Malden International Designs Black 9 Opening Collage Photo Frame

I’ve been looking for a long time for a collage frame that had a cute family saying in the center. I’ve struggled finding anything but I figured this would work because I could add my own saying in the center frame. Not exactly the quality I was looking for because the framing is all plastic but it works. Probably not something I would give as a gift just based on the quality of it but once it’s up in the wall it looks great. Since it’s plastic I was also very concerned it would break in transit but it was well packaged. I still felt I had to be a little more cautious with it while handling it due to the nature of it being plastic. I would guarantee if it ever fell off the wall for whatever reason, there’s no way this piece would come out unbroken. But overall cute and fit the bill. I was looking to pay $30 - $40 for a collage frame but glad this one was under $30 because I don’t think it’s worth anymore than that based on quality alone.

My boyfriend and I go to the beach a lot. During all those trips we've gotten some great photos of sunsets, shells, waves, etc. We've also seen sand sculpture contests and I decided for Christmas I would get this frame and fill it with pictures of all of our various outings together. The frame was great. It was a very nice solid black frame, no scratches or nicks. The packaging on it was fantastic with sticky bubble wrap, covered by regular bubble wrap, held on with packing tape all around the entire frame. There are many thumb levers to hold the frame in place at top, bottom, all four sides and throughout the middle of the frame so that none of the pictures can slip out. In addition, the frame has mounting bracks on both the horizontal side and the vertical side so that you can hang it in either direction. I loved the 5x7 frame in the middle with plenty of 4x6 frames around it and a couple of 4x4. I bought a paper cutter so that I could cut the smaller pictures straight, but you could also take the cardboard insert out and draw around the edges of it and just use scissors as well. The final product, once put together with all the photos, looked fantastic and once hanging on the wall it was beautiful. In fact, I loved his so much I'm going to buy another couple of frames and make myself an identical one and then another one with pictures from my travels.

Package was great. Packed real nice for shipping. Frame is all plastic including the protective glass.The backboard is set up nice for easy removal and hanging.Little more expensive than what I just today though.

The separate photo segments are spaced for a 3-D effect that is nice. The back is one piece, but each photo has its own space/cubby making it easy to place them. I kept the styrofoam backing behind my photos and had no problem putting it all together. The orientation can be vertical or horizontal, with the claw type hangers for each possibility on the back. The center photo has a cheap matte with room inside the matte for a 5x7, but without the matte - I used a half sheet letter size computer print out which fit.

This is the 2nd item I bought off the Malden Store. They consistently package the items very well, and they arrive without scratches to the photo frames. Very happy with the collage frame. It's a lightweight design. The center photo matte looks nice and despite the various szies of photos the frame as a whole takes a nice rectangle shape.

While I did read the reviews about the frame being plastic, that really didn't concern me as I've had other plastic frames before, but let me say this that the plastic is FLIMSY. What I mean by that is the frame started to flex just from holding it with my hands, so definitely be careful when handling it.Additionally, the "glass" windows are just cheap thin plastic pieces that are already scuffed and marred from being substandard quality. The cost to make this was probably less than $1, no way is it worth the $20+ that they want for it just due to the subpar materials that were used to make it.

A great gift idea for you to share pictures. Easy to hang on a wall. Very well made.

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