Reminder: The Stud Show is Tomorrow!

Hope to see you at Foursided tomorrow night, Friday July 17,
for The Stud Show!
The open house kicks off at 6pm and runs until 10pm.
Be there or be square!

Come On In!

Ever wanted to stop in Foursided on Broadway, but couldn't get the door open? Yeah, us too. Thought we were closed? Nope. That door wasn't locked, it was just impossible to open.

We are happy to introduce our new and improved door handle! Gone are the days of being embarrassed by thumb latches that got the best of you... now just simply push. Stop by and see us!

Test Tube Fortunes

Test Tube Fortunes, $6 each


After brainstorming more fun things to do with our stash of test tubes we came up with the idea or fortunes! Predict the future, inspire someone, or just poke fun at a friend's bad taste in men... either way they last longer than a cookie!

This Just In...

Little People, $3.99-$4.99

Mini Vintage Photos, $.75 each

Picture & Word Game Pieces, $.50 each

The Stud Show!

Love ogling buff bodybuilders?
Looking for some inexpensive art to liven up your home?

Your friends at Foursided think hunks and affordable art go together quite well, so we curated THE STUD SHOW for your viewing pleasure!

Save the date for next Friday, July 17 and head up north to the Andersonville outpost of Fourisided Custom Framing to check out our great exhibit. Vintage beefcake photos, along with buff bods from yesteryear and numerous physique pictorials will be gracing our walls from Friday July 17 until mid August.

Fancy a buff bod for your own home? We have a hunk for everyone's price range with framed or unframed pieces ranging from just $15-$100. We can't promise that the studs will be modestly dressed, but we can guarantee the art will be modestly priced! The open house kicks off at 6pm on Friday July 17 with libations, appetizers, and eye candy galore. We hope to see you there!

We'd Like To Go On Record...

... and say that we think these items from Michael Roger Press are just dandy! Made from vintage LPs and 45s, these journals, albums, and frames give new life to old records and album covers. Both locations have a range of LPs to choose from, as well as various cloth or spiral bound journal options. Fun, unique gifts are like music to our ears...

LP Frame $16, 45 Frame $28, LP Journal $24, 45 Brag Book $17, Album Cover Journal $14

Totally Tubular!

Please the science geek in your life - or anyone else for that matter - with these authentic test tubes filled with various bits & bobs. From flashcards to game pieces and everything in between, we are certain you will find these little vials quite charming.

Test tubes-o-fun $6 each

Bird is the Word

Chirp chirp Tweet tweet, check out these new prints from The Mincing Mocking Bird that have just arrived! If you are feeling burdened by this urban jungle we call home an avian friend gracing your wall is just the cure! Whimsical and summery, these fine feathered friends are sure to please.

Assorted bird prints $9-32.

Think Outside The Box: Wrap It Up!

Okay all you wrapping novices, it's time to give this whole gift wrapping with actual paper a try! We promise it will be painless, save for the occasional paper cut, so grab a box and practice! Keep in mind there are several ways to do the same thing, so this is just one way to wrap a box.

1. Organize your materials: paper, scissors, tape, and gift. A solid tape dispenser will make your life easier!
2. Measure enough paper to fit around your gift. Too little paper is a wrapper's nightmare.
3. Center your gift in the paper and gauge where the paper will overlap.
4. Fold over the raw edge and crease if you want a clean look to your wrapping.
5. Overlap the clean edge and tape it down. This is the bottom of our gift.
6. Fold down the paper facing you over the edge of the box, making it flat on the gift's side.
7. Crease the "triangular" flaps on your right and left, making them as crisp and close to the corner of the gift box as possible.
8. If you folded & creased this is what your gift should look like. Take a breather. Pour yourself a nice cold drink, pat yourself on the back, do whatever you need to do to get psyched for the next steps!
9. Break time over. Working on the left, fold the flap toward the center keeping the paper as close to the side edge of the box and the bottom corner of the box as you can.
10. Crease the diagonal fold that is on the table for a smooth edge.
11. Repeat steps 9-10 on the right flap.
12. Fold the piece of wrap up and tape it to the side of the box.
13. One side is complete! Spin your box around to the other side.
14. Fold down the paper facing you and repeat steps 6-12.
15. Whoa. It's all wrapped! That was painless!
16. Flip the gift over to the "top" (the side opposite the taped bottom. duh.) and admire your handiwork! Hooray! Promptly give gift and watch your creation be ripped apart before your very eyes. Welcome to the wonderful world of gift wrapping!

Lovely Randomness

We are used to the influx of cool, random, new things here at Foursided, but sometimes we can't help but marvel at all the stuff we have lying around. It is all so fun and inspirational, just waiting to get in the hands of someone with a creative idea. We hope you think of us as your cool-random-stuff-depot: ye olde general store of stuff you never knew you needed, but have to have!

Stock up on these goodies, clockwise from top left:
typewriter keys $2.50ea, letter cubes $1.25ea, old slides $.25ea,
state puzzle pieces $1.50ea, billiard balls $6-7ea, blocks $1.50ea

Foundre Frames

The newest addition to our ever expanding frame collection comes from Foundre.
Made from locally salvaged mid-century materials and sealed with a high quality finish, these frames are handmade right here in Chicago by our very own framer extraordinaire Raun Meyn.

Call us biased, but with a price to match any budget and and a one-of-a-kind frame to show for, buying local and buying repurposed doesn't get much better than this!

8x10 $37 • 5x7 $31 • 4x6 $27
Available at all locations.

These Cards Are Funny*

*and by funny, we mean smartly written with a pinch of delightfully scathing sarcasm.

We can't remember the last time we got a kick out of anything to do with footnotes. As a matter of fact, just hearing the word brings back bad memories of all-nighters, and college term papers; however, this collection of cards by Old Tom Foolery has us busting a gut with their witty take on life's special events. Check 'em out at the Andersonville location, and we promise you will be entertained!