Go Natural
While it¡¯s true that your artificial Christmas fiber optic tree can stand alone without any further decoration, why not add your own flair to it? A great Christmas tree decorating theme is a natural one. To achieve a natural d¨¦cor pattern, collect the following objects from which to make your ornaments and decorations: Cinnamon sticks Pinecones Natural ribbon made from vines or cotton Fresh citrus fruits Hot glue gun and glue sticks Create tiny cinnamon stick bundles by hot gluing groups of them together and accenting them by tying natural ribbon around each one. Then, make loops out of the ribbon and hot glue a loop to each bundle. Create more loops and attach them to the pine cones. Hang these natural, fragrant ornaments all over your tree and use the remaining ribbon to make garland to drape on the tree. Finally, fill decorative bowls with the citrus fruits and place them around the room. You have now created a beautiful natural ambiance.
Fiber Optic Trees
These striking artificial Christmas Trees have "needles" tipped with fiber optic. Fiber optic trees use rotating color filters in a unique color wheel built into the tree stand. This causes colors to constantly rotate through the Christmas tree, so that every bough glistens with all the colors of the rainbow.
Stick to Your Theme
Artificial fiber optic trees look beautiful to begin with but you can add even more to them by implementing repetition as a design tool. This will help to establish the overall design and can contribute to your tree¡¯s theme. To achieve this, use different shapes in the same color or repeat the same texture using different colors. The key is to maintaining a theme is to establish a basic motif and adhere to it; outdoors and nature, flirty and romantic, folky and homemade, Desert and Southwest, antique glass and heirlooms, nostalgic and family, etc.
Ornament Hanging 101
Adorn your fiber optic Christmas tree with ornaments to make it look even more fabulous. Before you do this, however, you have to determine how many ornaments are appropriate for the size of your tree. It¡¯s not an exact science but it¡¯s a good idea to use 30 to 40 ornaments per foot. By using this method, you will be able to create a better overall symmetry for your tree. In addition, don¡¯t clump the decorations together¡ªmake sure they¡¯re not touching. In addition, don¡¯t place them directly next to or above one another, create a staggering effect instead. And, to achieve an even better balance, put larger ornaments on the lower areas of your tree.
Fiber Optic Glass on Predecorated Christmas Trees
Optical fibers similar to those in our fiber optic artificial Christmas trees are made of extremely pure optical glass or plastic. We like to think that window glass is transparent, but the thicker the glass gets, the less transparent it becomes because of impurities in the glass. However, the glass in an optical fiber has far fewer impurities than window-pane glass. It is so clear that if you were on top of an ocean five miles deep of solid core optical fiber glass, you could see the bottom clearly.
Make an Ironic Contrast
Are you looking for a way to give that artificial fiber optic Christmas tree a little of a natural feel? Here¡¯s a great idea using normal fruits you probably have in your kitchen: Peel some apples and allow them to shrivel. Once the apples have dried, invite the kids to make their own characters using the dried fruit. Provide them with things like cinnamon sticks, orange peels, and cloves to create features, but make a rule that everything used must be natural. Then, let the children use their imaginations to create their own apple people. Hang the finished products on the tree. In addition to creating a brilliant natural contrast to the factory-made tree, the artistic characters will produce a delicious aroma that will fill the house.
What Are Fiber Optics?
Fiber optics are strands of very pure glass or transparent plastic surrounded by a reflective coating called cladding. Light can go in one end of a fiber optic strand, and go along the strand for long distances. They were originally invented to carry signals in the form of light. They also make remarkable Christmas tree decorations that carry colored light throughout fiber optic artificial Christmas trees.
Use Perspective
Fiber optic Christmas trees create a dazzling display for the eyes but why not appeal to the eyes even more by using perspective when decorating them? Use the law of perspective to your advantage by arranging ornaments according to size. Place larger ornaments at the bottom of the tree and decrease the size of the ornaments as you move up the tree and it becomes more narrow. To really play with this effect, take it a bit further using bows. Purchase spools of ribbon (all the same color) in three different widths. Cut the ribbons into pieces that are long enough to tie into bows. Attach the bows to the tree in decreasing order; apply the bows made from the widest ribbon to the boughs at the base of the tree, the medium-width bows in the center of the tree, and the bows made from the most slender ribbon should be placed on the branches at the top of the tree.
Initiate a New Family Tradition
Buying an artificial fiber optic tree will eliminate the need for stringing lights and hanging ornaments but that doesn¡¯t mean that you can¡¯t create your own family traditions to add to the tree. Maybe choose one ornament per year, as a family, to add to the tree. This way your tree won¡¯t be overcrowded and each and every ornament will be memorable (remember to date all of the ornaments). A long-time Christmas tradition is to place an angel or star on top of the tree. Make it a family tradition to pick a new crowning object every year to put on your tree. Remember to take a picture of each one so you can document them (this would inspire a great scrapbook). Be creative and make your own family traditions!