Christmas Table Decorations - Quick and Easy Tips for a
Beautiful Table
Decorating your table for Christmas can be as simple or
as elaborate as you want to make it, but it can always be
eye-catching and uplifting. If you have a little money to spend,
you should first establish a limit, and then decide upon a theme.
Do you want a particular color or colors? People, who especially
love Christmas, still rely on the old stand-bys. I will
admit that red, green, white, gold and silver are still my
favorites and probably always will be.
Perhaps you're in the mood for a wintery look. Simple. Just use
white, blue, light shades of purple and you're on your way.
Along with candles you can add ornamental snowflakes, little
snowmen, or strands of clear beads or snowy white garlands.
If you have a color scheme in your home that you would like to
play off of, then that can make it even simpler. You can always
find candles, ribbons, napkins, beads, etc. online or at the
store. Add touches of winter greenery or tiny Christmas trees to
solidify the look.
A Christmas wreath laid in the center of the table can be
the beginning of a perfect centerpiece. It can be decorated with
any object you may want to use as a theme. If you have no theme
in mind other than something special, then ribbons and bows can
always come to the rescue. Inside the wreath, place a large
candle or several tapers. The tapers can be the same height or
differing heights. The choice is yours. Just make certain that
the flames or hot wax do not come in contact with anything that
could cause a fire. I was at a dinner party once where that
happened. We certainly had a lively Christmas party that night!
Hurricane lanterns placed in a row down the center of the table
can take the place of a traditional centerpiece. Stemware filled
with beads, nuts, berries, glass marbles, or any small festive
objects can be used as well. You can use themed pieces to
decorate in between. We'll use Christmas bells as our example of
a theme. Bells can be purchased in packages or they can be
purchased already strung on wire. If they are on wire, they can
be wrapped around the base of the hurricane lanterns, or you can
attach them to ribbon and wrap the ribbon around the lanterns.
Long strands of ribbon and beads can flow around the
decorations.
Continue to carry out your theme with your table napkins. Use
two napkins of different colors for each place setting. Place
one napkin on top of the other. You can roll them separately or
roll them together, but the important thing is to tie them
together. Tie them with a beautiful wired ribbon with the bell
attached to the ribbon. Because wired ribbon can be shaped, it
is easy to make the perfect size napkin holder. With your
napkins inside your ribbon napkin holder, artfully arrange them
and place them in the center of each plate. You now have bells
on your napkin holders and bells on your table decorations.
You can continue the theme with bells tied to the backs of
chairs, hanging from the chandelier or attached to your
stemware. The idea is to repeat your color or decoration. By
using a theme, your Christmas table decorations will go from
ho-hum to spectacular! Happy decorating.