The Christmas tree decoration is one of the most exciting works to do. For some people Christmas decoration is an art practice. For some tree decoration is a tradition event, which held days or weeks before Christmas. The four major decoration segment of the Christmas tree are light decoration, ornament decoration, garland and the tree topper. These four components of the tree balance each other. You also need to consider how you will use the "four essentials". The ornaments like toys, candles, baubles, nosegays etc, garlands ribbons and light gives a majestic view to the Christmas tree. But to keep your Christmas tree fresh till Christmas is a big task, so how you can keep your tree fresh and decorated with a full swing, there are some tips:
1. The decorations of the tree include lights, garlands and ribbons, and finally ornaments, holiday nosegays, candies, fruits and other decorations.
2. 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.
3. Spray the needles with the wilt resistant spray to keep them fresh for several weeks.
4. Arrange the lights from innermost branches to outside and from top to bottom for safety purposes.
5. Place garlands and ribbons to provide a finishing touch to your tree.
6. 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.
7. Filler and special ornaments can be placed on tips of boughs. Put some inside the branches too, to add depth to Christmas tree decorations.
8. Don't hang all your ornament on the tips of the branches. Place ornaments and other decorations 'inside' your tree to add depth and interest.
9. Mix one-of-a-kind special ornaments between the basic ornaments. Plan to use at least 10 special themed ornaments for every 2 feet of tree. As your collection grows, put the special ornaments closer together. |