A Cheap Picture Frame

A Cheap Picture Frame

A pretty and inexpensive frame suitable for a Christmas present may be made by deft fingers at a slight expense and comparatively little trouble. From thin strips of wood or heavy cardboard a frame four or five inches wide should be made, the corners well fitted, although roughness of finish does not matter. This frame is to be covered with colored denim, crape cloth or any material suitable, put on full, gathered to the inside edge and fastened well by small upholstery tacks on the wrong side of the frame. As a finish for the outer edge, a strip of polished wood may be put on with large ornamental brass headed tacks. For the inner edge a gilt beading or molding should be used to give the necessary bright border to the picture, and this must be carefully mitered and glued to place. A tack or so will also help hold it. For water colors or etchings dainty cretonnes and china silks may be used as coverings, and for small frames the material could be put on plainly and a silk gimp used for the outer edge in place of the wood slrip. A novelty centerpiece for the table and a pleasant gift is a combination candelabra and fernery. An elegant design consists of a rose pink candle, placed in a cluster of ferns in an oval dish, while on either side are flower holders of Venetian glass with silver standard.

New York Tribune.