Christmas Decorations the Heart and Soul of YOUR Tree

Author: Greg Greer

Christmas decorations are the heart and soul of your tree.

Beginning with your babies first Christmas. You can add another ornament with each passing year. This brings treasured memories with each year of trimming your tree. When your favorite aunt needle points your kids name into a ornament this is a special tribute. When your children start school they will build your collection with their craft ornaments.

For us that are baby boomers we usually decorate our tree with the glass bulbs because we know they will not be broken. With the advent of many different hued trees we can change our bulbs to match or contrast with the color. We can still use the old ornaments for character and add more for a different look.

Bringing a bulb wrapped for a present is a nice touch when you are invited to parties during the holiday season.

The high school sold bulbs that represented their school colors and mascots for a fund raiser last year. This is another way to add to your special assortment to decorate the following year.

There are so many themes that you have a hard time deciding.

You can always add more trees in other rooms to continue using other themes, to the delight of your guests. Even seeing the retro trees brings back memories. I still remember the foil colored tree with the spinning light to change the colors as it spun. Now there are trees with the fiber optic lights to accomplish the same effect. Artificial trees of today look like the trees in the forest. Just adding the ornaments that make us happy will enchant our season and our guests that visit.

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We have ornaments for every imaginable delight for your tree or to give as a gift for another persons special tree. Some are beaded, some look like gingerbread, some simple, some just dainty.

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White Christmas Decorating Ideas - Get Fun and Funky This Christmas

Author: Charlotte Sneddon

Are you looking for something a little bit different this Christmas? If you are getting fed up of dragging out the same tired, traditional Christmas decorations, year after year, why not go for something fun, funky and modern this year.

This Christmas, move away from traditional Christmas colors of red, gold and green, and instead be inspired by a wonderful, white Christmas. Every year we hope for a magical white Christmas, but never quite get there. But we needn’t rely on the weather! We can use our interior design skills to bring a wonderful white Christmas right into our home.

Recreating a white Christmas at home, doesn’t mean tacky fake snow! We are looking at the suggestion of a crisp, white, fresh feel … without the chilly feeling and frozen fingers of real ice and snow!

It is your choice of colors that will give you the biggest impact in your choice of Christmas decorating ideas. For that fresh and funky feel, base your decorating color scheme around white, blue and silver.

This gives a wonderfully wintry feel, but sometimes does not quite convey a sufficient amount of Christmas cheer. You can achieve a more welcoming feel with this look by mixing other colors into this wintry base. Add in touches of turquoise, aqua and teal, and all shades of blue, deepest green and purple.
These jewel colors will bring out the richness of the scheme.
You can also really turn up the heat with a little pink, red or gold.

This color scheme really makes the most of the more unusual colored trees – especially white and silver Christmas trees, which can look totally stunning and sparkly. It works really well on a standard (or real) green tree, too, so don’t think that you have to chuck out all your old decorations, at all!

Of course, your Christmas tree will be the center of your White Christmas decorating efforts, but don’t forget the table too. On Christmas day itself, and, if you are lucky, through the whole of the festive season, the table becomes the center of attention. Make your Christmas table a little special this year.
Include your table in your white Christmas decorating ideas.

It is easy enough to use some of your Christmas decorations, plus some Winter foliage, or candles, to make a beautiful and tasteful, table centerpiece. It is really fun to get creative with this, and make your own. Just remember that sometimes, less is more …. So don’t go completely over the top! You want to leave some room for the food and the guests!

Always make sure that your guests at the table can see each other over your magnificent centerpiece … or you can arrange to remove it onto a side table, whilst the meal is being served. A few baubles, tastefully arranged, can create a very effective place setting for your guests.

Of course, remember to keep in with the same color scheme, and wintry theme, to bring all of your Christmas decorations together into a cohesive whole.

Switching from that tired, traditional feel this year, to something with a fresh, funky and modern feel, will really strike new life into your Christmas decorations and celebrations, and give you something just a little bit different for this festive season.

For photos and ideas of how to get the look, check out white Christmas decorating ideas on my
website: www.interior-design-it-yourself.com.

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