PMA Show Reports; New Studio Accessories; Props, Backdrops, And More Page 2

Neil Enterprises has a broad offering of novelty items suitable for displaying photography. Among the new items were full-color custom photo mounts, customizable Sports Folios, and a photo ice bucket. The 3 liter-capacity bucket keeps ice frozen for hours, has a handle, and is offered in clear and black.

Neil Enterprises Custom Photo Mounts

Neil Enterprises Sports Folios

Palazzo Cast Products take natural limestone and quartz which is ground up then cast in various sizes to produce a unique and distinctive lightweight picture frame. Sizes range from 11x14” up to 40x60”. Many different colors, profiles, and finishes are available.

Palazzo Cast Products Stone Frame

Plymouth Card Company has a line of earth-friendly photo note cards produced from 100 percent recycled paper, made in the U.S.A. in a 100 percent wind-powered facility in New England. Offered in many colors, they hold a 4x6” photo enclosed in custom textured paper with an embossed border and include a white envelope. A 5x7” size is also offered. They are packaged in boxes of six or 25.

Plymouth Card Company Earth-Friendly Photo Note Cards

ShindigZ offers a broad range of unique and fun photo-oriented products. Their latest offering is Standees, life-sized cutouts which are available in seven sizes from 18” tabletop to 9 feet larger than life-sized; all photos are mounted onto 1⁄4” cardboard, corex, or foamcore and pricing starts at $20.

ShindigZ Life-Sized Cutouts

The Great Alaskan Bowl Company takes an uploaded digital photo then creates a lacquer-finished, solid birch wood heirloom bowl with the photo laser engraved into the bowl. It comes with a custom engraved stand and can be further customized by text appropriate to the event depicted. They offer a broad range of shapes and sizes of bowls. Complete information plus a video is available on their website. Turnaround time is 10-14 days. A 7” bowl has an MSRP of $125, including FedEx shipping.

The Great Alaskan Bowl Company Photo Laser-Engraved Bowls

Tristar (distributed by APV) has a new motorized background that includes a pneumatic pump on each stand for easier elevation up to 12 feet. At the top of the stands are brackets that can hold up to four poles for paper rolls. The motor is built into the crossbar paper holder and is operated by a radio remote control unit.

Unibind has 18 new designs in their MyBook Collection of 4x6” peel-and-stick albums designed for producing personalized photo books at home. It turns 4x6” prints into a keepsake that’s easily carried anywhere. The complete photo book kit holds up to 10 4x6”prints and includes a colorful, personalized book cover, two end sheets plus an assembly guide and mailing envelope.

Unibind MyBook Collection Albums

You Bobble! takes your digital headshot photo then produces a 3D bobblehead figure likeness on any of a number of different bodies at a cost of $100. They can take a conventional digital image and produce a lenticular 3D 8x10” framed print for $80, a 12x18” print runs $100. They even make hand-painted portraits in the following large sizes: 20x24” and 24x36”.

You Bobble! 3D Bobbleheads

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