Christmas Tree Decorations
christmas tree décor
Decorating Christmas Trees With Style
Executive Summary about christmas tree decorations by Enid Edginton
Does your christmas tree look too old fashioned?
STYLE TIP #1:
The big fat round artificial christmas tree is out and the slim artificial tree is in. This is because when it comes to decorating christmas tree the trends lately lean more towards tall and conical shapes rather than fat and round shapes.
It was Queen Victoria who insisted on the tallest tree possible for her living room and the narrow tree girth was also necessary in order to fit these tall slender trees into Victorian homes. Natural trees that tend to be tall and slim are the spruces and firs. When it comes to fake xmas trees, more and more manufacturers are releasing slim artificial trees that can fit more easily into our cramped urban lifestyle.
STYLE TIP #2
Artificial is in and natural trees are out. Okay, so maybe real christmas trees will never go out of fashion but if you are a bit of style snob then the trend is towards an artificial tree in the wildest color you can find. Every year, artificial trees are looking more and more cartoonish. The slim artificial trees in wild colors are very popular with younger people. Probably the two most trendy colors for trees are the red and white. The white artificial trees are just simply gorgeous, especially the prelit artificial trees with branches that have glowing fiber optic tips.
STYLE TIP #3
One of the secrets to decorating christmas trees in a stylish way is to be minimalist. To be truly fashionable, stick to decorating the tree in just one or two colors. A white christmas tree looks great with uniformly sized christmas balls from top to bottom. A sky blue artificial tree could be decorated in monochrome with glass balls that are a deeper shade of blue.
For instance, forget the round glass balls and choose conical glass balls and flat spheres only to decorate an entire tree. By the way the craze for slim artificial xmas trees is similar to the current craze for slim conical christmas decorations.
STYLE TIP #4:
One of the first rules of fashion and also interior decorating is to break all the rules and the same applies to Christmas trees.
STYLE TIP #5
One of the secrets to decorating christmas trees is that the more personal it is the better. A good example is the chef who decorates his tree using only plastic forks and knives or the new mom who decorates her tree with baby bottles and baby toys. Tree ornaments made of pink and yellow gumdrops and toothpicks look nice on an artificial white christmas tree for example. Home made gingerbread men and short bread snowmen would go well with a red artificial prelit christmas tree.
A smaller tree looks fantastic decorated in candies wrapped in foil. Don’t decorate the tree with seven or eight kinds of candy. If you haven’t figured it out by now one of the keys to decorating christmas trees is repetition on a single theme. If you like teddy bears than decorate the entire tree in teddy bears and one other design element, such as red glass balls. Keeping it simple yet elegant is the key to decorating christmas trees.
Decorating Your Christmas Tree – Tips and Ideas
Executive Summary about christmas tree decorations by Astrid Bullen
Crafting And Buying Christmas Tree Ornaments
You can make beautiful Christmas tree ornaments using acorns, paint, metallic chenille stems and hot glue. Tips For Decorating Artificial Fiber Optic Christmas Trees
Decorating artificial fiber optic Christmas trees is ultimately about proportion. You can select a color theme – sticking to gold, silver, and red or pink and gold only or you can style the tree after traditions such as the German style tree (decorated mostly with food), the Victorian style tree (decorated with tiny detailed ornaments and lots of angels), and the country style tree (decorated with glass balls, wooden ornaments and plenty of flocking to simulate snow).
How To Decorate With Christmas Tree Toppers
Christmas tree toppers are the finishing touches of your Christmas tree. Like other Christmas tree decorations, these ornaments originated in 19th century Germany. Don’t feel obligated to use a standard Christmas tree topper, however. If your Christmas tree has a unique theme you can certainly use a tree topper particular to that theme.
It is not hard to make your own Christmas tree topper, however. Often the home-produced decorations and tree toppers have more sentimental value than the store bought ones. Once your topper is up, make sure you disguise the base of the tree with some kind of Christmas tree skirt.
Making Christmas Tree Skirts
Making your own Christmas tree skirts can be as simple as swathing a length of material under your tree or as intricate as making a custom needlepoint skirt. A Christmas tree skirt can be used as a unique finishing touch for your tree, whether you need to conceal an ugly tree stand or want to craft a total picture with your Christmas tree. The size of your tree skirt will depend on your tree stand as well as the diameter of your tree.
In general, the tree skirt should be large enough to cover the stand underneath.
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