Saving placeholder shape in InDesign CS5

I have created an irregular placeholder shape for the images in a document I'm creating. I don't believe that the shape can be saved in object styles, but is there a sort of gallery or something that I can save this placeholder in so that it doesn't need to be recreated each time or must the frame be copied and pasted? Here's a sample of the shape.

Snippets are the way to go.
http://indesignsecrets.com/the-joy-of-snippets.php
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