I saw this and fell in love. It has all of the ingredients to make a wonderful frame. Simple, clean, effective and symbolic. Even a nice place at top for a title. The small box areas could be used for a subtitle, or issue number, etc. Wonderful.
I found this old ornate frame somewhere in the depths of ancients public domain images a loooong time ago, but I never went about synthesizing it because it's balance and design was a little odd. I was looking at it tonight, and it just started to appeal to me. I wanted to share it's pre-digital joy with the world.
Statue of Ludovisi Ares. Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ares_MK1888.png
This image comes from the 4th edition of Meyers Konversationslexikon (1885-90), it is therefore Public Domain.
Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by user Maksim. Converted to SVG by Warszawianka.