Quick Tip: Cheap Art Print Sleeves!!!

Photo courtesy of Bre Williams

Just a quick money-saving tip I thought I should share.

When you are looking for some protective archival safe, acid free, clear plastic bags and sturdy backer boards for your art prints, go to your local comic book shop. They'll have plastic sleeves and backer boards of different sizes (basically standard comic book size up to magazine size) on the cheap. I bought 100 archival safe, acid free sleeves for just $6 and 100 thick 24pt back boards for about $10

Yeah that's right. 100 8.5x11 bags for only $6 and 8.5x11 24pt backer boards for only $10. That totals to .16 for each art print you protect. Awesome right?!? If you've ever bought art sleeves and/or backer boards from the mega chain craft stores you will know how great that is. :)

I think the only down side to saving that much money is the bags don't come with a strip of adhesive on the back of the bags to keep them closed (at least the brand I bought doesn't, but some might), but it's nothing a little strip of scotch or masking tape couldn't fix. :)

Happy Creating!!