Silver Bells. A silver—and only silver—color scheme would make the most elegant statement of all. Mixed Metals. Kip Dawkins. Regal Pink. Alyssa Rosenheck. Simple Ribbons. Jen Woodhouse. Red and White. Green Glow. Cascading Poinsettias. Silver Statement. Courtesy of Kelly Smith.
Contemporary Twist. Reichel Broussard. Sultry Black Tree. Craftberry Bush. Snow-Dusted Fir. Elongated Trunk.
If you prefer a petite tree, a longer trunk is both unique and space-saving. Red Glow. Douglas Friedman. Plain Jane. Muted Hues. The Neon Tree. The Tiny Potted Tree. Gilded Tree. Give your home a welcoming glow with this warm golden tree, boasting glitz and glam.
Seaside Tree. Just Destiny Mag. Christmas Tree 'skirts' started as Christmas Tree 'carpets'. They were made from heavy fabric, often decorated and with fancy frills around the edges, and were used either on the floor, or on tables, and went under the trees and their stands - rather than 'around' them. They were used to catch the needles from the trees and also protect the floor or table tops from dripping wax coming from the candles on the trees.
At this point trees were either normally put in pots if they still had roots on them or they were attached to a larger piece of wood or other heavy support if they'd been cut and so the scenes help to hide these. In the s proper metal tree holders, for cut trees, started being made.
If you were rich, you could get them in very fancy shapes - and some even had music boxes in them, so they 'plinked' Christmas tunes! Less expensive tree holders also became available and were made out of cheaper metals and they also didn't look so good , so the 'carpets' became smaller and were also put 'around' the tree holders and became the Christmas tree skirts that we have today. Lead and glass decorations started being made in the s and s.
Some of the first glass decorations were apples - and that's probably where round, red, baubles on Christmas Trees comes from! Frank Woolworth started selling glass ornaments in his stores in the USA in Tinsel was first created in Nuremberg, Germany in the when thin strips of silver foil were sold as 'Icicles'.
In 'angel hair, made from spun glass was sold. The first 'tinsel' garlands were sold in the s from silver plated copper wire. These tales seem to have started in Eastern Germany, Poland or Ukraine but are also told in parts of Finland and Scandinavia.
All the versions of the story involve a poor family who can't afford to decorate a Tree for Christmas in some versions the tree grew from a pine cone in their house, in others the family have bought a tree into the house. When the children go to sleep on Christmas Eve a spider covers the tree in cobwebs.
Then on Christmas morning the cobwebs are magically turned into silver and gold strands which decorate the tree! In parts of Germany, Poland, and Ukraine it's meant to be good luck to find a spider or a spider's web on your Christmas Tree. Spider's web Christmas Tree decorations are also popular in Ukraine. They're called 'pavuchky' which means 'little spider' and the decorations are normally made of paper and silver wire.
You might even put an artificial spider's web on your tree! There are a few different claims as to who invented popularised the first strings of 'electric' Christmas Tree lights. In , the famous inventor Thomas Edison put some of his new electric light bulbs around his office. And in Edward Johnson, who was a colleague of Edison, hand-strung 80 red, white and blue bulbs together and put them on his tree in his New York apartment there were two additional strings of 28 lights mounted from the ceiling!
The lights were about the size of a walnut. In the Edison company published a brochure offering lighting services for Christmas. In another Edison advert offered bulbs which you could rent, along with their lighting system, for use over Christmas! There are records in a diary from where settlers in Montana used electric lights on a tree.
However, most people couldn't easily use electric tree lights at this time as electricity wasn't widely installed in homes. Electric tree lights first because widely known in the USA in when President Grover Cleveland has the tree in the White House decorated with lights as his young daughters liked them! In the December edition of "The Ladies' Home Journal", there was an advert for "Edison Miniature Lamps" which boasted 'no smoke, smell or grease'; and you could buy or rent the lights.
In there was an advert from Edisons with Christmas lights called festoons - which had eight lights per 'festoon'. Another claim to the first widespread sale of strings of lights comes from Ralph Morris, an American telephonist. In , he used telephone wire to string together small bulbs from a telephone exchange and decorated a table top tree with them.
Leavitt Morris, the son of Ralph, wrote an article in for the Christian Science Monitor, about his father inventing Christmas Tree lights, as he was un-aware of the Edison lights. In a hospital in Chicago burned down because of candles on a Christmas Tree. In insurance companies in the USA tried to get a law made that would ban candles from being used on Christmas Trees because of the many fires they had caused.
However, people still used candles to light Christmas Trees and there were more fires. His family came from Spain and made novelty wicker bird cages that lit up. Albert thought of using the lights in long strings and also suggested painting the bulbs bright colors like red and green. Many towns and villages have their own Christmas Trees. Artificial Christmas Trees really started becoming popular in the early 20th century.
While pre-lit Christmas trees are popular and will save you time and money , you'll need Christmas tree lights if you have a plain tree real or artificial. As a general rule of thumb, the lighting experts at Lights4Fun advise bulbs or 5 metres of lights per 2ft of Christmas tree. So for a 6ft tree, you'd need bulbs or 15 metres of lights.
The first, most important thing you need to do when decorating your Christmas tree, is to always add the lights first — it's more difficult to do this after you've added decorations like baubles and garlands. Balsam Hill advise that you use the plug as the starting point, wrapping the lights around your Christmas tree's trunk, working your way up from the centre of the base of your tree.
Continue wrapping the lights evenly around the branches nearest to the trunk, and then weave it upwards from the middle of the crown. And remember, when weaving, the bulb should be positioned under a branch and the next bulb over a branch, and so forth.
Choosing accents that fit your theme will help you achieve a cohesive design. Whether it's hanging tree decorations, garlands , ribbons, or floral picks, opt for Christmas tree decorations that will complement the overall appearance of your tree. Many bauble sets include different shapes, sizes, finishes and designs. Combining these with traditional baubles will give you more freedom to play up your theme. Given the many Christmas tree decorations you're likely to have, you have to ensure that everything is well-balanced and spread out to your liking.
Arrange embellishments from the top of the tree and then work towards the bottom. This way, you can easily check your design as you dress up your tree. Balsam Hill's design consultant, Brad Schmidt, recommends clustering three baubles of different sizes to add flair and visual appeal.
You can either put the same pieces together or choose contrasting ones. The White Company echo this suggestion — to create a balanced, visually pleasing tree, buy baubles in threes, sixes, or twelves, and add these on first in a 'Z' shape. You should hang larger baubles closer to the centre of the tree to give it more depth, and use small ones towards the end of the branches.
Dangle delicate glass baubles at the top of the tree to prevent any breakages, and add special ones last to ensure they are in the perfect position. And how much baubles will you need? The White Company recommends 80 baubles for a 7. Another expert tip is to layer your Christmas tree with decorative ribbons, which will elevate your tree's aesthetic. You may use one type of ribbon or pair ribbons of contrasting textures and different widths to create more impact.
Brad Schmidt, contributing designer for Balsam Hill, recommends using ribbons with wired edges, as these are easier to sculpt into loops or rolls, and they hold shape better than non-wired ribbons. Follow these simple techniques for arranging ribbons on your tree.
Tree picks and floral sprays come in many forms, such as decorated branches, twigs, berries, or even pinecones — use them as subtle accents to complement the entire look of your tree. Grouping picks together using floral wire is a creative way to elevate the visual appeal of your tree without overpowering other decorations.
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