When I found this red bandanna,

I knew right away that I’d frame it.

I’m certainly not going to use it to blow my nose…

Just one more oddball thing that I think needs to be in a frame.

I had no doubt that I wanted a black carved wood frame – a little reminiscent of a hand-tooled leather western belt, with a slight nod to the paisley in the bandana. It took about 20 seconds to find the perfect one.

But how to mount the bandana????

I tried it several ways,

With a white background;

With a white mat over the bandanna edges;

Looks clean and crisp, and I usually like that, but it’s still not right.

Maybe the white is too much.

So then I tried a black background:

…and a black mat over the edge of the red bandanna;

I thought the black mat might extend the color of the frame.

But it still just wasn’t right.

Maybe I should scratch the idea of a background/mat altogether.

And do something like this.

Better, but the print in the scarf and the carved wood details in the frame still need some air to breathe – just a little space.

That’s it!!!

That little red edge makes all the difference.

See,

Way, more much better.

Now if we only had the empty wall-space to hang it in.