Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Welcome to our three stores.

Our goal is to bring imagination to life with art, ephemera, and antiques.

Foursided Custom Framing Galleries
Twosided Cards* Gifts* Antiques*







Our original store started in 2002.

The goal was to sell picture framing services and throw in a little extra just for fun.







We have a rainbow of frames for every flavor in your fruitbowl.

Common things we hear at all of our stores:

1-"How come I've never been here before?"
Our Answer: We have no idea.
2-"OMG! I'm overwhelmed by the large selection."
Our Answer: Don't be scared little lamb, we'll walk you through it.

Unusual curiosities will keep you occupied.




Cards, cards, and more cards at Twosided and Foursided Andersonville.







































Our frame selections are arranged by color to help us work with you to make the best choice for your artwork.














We look forward to meeting you.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

1000's of ornaments at Twosided and Foursided!


We hereby proclaim the 
completion of our Holiday Horde!

IT'S DONE Y'ALL !!!!!!!

Here are some samples to wet your whistle:
 
Let's start with the ever popular "food" category.  
Glittered ceramic hot dogs, hamburgers, pickles, blueberry pie, margaritas, hot peppers, martinis, pizza...etc..etc...etc



Next up is our A#1 most popular ornament:
Hand Blown Chicago Ornament




HUGE selection of true vintage and vintage style tree jewelry


Robots!


New this year for the musician in your life...




Several metric tons of shiny things.





And we of course still have the widest variety of coolness for the gift giver in you.




We'd love to post every single, amazing ornament we have but we got shit to do. 
We haven't even started taking the photos of the Holiday cards we carry.
  They are many and they are awesome.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Look! It's Our Coolest New Acquisition.



Super amazing optometrist's sample roll-top case from San Francisco c1910!




We play with these all day long!


Several hundred specimens of 
optical yum-yums!




See for yourself. Of course, we have to play, and make light of the fun extras that came with 
this amazingly interesting set.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

HALLOWEEN MASKS FOR $5


100'S OF HALLOWEEN CARDS TOO!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

ROBOTS ! by Lisa Grothman Ryan


Lisa Grothman Ryan has returned from outer 
space with her army of retro robots!
"These signed and numbered giclee' prints are perfect for the kids room or above the mantle, which is where mine hangs", 
says Todd the owner. 


 "Number Cruncher" (detail top)   (full 16x20 below) $110


Here we see (left to right) 
'Caught Red-Handed' 11x14 $68
'Night Walker' 24x30 $185
'Mighty Warrior' 16x20 $110
'Fired Up' 24x30 $185
Cardboard Safari's rocket ship 30 bucks.


Here is 'Number Cruncher' 
with 'On Guard' 16x20 $110










Friday, July 16, 2010

TIMEOUT NOMINEE FOR BEST CARD SHOP IN CHICAGO!


Here's some of our favorite cards:
Kara's pick-
By Austin Press- Beautiful heavy stock letterpress dye cut.  $6.99


Todd's pick-
By TokyoMilk. Glittered humor always wins. These cards are 
friggin' hilarious. $5.75


Jessica's pick-
By Bella Muse. Big seller. New style. $4.75


Al's pick-
By Quiplip. "These adorable cards just fit my style", says Al a 
card maker herself. $4


Carla's pick-
By Blue Barnhouse. Letterpressed snarky cards that are
fitting for the "unusual" friend you have. $5.75


Sarah's pick-
By Night Owl Paper Goods. These little cuties are eco-friendly made 
from sustainable forests. Screen printed on thin sheets of wood. $6
This pick has nothing to do with the fact that Sarah just had a baby. 
Congrats Sarah!


Chelcie's Pick-
By local artist, Ravens Goods. So damn funny. Hand typed cards. $3.50 not bad.


Kelly's pick-
Oh kelly! Make up your mind already! She says she just 
can't choose, there's so many good cards here!

Just for fun, here's some photos of our creepy doll head collection that 
we put out today.  Over 40 heads to stare at you as you check out.
(insert Vincent Price creepy laughter)

Friday, July 9, 2010

Some new things you should know about.


Our favorite new old thing at the north store in Andersonville.  1940's classroom handwriting roll down chart.  Super rare.  30" x 40" - $350




Bell Jar full of 900 anagrams, scrabble tiles,  and game pieces. 
Not for sale. tee hee hee.



It's a mystery why this amazing bird mobile is still in the store.  20 vintage dye cut American birds silently spinning above people's heads at the front counter.  
Guess people don't look up.   $45





Vintage 1988 Russian Periodic Table. Yes, 1988 is vintage.  It's enormous! 36" X 46"  
Shrink wrapped and ready to frame for $90. 
Buyer receives 15% off any in store custom framing needs.



I made some Men and Women bathroom signs from some cool plastic marquee letters I  had lyin' around.  I mounted them on a cool espresso suede.  They sit on a table or hang on a wall. And if you're really loose, you could stick one outside your door in your apartment building indicating what sex you'd like to enter.  men-$24/ women-$28




One of our new card favorites are these "stamp" note cards.  Comes with a real art stamp sealed in a clear sleeve on the front of the card.  $10 from Johnathan Wright Cards.  You may say, "Wow that's kinda expensive".  When you see them you will understand.  Letter press and very hand made.   Not the kind of thing you'll be seeing at Walgreens anytime soon, which is fine with us.




Made some neighborhood pieces for the locals here in Andersonville. 
Made from an old card game and custom framed. 
uptown-$45 / aville-$80