*S?fie Jbcifcs’ floral iSttfiinet xmi 3 S^ieiaiml Same iBamimnion. 
each section is covered with colored transparent paper, 
muslin or silk, and the panel on the outside is deco¬ 
rated with some fancy ornament transferred hy decal- 
comanie. The entire screen is simple, easily made 
and very inexpensive. 
Wall-Pocket in Fret-Work. 
HOME-MADE FANCY TRAY. 
Before commencing to make a tray, it is necessary 
to have a fiat piece of wood cut round, square or oval, 
WALL-POCKET IN FRET-WORK. 
Yery ornamental and useful wall-pockets or receivers, 
made of carved black-walnut, as represented in our 
engraving, can be purchased in almost any fancy shop; 
but such things are apt to be somewhat expensive. A 
home-made article is, on economical grounds, more 
desirable, besides possessing an interest which the 
purchased one cannot have. Thin pieces of wood 
can be readily procured at the cabinet-maker’s and 
sometimes at piano-forte factories. These obtained, 
you have only to copy or design a simple yet graceful 
open-worked pattern for the back and the front pocket 
piece, and with a sharp pocket-knife carve the wood to 
correspond. The sides of the pocket are made of 
cloth or leather, and it will be found an improvement 
to back the front piece with some bright color that 
will show through the carved open-work. Before 
using the penknife, it is a good plan to bore large holes 
in the wood at intervals, according to the pattern, and 
then cut away the wood from hole to hole. A very 
pretty wall-receiver, in the design of the present 
engraving, can be made of stout pasteboard, which, 
though not so durable, is more easily managed than 
wood. When the article is finished, paint it with hot 
glue, and instantly sprinkle ground coffee, ground all¬ 
spice, or any kind of pretty garden seed, thickly upon 
it. If the first sprinkling does not completely cover 
it, touch the bare places with glue, and sprin¬ 
kle again. The seed of gum-balls is very 
pretty for this purpose, but it is a good plan to 
use a mixture of various kinds of seeds. Split 
gum-balls, or acorns, maybe used as a border, 
if desired, though the article can be more 
neatly finished with a stout twine, over cast all 
around its edges, and sprinkled and varnished 
like the rest. The lining of the open-work 
pocket-piece should be of a color contrasting 
well'with the outside. Before the pocket is 
lined, however, the receiver should be var¬ 
nished with gum-shellac dissolved in alcohol. 
This shellac varnish is preferable for the pur¬ 
pose to any other kind, as it gives a soft lustre instead as your taste may decide; this should he bordered with 
of the unpleasant shiny effect of other varnishes. It molding, or with a narrow, pliable strip of wood, like 
is easily made by dissolving enough gum-shellac in the rim of a salt-box cover; perhaps you have a 
the strongest alcohol to give it the thickness of fresh wooden plate, or the lid of a box, that may be used, 
cream. It dries quickly. If your tray is designed 
to hold only a single 
glass, a salt-box cover 
will answer. The wood¬ 
en form must be rubbed 
down with pumice-stone 
and sand-paper until it 
is as smooth as you can 
make it, and then painted 
black; as soon as the 
snrface is thoroughly dry, 
ruts it down again with 
pumice and sand-paper, 
and put on another coat 
of paint. When this 
dries, if the tray is 
not perfectly smooth, 
looking almost like Ja¬ 
pan work, you will have 
rubbing down. Next, with the best 
The lamp screen illustrated in engraving is made of whitfe glue, fasten pieces of dried ferns and small 
■white holly, sawed out in fancy shapes with the fret- autumnal leaves upon your tray. Initial letters or 
saw, of six or.eight pieces, as fancy may prefer, joined ^ monograms, made of fine pieces of fern, add very 
together with loops of colored ribbon ; the inside of I much to the effect. 
colored figures, such as are sold for decalcomanie 
v ork, may be used. After the leaves or pictures are 
fastened ou, cover the whole with a coating of white 
shellac varnish, or any other which is colorless and 
water-proof; but be sure first to allow the glue a day 
for drying, so that there will he no danger of the 
leaves curling up when they are varnished. Small 
tables, work-boxes and glove-cases, may be very 
prettily ornamented in the same manner. In our 
engraving we represent merely the bottom of the tray, 
as the rim is not ornamented. 
CARD-BASKET IN PHOTOPHAMIE. 
This card basket is made of card-board, the sides 
joined with loops of ribbon; the double line around 
the edge of each side consists of embroidered stitches, 
and the fancy figures in the centre are made by prick¬ 
ing through the card-board with a needle or pin / from 
the outside. A little picture is first held on the surface, 
and its outlines are then pricked through ; the other side 
shows the raised surface of the holes, which being 
open give the curious effect known as photophamie. 
FRAMES 
OF WHITE PERFORATED CARD¬ 
BOARD. 
Home-Made Fancy Tray. 
These frames appear like white carved marble, or 
heavily embossed work, and are made by first cutting 
out a foundation of white bristol-board, leaving the 
corners projecting a half inch or more (according to 
size of frame). Then a section of perforated 
card is cut to fit on this, and the narrow part 
of the sides are ornamented with pieces of 
the card, square, round, or in any ornamental 
shape, making them ten or more deep, and 
cutting each one one hole less than the one 
beneath, until at the top only the section of 
card between two rows of holes is left. Use 
gelatine, flour or starch paste for fastening. 
The corners are ornamented in like manner, 
but the pieces should he so arranged that open 
spaces are left between the ornaments. When 
all the sections are placed, make a mat 
or edge around the inner part with plain 
gold paper. 
Gold and silver perforated card forms lovely frames 
if embroidered with chenille and floss silk, cutting the 
corners deeper than the edges. 
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If you have no ferns, small gilt or 
Card Basket in Photophamie. 
Beautiful lamp shades are made by cutting five 
panels of perforated card, white, gold or silver, and 
cutting out sections ; line with various colored “ glass- 
cards” (gelatine paper), then tying together with 
bright ribbons. Mrs. C. S. Jones. 
