Hi, and thanks for taking a look at my mats. If you have questions or want to place an order please email or call me and I’ll help you personally.

First, the good news. NO PRICE INCREASES and SMALLER MINIMUMS! We’re all in a crunch right now so I’m trying to help you out by keeping prices down in 2011. I can’t do this forever since my suppliers aren’t as nice as I am, but for the time being I will try to keep my prices the same as they were in 2009.

My mats have been a staple of the Old Time Photo industry for years now. The Original Scroll design was first introduced in 1976 and continues to be a best seller today. New this year are the Deluxe and rescaled Deluxe Lite designs on our great looking Cocoa Brown, Parchment, or Black cover stocks. All our mats are made using quality cover paper, not just printed on plain cardstock. We think they look better that way. The Parchment mats and Cocoa mats are made with recycled paper and are acid free to resist fading. The Black mats are 100% post consumer recycled. All of our mats have a sturdy backer attached, and slip right into standard frames.

I know that it is hard to get a good representation of color or design in a desktop scan and PDF, so I’m happy to send samples to you if you want to see anything in person.

A little about me. Back in 1976 I was a pressman in a print shop when Kathy Bloodgood (now Bloomer) came in to have a mat made for her new Old Time Photo business (now Professor Bloodgood’s Central Casting). In a way I was there from the beginning, and some years later opened my own print shop including Kathy as a client and continued to produce her mats. In 1996 I was offered the chance to buy the design rights to her mats and since then have been both manufacturer and distributor. I’m still the press operator too, as well as the order desk and shipping room guy. In short, when you call or email you get the owner of the company to help you with your questions and orders.

I hope you like what you see here. If you have any questions or would like samples please give me a call or email.

Thanks,

Craig

Craig Schmidt "The Mats Guy"
800-600-8193 • matsguy.com
schmidthappens@mindspring.com
910 San Antonio Creek Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93111