A moment in Indian Valley Basketball history!

A moment in Indian Valley Basketball history!

This project actually started more than 45 years ago when Mike started collecting newspaper clippings about the amazing season his basketball team, the Indian Valley South Rebels, were having. This was in the fall of 1971. As the season rolled on, they ended up winning the Class A Ohio State High School Basketball Championship in…

How we create a shadow box: Part 3

How we create a shadow box: Part 3

If you haven’t read the back story yet, we’re telling the story of Kim’s shadowbox. She wanted to create a family heirloom for her daughter by mounting all the most important things she had saved from her daughter’s childhood. If you want to catch up, here are part 1 and part 2. So at the…

How we create a shadow box: Part 2

How we create a shadow box: Part 2

If you missed it last month, we started telling Kim’s story. If you need to, you can catch up here.  At the end of our post in January we were ready to actually start construction on Kim’s shadowbox. With Kim’s keepsakes, her choices in framing and matting and, most importantly, her story, we got going on…

Let us help with the Valentine’s idea that will make their day.

Let us help with the Valentine’s idea that will make their day.

  Who isn’t afraid of being that guy who wakes up on Valentine’s Day, realizes what day it is and ends up at the gas station buying the saddest looking bouquet in town paired with a king-size Hershey’s bar. You know how important that special someone is to you. Let them know it too by…

How we create a shadow box: Part 1

How we create a shadow box: Part 1

At McDonald Niklaus we believe in stories. We recently got to help a really great family tell a story that was near to their hearts, and we thought we’d share the process with you. Kim called and wanted to make a shadow box for her daughter. A shadow box is like a frame for three…

Six Last Minute Gift Ideas That Don’t Seem So Last Minute.

Six Last Minute Gift Ideas That Don’t Seem So Last Minute.

That’s right, it happened again. You swore that you wouldn’t let it happen this year, but then there was the kids’ thing, and mom was in the hospital, then the thing with the PTO, and now it’s less than 2 weeks until Christmas and you still have half your shopping list to go. And, while…

What do you get the person who has everything? We have some ideas.

What do you get the person who has everything? We have some ideas.

Some Christmas gifts are easy. Your nephew just wants anything with Thomas the Train on it and your best friend’s daughter always wants another iTunes gift card. However, some presents aren’t so easy. Whether it’s your retired father who just goes out and buys anything he actually wants or your spouse who doesn’t like to…

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