Annie’s Art and Frame

I had a couple of great experiences over the recent holiday season at this shop. It’s one of the busiest times of the year but the owner of the shop (I did not know he was the owner until the end of my second visit) took the time to carefully and beautifully frame two family photos that I’d brought in that I’d had specially restored at a photo lab beforehand. He helped me pick out frames for them that matched the archival/​preservation concerns I had for the photos, and patiently answered my questions. I really appreciate the time he took to do this, twice in one week, amidst the hustle and bustle of all the holiday shoppers. I also love that this store is not just a frame shop, but has all kinds of other wonderful decorative supplies – ribbons, cards, and arts and crafts – a fun place to look around and hang out in.

Annie’s knows framing. I have had several college diplomas framed here and I got to say they do a great job. The staff is helpful and friendly. I spent about 45 minutes selecting two mattes and they were full of helpful suggestions to make my diplomas Pop and look professional.

Great service today! Thank you to the gentleman who helped me pick frames, put the photos in, wrapped them up and carried them out to my car.

Great little stationary store. More than that, actually. I happened upon this store while parking in Ballard to meet friends for dinner. It was the night before my fiancé’s birthday so because I had a few spare minutes, I popped in to see what they had.
Like any art framing store they’ve got all the materials needed to get your home art custom framed. But to my surprise they also had a cute rack of stationary, small trinkets, gifts, locally made items like magnets and jewelry and stickers, and more.
I found a great card, bought a few spare items for home, and had a lovely brief chat with the gal at the counter. Definitely and unexpected surprise and a great store to visit to knock a chore off my to-​do list.

I really appreciated that the woman who helped me, offering framing options along a range of prices. Although I went with a cheaper, pre-​fab frame, she was still generous in placing my delicate, 30-​year-​old poster for me. Most places would have just sold me the frame and hustled me out the door. I always felt that framing was ridiculously expensive, so I’m grateful for a place that is down-​to-​earth and doesn’t make me feel shunned for opting to go cheap.

I love this place! They do such a great job and will work within your budget and all with a smile! Such a great neighborhood place.

I had the pleasure of working with Sean, a genuinely enthusiastic, curious and truly talented artist. I came in with a one of a kind signed sheet music for framing. He worked with me on color choices for matting and really cared about how the piece would look. He was so inspiring and I knew I could trust him with the piece.
It looks beautiful. I highly recommend this shop and asking for Sean’s help. Thank you! I am really grateful for your guidance.

I came here today for matt paper framing, i don’t really satisfy w/​how one of them work. But, i like the store though, they sell lots of interesting thing.

I can’t say enough good things about this store. They have an endless supply of cool trinkets and novelty things to complement their primary art and frame products.
I’ve gotten more than a few prints and frames there and every time the staff have been incredibly helpful. Whoever curates their products has a good thing going because there is always a huge selection of really interesting posters and gadgets.

This is such a fun shop to stop by when strolling through Ballard! They have interesting things here that would make great gifts! Half the store is like a gift shop with posters, books, journals, art books, fancy pens, clocks, kitchen wear and accessories, while the other half is frames. They have some nice frames and can frame artwork for you.
It’s on the main street (NW market) and easy to find! Stop by to check out some cute and unusual items =)
(Their stuff is on the expensive side of things but cool to check out)

I worked with Peter, the owner on two inexpensive prints. He spent a lot of time with me and helped me to keep the cost down. I just picked them up and they look great! The store also has some fun and eco friendly things. I highly recommend this place.

Annie’s is one of the best frame shops I have ever been to. They have absolutely fantastic service, very fair prices and super quality work when it comes to framing art.
I often get large artwork framed and had tried a few different framing stores in the Seattle area before going to Annie’s. While those frame shops were decent, I was absolutely blown away by how great Annie’s is, As a result I will never go to another framing shop again.
Apart from delivering great products at very good prices, I have to say that I really enjoyed the customer service. All the people working at Annie’s have a terrific attitude and seem to enjoy their work. They were great at suggesting different framing options so that I would be not only happy with the final design but also happy with the cost.
Very highly recommended!

I’ve shopped around Seattle to find the best deal in ordering custom mats and this is it. Consistently lower prices than other places and really great staff that are knowledgeable about the best color mat to go with my photograph/​art and frame.
Hands down this is where I come when needing to order a custom mat.

Not just a frame store, but a surprisingly fantastic place to get gifts!
I basically did all my Christmas shopping here: stationery set, art prints, airplane kits, and remote-​controlled robots. Done! I’ve been given some wonderful prints from here, too. They also have the best selection of non-​cheesy greeting cards in Ballard (closely followed by Venue and Secret Garden).
To top it all off, on Second Saturdays Annie’s participates in Art Walk, so you can come in for free wine, snacks and art discussions. Who is Annie, and why is she so awesome?

Hit and miss — but there’s a lot of hit! Their selection of prints was a lot more mainstream /​typical Seattle than I expected: if you have a dorm room to furnish or want a Nikki McClure print, head here. However, their selection of affordable ready made frames and other creative ways to hang posters and wall art is second to none. I came here expecting it to be the other way around: I’d get some art prints at Annie’s and then take them to some place cheap to get frames. Instead I got an awesome red lacquer frame for a print I have and a perfect black frame for an unusual size. They gave me matting advice and sold it to me for cheap, too. THEN I found something amazing.
Annie’s sells gift wrap by the sheet printed with antique medical illustrations and maps. I can’t remember the dimensions — over 20″ x 30″. The sheets are only $ 4 (!!) and each has a single image on it. Annie’s sells bar chart clips to go with, so the prints look like they’re in a space age classroom. Perfect. I now have a phrenology chart on my wall. So, party at my place?

I saw the posters out in the window and the history of Apple poster caught my eye. I went in and there are posters galore! There’s so much cool stuff.
Someone came and helped us. He got me the Apple poster (Father’s Day gift!) and showed us some of the other stuff. He told us about the artists for each piece. A lot of them also have serial number to show you how many of them exist. There’s some really cool and unique stuff. I also noticed they carry lots of great Ork posters.
To give you some perspective on pricing: my medium sized print was $ 30 and the large version was $ 45. It was 1 of 1000 of the print.
There’s also a fun card section with some hilarious stuff and everyone was very nice. I have definitely seen some of the knick knacks for cheaper on Amazon and other places though.
This is a great place for unique gifts!

I’ve heard about this place for awhile now and never bothered to use them. Not really sure why, maybe it’s that I was used to paying $ 500 per frame for my paintings.
When one of my current clients needed some of their collateral framed, I knew this was my chance.
This place is amazing. Really. Prices are quite reasonable, great selection of items, staff are friendly, super skilled and really go out of their way to make sure you’re absolutely satisfied with your valued art (even if it’s your 3 year old’s finger paintings).
Oh the $$ I cold have saved if I had just listened to my artist friends and neighbors.

I’m not really a poster person but that had some neat things in this store. They have those fun neighborhood maps with the name of the neighborhoods comprising the map. Also some fun little toys like cards and little robot insects. They also have a very nice selection of clocks, and handmade cards.

Annie’s Art and Frame is a cute gift shop on the main drag in Ballard.
I have not used their framing services but I have purchased some HILARIOUS cards and neat little gifts and knick knacks here. It’s a step up from and slightly more serious than the gift section at Urban Outfitters. There are also lots and lots of posters, including those cool ones where the city is broken down into the names of neighborhoods. If you are merely perusing and not inquiring about framing, they totally leave you alone. The first time I visited this made me feel neglected and ignored, but most recently it didn’t bother me. They are always friendly and chatty when they ring you up. I guess they should be when you are handing them money.
I’m rarely in Ballard these days but I could see myself making a point of heading to Annie’s Art and Frame if I was looking for a gift or poster. Or frame. They have those as well.

They did a nice job with my frame at a reasonable price and timely manner.