I'm priced competitively and I'll do what I can to have you covered! And now for some history!

"En plein air" is a French term referring to open-air painting, and it's emergence and burgeoning popularity is primarily credited to French neoclassic painted Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819). While spending time in Rome, he explored painting landscapes from directly the source itself, nature, forming the concept of the "landscape portrait." He wanted to capture the same scenes at different times and seasons, capturing the changing landscape as we see it in life, not as just one snapshot at one time in space. One of his notable students was Pierre Prévost, famous in his own right for being the first French panoramic painter, which is pretty cool in and of itself!

So join us outdoors, the weather is supposed to be lovely all week, and I personally know how much you all love and support the arts!

(plein air facts were sourced from Wikipedia, because, alas, I'm finding myself too low on time to get my real History research on)

05/05/2026

A reminder we will be closed most of this week--Thurs.-Sat. (May 7th-9th) we will be off visiting family out of state! Gotta take a vacation every once in a while, right?

And good news everyone! For all you smart savers, burgeoning artists, small project folks or just those that, "I want it cheap!", here you go. Allow me to introduce the discontinued, phased out, and/or lightly damaged moulding-from-the-back bucket. I've got some nice lengths and everything here is going to be $1/foot. This will not include labor (if you want me to cut and assemble), glazing, hanging hardware, etc., those services/products will be additional cost. These are first come, first serve, no holds, COME AND GET SOME WOOD!

04/28/2026

Hey friends, I'll be closing a little early tomorrow for an art-related thing. I'll be learning about judging art shows, and if you know me, you know I love to learn! May 7-9 will see us taking a trip to Ohio to see family that we haven't seen in a bit, so very exciting next couple of weeks!

On the policies thing: they're not really new, I've just been lax. But the last-minute orders are getting a little wild, so amusement park fast-pass rules are kicking in here. This fee won't apply to remats, glass replacement, small repairs, etc., just to full framing jobs.
Polystyrene is gross. I understand it's cheaper to buy. It's plastic. It also ruins my saw blades, requires a respirator to work with, requires a special adhesive that STINKS, and is also quite a bit more flammable than wood. The cheaper cost isn't worth it, guys. And let's be real, the smell of freshly cut wood is lovely!

04/18/2026

On this lovely day we have a lovely picture to match! This moulding comes from one of my favorite collections by --I love the color burl woods and this gave the tone and dimension that this piece needed--it's like it has it's own little window into the world. And drawing you into a piece is always my main goal in framing!

The artist is a fellow North Carolinian from Concord, NC named Sharon Plummer. It's gorgeous!

04/09/2026

My shipment is huge today (all these supplies!). It's going to take me a while to put everything away, so long I might end up like Martha.

Martha is a medical grade skeleton dummy that my husband will be using to take molds off of and make beautiful sculpture, so she's keeping me company until he's ready to make art. So if you see her in various places as I inevitably have to gently roll her out of my way to work on things, just remember that Martha is not only a valuable learning tool, but a tool for the creative as well!

04/01/2026

Hi friends, lovely weather out today, be sure to wander around and check out our beautiful downtown if you can! This piece was framed when it came in, but the owner of it thought it needed something....else. And when she brought it in, we both jumped on this frame--it's a frame that needs a specific type of picture to go well with it because it is such a stylized moulding, but this certainly fit the bill! The movement and geometry bring us inevitably to the middle of the wheel of the picture, and drawing us into the art is what a frame is supposed to do.

And can you believe such delicate detail in this picture was hand-painted? It's beautiful!

12/12/2025

Hi friends--as a reminder, tomorrow the 13th is the LAST day to drop off Christmas orders. It is my last day to be able to order materials in by Christmas so please come by!

We are also doing a Dog Toy Drive TONIGHT starting during the Live Window Display event through Dec. 23rd. I have a box out for any donations--new toys only please! These will all go to the shelter dogs with CCHS that we will have here tonight, and others who couldn't be here! I would also love to see everyone come out tonight and give these pups some love, even if you're not out to adopt. Interaction and affection goes a long way! You don't have to vote for us, but some good boys and girls would love to see you drop in and say hi.

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220 Craven Street
New Bern, NC
28560

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

+12526330414

Website

http://www.ballantyneframing.com/

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