“We are really happy with our jobs,” Runnels said.

“You never get bored.”

Nor would anybody with an interest in history, art, rare artifacts and the occasional odd - or outright bizarre - memorabilia.

For 25 years the two women have been partners of the village’s framing shop. The idea to open a framing business was developed when the two Anderson Township residents, who were neighbors and walking buddies, were discussing ways each would plan their future after their children graduated high school.

“We knew we wanted to do something. We didn’t want to develop empty-nester syndrom,” Moores said with a laugh. “I was working part-time at a frame shop and I really enjoyed it.”

Opportunity presented itself when a vacancy was available at the 6880 Wooster Pike location.

Moores and Runnels said their husbands warned them that they would soon grow tired of being business owners, but 25 years later the women are still framing their creative touch to people’s valuable possessions and heirlooms.

The majority of items the women frame are posters, photographs and artwork; but they are always amazed at what people own - or find - and want matted and framed.

They have framed signed photos of various presidents and first ladies, turkey tails, snake skins, an Olympic torch, sailors’ shirts, wedding dresses, Scrabble boards and a quilt that squeezed through the front door by less than an inch.

“The quilt was made from satin linings of coffins and needed to be carried out of the store by three men,” Moores said.

One client dropped off a box that contained four tiny bones she wanted framed.

“We looked at them and thought they were cute. They looked like they were made of ivory,” Runnels said, explaining that their client afterwards informed them that the contents in the box were actually human earbones. “She told us they were from her first autopsy.”

The women have also worked with numerous Civil War artifacts, ranging from backpacks to diaries. One of the most intriguing items they have framed were a pair of gold epaulettes worn on the shoulders of President Abraham Lincoln.

They have framed Roman coins dating back to 600 B.C., Cincinnati sports memorabilia, and even a creative cane with a wheel at the bottom for a man who once sprained his ankle.

“It always surprises me. And people come here from all over,” Runnels said.

The owners also work with the Mariemont School District, offering 10 percent off for students in the art department.

“We get a lot of pieces from students from the art department,” Runnels said. “Many of those students are really talented.”

During the week, you can find the two owners cutting, chiseling, fitting, measuring and painting an assortment of frames. What they are framing, though, could be just about anything.

For more information on how you can have a valuable possession framed, call the owners at 561-6003.