Holiday Decorating

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Agenda

Durable Holiday Decorating

Decorating Your Home

Decorating Ideas

Decide what your holiday style is

Formal or Informal (Casual)

Decide your color theme/scheme

Both the above selections will be based on your current decorating scheme to a certain extent.

Don’t Be Afraid to Break With Tradition

Green & Red are often associated with the Christmas Holiday but you don’t have to be limited to those colors

Silver and Gold add elegance and can be used all year round.

Metallic and Pearlized Pastels add interest and are a refreshing change from the traditional dark colors.

Beautiful Color For The Holidays

Red & White

Red &Green

Green & White

Gold with all colors

Silver with all colors

“ Icy” Blues & Silver

“ Icy” Pinks & Gold or Silver

“ Icy” Greens & Gold or Silver

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Use Design Principles

REPEAT motifs, color and themes through out your décor

Gilded fruit in bowls, wreaths on Christmas tree

Red color used on tablecloth, garland, door wreath and tree skirt.

Symmetrical Design

For a more formal holiday décor utilize the principle of symmetry.

Identical candlesticks at each end of a table

Identical holiday topiaries on either side of French doors

Create Interest with Shapes

Use varying shapes to lend interest to your holiday vignettes.

Spheres in a oval bowl are more interesting than a round bowl full of decorative orbs (spheres)

A tree solely decorated with round ornaments could be visually boring. Add interest with shapes like :diamond, tear drop, oval, octagon etc

Texture,Texture,Texture

Mix shiny materials with matte materials.

Soft materials with rougher materials

Velvet tablecloth with a straw basket full of gold painted acorns.

Triangles & Odd Numbers

Create a beautifully accessorized “display” by using the triangle principle

Arrange three items of the following sizes: Tall, medium and small

The odd principle: Use odd number items in your displays

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Create Your Focal Point

Christmas Tree

Table Top Setting

Fireplace Mantel

Use accent lighting, bold color and placement of your focal point to direct all attention to it.

Elegance & Beauty

Holiday Decorating Doesn’t Have To Break The Bank

Let Nature Inspire You

Leaves, seashells, rocks, twigs and branches can be spray painted with metallic paints. Gold & Silver are always popular but you can also try sapphire blues, emerald greens and ruby reds

Seasonal Vases

Use a pumpkin (scooped clean) for a stunning center piece with beautiful seasonal flowers. Surround your pumpkin vase with gourds and acorns (craft store).

Fruit Decor

Lemons and Oranges become aromatic tabletop décor when studded with clove “spikes”.

Gild foam shapes or plastic orbs and pears with Silver or Gold leaf.

Custom Snow Globes

Recycle those old jars! It’s as simple as 1 – 2 –3. What You Will Need:

Jar, Figurines, Hot Glue Gun, Mineral Oil, Glitter

You can also use glass paints to add even more charm to your creation.

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String of Pearls

Add elegance and glamour to your tree

“ Pearl” necklaces can be found at thrift stores or estate sales.

Collect enough to string them around your tree

Cranberry Floats

Fill a large glass bowl with cranberries and water

Add floating candles for a unique and inexpensive tabletop piece.

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Twigs & Gold

Collect branches (varying sizes) from your yard

Remove leaves and let dry a day

Spray paint the branches gold

When dry arrange, tie a bow around them and place them in a vase

You could hang small ornaments if they don’t weigh too much

Dress Up Your Candles

Add pretty jewelry to your candle

It’s as easy as a pretty pin or earrings

If you don’t have something to “drill” through the candle you can use a hot glue gun to attach the jewelry

Make Your Own Candle

Making your candles is easy and gives you artistic flexibility to add :

Glitter

Coffee Beans, Cinnamon or any other item you would like

Conclusion

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