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  Christmas Tree Decorating 101
This page is dedicated to what I know about decorating Christmas trees and
Holiday decorating in general.  I am no professional.  But I have decorated enough
trees to know some rules of thumb and tricks to the trade so you don't have to
make the same mistakes I've made.

I hope you pick up some helpful tips, and if nothing else, enjoy the pictures!
This page is far from complete.  As I gather more pictures, I'll add them along
with information on each tree or design.

Tips for Decorating Christmas Trees


Christmas Tree Themes
I'm pretty big on themes - whether it's a color theme or
ornament theme.  This particular tree has both - cream
and sage green for a color theme, and cotton batting for
the ornament theme. Almost everything on this tree is
from "Seasons of Cannon Falls".

Want to know how to tell if your tree is 'perfect' or not?
Take a picture of it. I'm pretty satisfied with this tree except
that the star is crooked and stayed crooked the entire holiday
season. These pictures were taken after Christmas, before
I took the trees down - and then, through the pictures, I saw things that
I should have fixed!

My Personal Favorite Christmas TreeFlocked tree filled with old ornaments.  Click to see large image as well as close-ups of ornaments.
This, by far, is my favorite tree. It is a 9' flocked pre-lit tree
(by Vickerman). Not only is it a gorgeous tree, but I use it to
display my collection of antique and vintage ornaments.

These ornaments by themselves, were very inexpensive, most
were purchased at garage sales.  But I have a LOT of them
and I stuffed this tree till there was no more room. It is filled
with vintage glass balls and bells, old glass garland, cardboard
houses (made in Japan) and pixies. Click on image to see
large images as well as close-ups of ornaments.
Even though this tree was pre-lit with colored lights, I added
plenty of strands of white lights to it.

Burgundy Themed Christmas TreeBurgundy themed Christmas tree.  Click on image to see larger image.

This is a 7.5' tree with a white and burgundy color theme.
The tree includes poinsettias, roses, gold and burgundy
glass balls, glass ornaments and clear glass garland. 

I'm pretty satisfied with this tree except that it had no topper. 
But these trees went up one week after we moved into this
house.  I still had oodles of boxes to unpack.  Might as well
get the Christmas boxes unpacked too, huh?
I just overlooked the topper...

Winter Themed Christmas TreeWinter themed snow-draped tree.  Click on picture to see larger image.

This is a funky little snow draped tree that I had fun decorating.
It's design allows it to seem more natural and realistic. I filled
it with white lights and blue and cream colored ornaments -
some glass, some resin. This tree has two themes; a color
theme and winter theme, all the ornaments focus on snow
and winter activities.

 

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