Are you limited on money or space in your home, but you still want a Christmas tree?  Don’t like to fool with putting Christmas lights on your tree? If so, maybe a fiber optic Christmas tree is the perfect solution for you. You can create a really beautiful holiday display with a fiber optic Christmas tree.

They are safe to use around the whole family and since the fiber optic elements do not emit heat, you do not have to worry about it catching on fire. You can get a timer to go with your fiber optic Christmas tree to turn your tree on and off at preset times. Read More »

My favorite time of the year is Christmas time. I love everything about the season. I live in Minnesota so this is the time of year when we begin to have snow on the ground and ice on the lakes. It is a beautiful time to begin with, then as people begin adding outdoor Christmas decorations the neighborhoods become magical. I love to take walks at dusk and watch the lights come on creating a winter wonderland before my eyes.

Although I love Christmas I am very particular about outdoor Christmas decorations. My favorite decorations are the use of lights in trees and bushes in the yards. I am not a fan of the huge blow up snowmen and Santa’s or the cartoon characters that are dressed to look like Santa Claus. When I was growing up the neighbor across the road from us had a huge pine tree. Read More »

As a designer, I have always thought that one of the most neglected materials is paper. People simply do not recognize how many wonderful applications paper has, nor do they consider how many varied uses that they already put it too. This is especially true going into the Christmas season. From Paper Christmas Ornaments, to Christmas wrapping paper, to Christmas stationary, almost the entire holiday season runs on paper, and yet it is sort of viewed as an afterthought.

People make a big deal out of their blown glass Christmas ornaments that they keep in their families for generations as heirlooms, yet few will even spare a thought for all of the wonderful decorative things that they can do with simple paper. But, once you get started on your first Paper Christmas Ornament, you will not stop. There is nothing simpler and easier than making a Paper Christmas Ornament that is spectacular. Read More »

I have always thought that Christmas was, above all, about the personal touches. Sure, if you are a parent, you might be besieged by requests for video games, bicycles, and all of the other things that kids want. It is okay to get your kids this stuff, but you must always remember that Christmas is more than just an economic exchange. You should not buy Hallmark gift cards, but make your own, and encourage your family to do the same.

If you can not get personalized Christmas gifts for all of the people who you love, you can at least personalize the cards, that way. And of course, everyone loves sparkly decorations from the tree, but even heirlooms do not compare to Personalized Christmas Ornaments made by someone who you love. Read More »

In my family, we have always been big believers in the spiritual value of craft. All year long, we nit, carve, sand, sculpt, and do any other work of art or craft that you could imagine. But at no time of year is our craftiness more apparent than at Christmas. We make Personalized Christmas Gifts, homemade xmas cards, and anything else that you can think of. We even make our own Christmas ornaments. But the prize of the day goes to the family’s Personalized Christmas Stockings.

There is a ritual that we follow every year leading up to Christmas. Everyone puts their name in a hat, and then everyone pulls out a name. Whoever you get the name of, you have to make them a Personalized Christmas Stocking. Read More »

In the old days, a fake Christmas tree did a good job in living up to its name. There were thousands of them, but not a single Prelit Artificial Christmas Tree looked the part at all, and that is no joke. I do not know if plastic technology has gone a bit farther since that point, or if they have just gotten better at designing lifelike Prelit Christmas Trees, but whatever the reason, there is almost no comparison between the old ones and the new ones.

A new Prelit Christmas Tree actually looks like a real tree in this day and age, and seeing is believing. With all that is going for it, it only makes sense to leave the real Christmas trees in the tree farm and get a nice Prelit Christmas Tree that will last you for years and years to come. Read More »

Every family wants to create a magical feeling during the holidays and one way to do this is with the Christmas tree. Finding different and original ornaments to decorate the tree is a great way to add a personalized touch. Adding a pewter Christmas ornament or two will add to the charm of your holiday tree.

They are classic in design and can really make your Christmas tree stand out. You can even get them custom made online. You can create your own pewter Christmas ornament that you can pass down from generation to generation. It will be created in fine, lead-free pewter for your holiday enjoyment. You can get custom shapes and designs or you can possibly get 3-D molding from some websites; however it will come at an additional charge.  Read More »