Very handsome frames for card and cabinet photographs and other small pictures, may be made in the following manner: Take a piece of pine board one-fourth of an inch thick, the size you wish your frame to be, and with a saw cut out an oval opening in the center, large enough to suit the picture. Cover the board with velvet, plush, or silk, cutting out the center and turning the edges of the plush around the edges of the board, and also at the oval opening. Fasten the picture over the opening with strips of paper pasted across, and then cover the entire back with some colored paper. The frame may have narrow bands of ribbon or other colored material running diagonally from the edge to the oval; or sprays of flowers may be painted or embroidered across one corner, just touching the oval. Square frames may also be made in a similar manner.