Christmas tree decoration Ideas

Christmas tree decoration Ideas

Once you have brought the tree home the next question that comes to your mind is how to decorate your tree for the celebration. Decoration of Christmas tree is an art but you should know the tricks of the art.

Christmas tree Ornaments

Stars :Mix stars of different shape, size and color.This is an essential part in Christmas tree decoration.

Christmas tree
(Lighting does the trick in Christmas tree decoration)

Lights :Lights are an essential part of the decorations s, a lighted Christmas tree looks the best. For decorating the tree you should go for smaller bulbs instead huge bulbs. Use strands of multicolored lights. Start your lighting from the top and then move downwards. Use green wires to make the strings less visible. The lighting should be evenly distributed throughout the tree

Garlads :Instead of buying it from the market you can make it at home.Garlads of chocolate and popcorns also looks nice. It can be of anything depending on your imagination. The easiest way to wrap the garland is to do it in a spiral, staring from the top. You can attach long ribbon streamers to the top of the tree instead of the garland.This will add a flavour in your Christmas tree decoration.


Christmas trees

(Satin flowers gives a classic look )

Flowers Silk flowers orb natural flowers gives a bright touch to more formal trees and can be clipped on to the branches

Stocking: Fill the stockings with candies and just hang them with ribbons. These can also be used as Christmas tree decoration.

Special ornaments : You can decorate your Christmas tree with a wide variety of things available in the market. Items like small dolls, teddies, pinecones, balls, painted fruits, music notes, toy alphabets, costume, jewelry pieces and other such things that can be used with candies, cookies, baubles, berries, glittery boughs and pinecones. etc. To add a little more color, replace the string or wire ornament-hanging loops with ribbon loops
white Christmas tree
(Cotton wool giving the perfect snow effect)

Cotton wool- Use bits of cotton wool spread on the treetops for a snowy effect.

Candles- Get some clip on candleholders and add small candles to your tree. Though these candles should never be lighted for safety reasons, they give a grand look to the tree

Old Christmas cards- Its an innovative way of decorating your Christmas tree




Christmas tree decoration

Christmas Tree Decorating with Birds and Beads

This is special than the usual Christmas tree decoration that will make your guests’ eyes light up and their lips utter that breathless “Wow!”?







Hang doves from the ceiling with strings of beads in their mouths as though they were flying in and decorating the tree. Use white thread to suspend the birds and pushpins to secure them to the ceiling. You can attach the beads to the birds’ beaks with hot glue or with straight pins. They can also be attached to the feet. The string of beads should be long enough to drape the end over a limb of the tree. Place the doves at different distances from the Christmas tree.
The end result should look like the doves are decorating the tree with beads. You can have one or two of the doves carrying Christmas ornaments attached to their feet.
Of course the Christmas tree is already decorated with several well-placed doves among the other Christmas ornaments.

In addition to hanging birds from the ceiling and placed throughout the tree, you can place bird nests filled with tiny decorative eggs.
For children its a special treat searching for the little bird’s nest with all the tiny little eggs.

Hope you liked these tips on Christmas tree decoration.

Tips For Christmas tree Decoration that you can use:

•Experiment with Christmas tree ornaments

•Keep refilling lukewarm water in the tree stand frequently to keep the real tree fresh for longer period of time. At first, you may have to refill the stand quite frequently and the need tapers down slowly. You will know when to refill from the water level in the stand.

• Spray the needles with the wilt resistant spray to keep them fresh for several weeks.

• Arrange the lights from innermost branches to outside and from top to bottom for safety purposes.

• Mix special and more expensive ornaments with cheaper ones to make a greater impact. These special ornaments can include, bird nests, painted fruits, music notes, toy alphabets, costume jewelry pieces and other such things that can be used with candies, cookies, baubles, berries, glittery boughs and pinecones.

• Filler and special ornaments can be placed on tips of boughs. Put some inside the branches too, to add depth to Christmas tree decorations

Decorate Christmas tree with special memorable items , like your child’s first shoe or anything like that

Hope you liked these tips on Christmas tree decoration.

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Christmas Table Decoration Ideas

Christmas Table Decoration Ideas

A well decorated Christmas table sets the right mood for the Christmas celebrations. So whether you are dining with family or friends pay full attention to this aspect of Christmas decor. Given here are some interesting ideas and guidelines on how to go about decorating your Christmas table. It is hoped that these tips on decorating Christmas table will inspire and encourage you to decorate your most special Christmas table ever!

Pay Attention to the Room

Even before you start planning to decorate the Christmas table, find out ways of decorating your room.

If you want to create more drama in your setting you can think of a color or any other theme for your setting and move further with the idea. You may add a new painting to the room which gives the feel of the festival.
A nice idea would be to decorate the room with bright and vibrant flowers. This will make the room appear fresh, lively and more inviting.

You may place side tables with festive decorations. Consider decorating chairs as well. For instance you may use ribbons, net bows around the chair.


Christmas Table


Christmas Table decoration

Use an Impressive Tablecloth

Get the basics right by using an impressive tablecloth teamed interestingly with table runner, place mats and napkins. You may use tablecloth with holiday theme but try using prints sparingly to avoid giving your table a busy look and to keep attention focused on your centerpiece. A touching idea would be make your own tablecloth, napkins, place mats and table runner. These can be easily made and help to add a personal feel to any holiday table.


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Table Centre Pieces

Special attention should be given to decor of Table Centre Piece as this will work as a focal point of your table and will draw attention of your visitors. Some popular and artistic ideas for table centre decorations include Christmas wreath, candlesticks, poinsettia, or Holly. While using these objects use your imagination. Don't hesitate to take ideas from your family members. You will be surprised to find that working together with dear ones can be so much creatively productive and enjoyable.

To help you further here are some special Table Centre Piece ideas:

• Keep your centerpiece small if your table space is limited. Remember that you will have to leave room for serving platters, dishes and condiments.

• Place a large, decorative bowl in the center of your table and fill it with gilded fruits and pinecones. A good ideas would be to arrange pine garland around the base of the bowl.

• You can make a feature of your table center by raising it up on a nice glass cake stand.

• Flowers also look very beautiful as a centerpiece, but it is advisable to use them at a low level arrangement to allows guest to talk to each other.

• One can also use an arrangement of candles, flowers and pine garland to create a dramatic table centerpiece. For instance, set bright red or green taper or pillar candles in brass or wooden candle holders and arrange fresh or artificial pine garland, pine cones and cranberries around the base.

• A trendy idea would be to fill shot glasses with beads, white tulips, star of Bethlehem or other delicate flowers. Add water and place in the middle of the table.
  Display one beautiful Christmas figurine on your holiday table. This could be the focus of your Christmas table.
  
  
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Tableware

An attractive tableware can add charm to your Christmas Table. Display the best of your china or special dishes that show holiday motifs. A good idea would be to coordinate the color of your tablecloth, centerpiece and crockery. Also make sure that the crockery is sparkling clean and unscratched.

Table Setting

Last but the most relevant aspect of table decoration is table setting. Set your crockery in the right way and select the right napkins and napkin rings. A nice idea would be to use napkin rings that reflect the spirit of Christmas festival. You may also create your own napkin ring by hand painting the desired motifs on plain wooden napkin rings. Explore the neighborhood crafts store for more ideas

I'll Be Home For Christmas...

Christmas is my very favorite time of year, as I know it is for many of you, as well. I've been thinking lately about just why I love it so much, and I suppose the reasons are pretty endless. The holiday season is such a sensory experience - there isn't one single sense that isn't on overdrive this time of year! We feast our eyes on beauty all day long - the beauty of a snowfall, the beauty of a sparkling Christmas tree, the beauty of the the perfectly packaged holiday products that we find in every store. We breathe in the aroma of mulling spices, evergreen, and freshly baked cookies, while Christmas tunes sing from every speaker. We sip gingerbread lattes or peppermint mochas while wrapped in the softest cashmere and cottons and warm, furry boots, and everywhere is Santa Clause and candy canes and gladsome tidings of good cheer.

But yeah, who are we really kidding? Life doesn't slow down so that we can soak up every single drop of Christmas merriment. If you're anything like me, every Christmas that comes to pass I feel that I'm not doing enough tho fully enjoy the holiday season; I feel like I'm somehow missing out on something, and I get this panicky feeling that the holidays are passing me by without my fully enjoying them.

But I'm beginning to recognize what a lie this is. Christmas is such a highly, highly commercial holiday, and many of the things I feel I'm missing out on require time and purchase and facing crowds of angry shoppers as merchants try desperately to meet holiday quotas.

Folks, real Christmas takes place in your very own home. The place where you live, sleep, love, and fill the walls with memories no one can ever take from you. It doesn't matter if your home is in a temporary apartment, a magnificent mansion, or bedroom in your parent's basement. Home is where Christmas is, and I encourage you to make it beautiful. If you're in a period of transition this year, then just tuck this advice away for now. But don't buy into the lie that you have to have every special holiday item out there, that you have to buy the most incredible gifts as you sip the most expensive coffee (damn you, Starbucks) and make believe you're in the holiday spirit while you silently bemoan your dwindling bank account. Sure, it can be super fun to take part in some of the more commercial aspects of Christmas, but if you have to choose between having Starbucks every morning or purchasing that perfect centerpiece for your dining table, well... you know what I would do. ;)

So without further adieu, I will share with you my holiday home, part one. I'll pepper in a few decorating tips here and there, so pay close attention! And ALSO: I don't claim to be a professional. I'm just proud of my work, and I wanted to share. Many of you seem to like what I do in the decorating arena; hence, the tips. Take them with a grain of salt. I am no Candice Olsen.

Onward!!

Entryway...

Tip #1: Get creative with ribbon! Ribbon is one of THE cheapest items you can decorate with, and if you play your cards right, you may not even have to buy the ribbon! Whenever you get a beautifully wrapped gift for Christmas, save the ribbons and bows and tuck them away for next year's decorating. Tie them on hooks and knobs and chandeliers and candlesticks - anything!; it's a fun way to make things you already have look Christmas-y!

Here I used old ribbon and extra ornaments *****************

I put a pillow I already had in this Pottery Barn pillow cover
(which was a birthday gift - thanks Megan!) ;) *****************

Dining Room...

Tip #2 - Use understated pieces that come in packages of multiples to make a simple but elegant difference. These darling little birds are vase fillers from Pottery Barn, but I sprinkled them all around the house instead of concentrating them in just one place. This way, I only needed one package instead of many!

Those glittery red balls are tree ornaments that I just shoved into the greenery - the room needed some red, so the balls were a cheap and simple fix!

Hallway...

Tip #3 - Buy versatile decor pieces all year long. For example, the jars below can be filled at your whim with different, seasonally appropriate items.

This apothecary jar is filled with pine cones and real pine trimmings from our tree. Nearly free, simple, elegant. *****************

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hese hanging jars are incredibly fun!
This time around I dressed them with mung beans (dirt cheap at the bulk food section of specialty grocery stores) and red votives. Perfection!! *****************

Notice the red and green antique books! Only Christmas-related in color, they were around a couple dollars each at an antique store (I've had them all year, but normally they are displayed in a pile with more color variety)

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These items are on a table in the curve of our staircase (to be revealed tomorrow!)
Matthew already had this mini Christmas tree from his single-livin days... I don't know where he got it, but it's awesome!

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More birdies, mung beans, and a red candle I already had lying around.

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Kitchen Table...

 Tip #4 - Again, use stuff you already have! For this little arrangement, I used an old wooden bowl, more pine cones, more tree clippings, more recycled ribbon, and (now this is what I'm reeeally excited about) the sawed off little stump of our Christmas tree!

Notice the ribbon on the salt and pepper shakers..
Sure to make you smile every time you season your supper! ;)

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And if you want to see the rest of the house, well then you'll just have to check back tomorrow, darlings!! Believe you me, I've saved the very best for last. Namely, the staircase, the mantle, and the Christmas tree. You simply musn't miss it!! ;)
Have a lovely Thursday!!!

Home Holiday, Part Deux

I pretty much said all there was to say in my last post, so I'll keep this one pretty word-free. I've had a ton of fun decorating my home for Christmas, and like I said yesterday, I've saved my favorite photos for last..... here goes!!!

Miscellaneous...

Staircase...

Mantle...

Christmas Tree...

That's all folks!!! Thanks so much for stopping by my home.... ;)