Try these six strategies to incorporate the new
hues into your classic Christmas decorating.
INTRODUCE THE NEW COLOR IN MEDIUM-SIZE
DOSES:
ornaments, ribbons, fabrics, and
fresh and artificial floral material. Add the
new color using inexpensive ideas such as
placing lime-green moss in containers and
w rapping lime-green ribbons around packages.
D on’t throw out last year’s decorations just
because the color palette is altered a bit. Use
new and old colors together. For example,
create a cluster of balls by wiring new lime-
color ornam ents w ith Christmas-green balls.
INCORPORATE DECORATOR ELEMENTS INTO YOUR
HOLIDAY SCHEME.
Animal prints, still hot in
hom e decor, show up on these pages as
printed black-and-white ribbons w rapped
around boxed table favors. A touch of this
pattern yields a big decorating return.
USE CLASSIC ORNAMENTS SUCH AS CHRISTMAS
BALLS IN SHINY AND MATTE FINISHES.
Cluster the
smallest balls w ith mixed greens; florist’s wire
holds up to a dozen balls tightly together.
Traditional red glass balls, nearly the size of
soccer balls, bring big doses of red to the tree
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their grand scale makes them feel
as fresh as the lime-color balls.
ABOVE LEFT
Create these ornaments in just a few
minutes by hot-gluing velvet ribbon onto a cardboard
base. The tiny covered button adds dressmaker
detailing.
LEFT:
Create packages worth the wait to
open using elegant ribbon formed into pleated bows
and accented with covered buttons and sparkly
fashion pins.
OPPOSITI
For a designer look, wrap an
inexpensive pillow with double-faced satin
ribbon and add a purchased beaded tassel.
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