Honey Framing

Honey Framing is an independently owned custom frame shop in Kansas City’s East Crossroads Arts District, run by sculptor-trained fabricator Becky Buznedo and serving the city’s artist and gallery community with handmade, archival-quality work.

Description

Honey Framing occupies a studio space at 1828 Charlotte Street in the East Crossroads Arts District — Kansas City’s densest concentration of working artists, galleries, and creative businesses. The shop offers a full range of custom framing services built around archival materials and hands-on fabrication: Becky Buznedo mills her own framestock from sustainably sourced U.S. and Canadian lumber, cuts museum-quality mats, and handles mounting, glazing, and canvas stretching in-house. The result is work built to preservation standards at prices the shop describes as accessible.

Beyond the core framing trade, Honey Framing extends into territory most frame shops do not: custom plexiglass and acrylic box frames, hand-stitched fabric mounts, custom stands and pedestals for three-dimensional pieces, and custom shipping crates for finished art. This breadth reflects Buznedo’s background as a sculptor and fabricator — she approaches each project as an object-maker, not merely a mat-cutter. Nextdoor neighbors describe pieces returned “fixed up better than new” and note that the shop fills a gap left by framers who have retired or exited the market.

The Crossroads location places Honey Framing at the center of Kansas City’s working-artist ecosystem. The shop is within walking distance of major galleries, open studios, and the First Fridays art walk that draws thousands monthly, making it a natural resource for artists and collectors needing professional framing services rooted in the same community they serve.

Ownership and history

Becky Buznedo is the sole owner and primary fabricator. Her background is unusually deep for the trade: she holds a visual arts degree from Denver School of the Arts (1999) and a sculpture degree from the Kansas City Art Institute (2003). Before opening Honey Framing, she accumulated experience working in picture frame shops, a bronze foundry, a metal fabrication shop, and as a sign maker, muralist, sculpture artist, and theater set builder — a resume that directly informs the shop’s capacity for custom and non-standard framing projects.

No founding year has been independently documented in public sources.

Year	Event
1999	Buznedo graduates Denver School of the Arts
2003	Buznedo graduates Kansas City Art Institute (Sculpture)
	Honey Framing opens at 1828 Charlotte St, East Crossroads
Present	Active, owner-operated; Tue–Fri 10AM–6PM, Sat 12–4PM

Links

• Site: https://honeyframing.wixsite.com/kcmo
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/honeyframing/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honey_framing_kc/
• Email: Honeyframing@gmail.com
• Phone: (816) 694-4128

Sources

Disputes

None at this time. Minor address discrepancy (1828 vs. 1830 Charlotte) noted in one low-authority directory listing; 1828 is used by the business’s own website and the majority of sources.