Colorful Christmas Tree Decor packs a powerful visual punch, especially when you combine purple, pink and blue (with gold accents). What a striking color combination, and it looks fabulous on a Christmas Tree.

The gold accents are really essential. They add that necessary bit of glam that really makes this look pop. We love the way the toss pillows on the sofa coordinate with the Christmas tree decorations so perfectly.

The candle arrangement on the cocktail table is so pretty and such a perfect match for the tree. A silver and gray feather weather encircles three candles –  two ivory pillar candles of differing heights and a shorter gold pear shaped candle. A few pine cones are lightly sprayed gold and added around the wreath for festive embellishment, along with some elongated decorative glittered gold leaves.

Then pink and purple glass balls are positioned around the wreath for that powerful punch of color.

And for the perfect Christmas Tree topper – purple, blue and gold feathers spraying up from the top of the tree.

This color combination has definite feel good factor. Makes you want to steal this Christmas tree decor idea for your tree, doesn’t it?

From Brown Paper Packages

This sweet little white table top Christmas tree is decorated in a candy theme motif and illuminated with clear white lights. A mix of pastel colors always look so pretty on a white tree. If you look closely, the decorations are in the shapes of candies. Very, very sweet!  Using a decorative white urn for the base of the Christmas tree is an elegant approach – so much lovelier than the typical metal Christmas tree stand. This white table top Christmas tree is by Brown Paper Packages and was created for a little girl’s bedroom. What little girl wouldn’t LOVE this?

From FrontGate

More Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas!  A stunning Christmas tree is decorated in white and silver decorations, capturing the mood of winter perfectly. Every square inch of this tree is covered in decorations giving it a very adbundant and lavish feel. Its hard to tell what type of tree stands beneath all those decorations, but it appears to be a faux spruce or pine. The silver and white decorating theme looks amazing on this Christmas tree. Try it out on yours!

A deep pink Christmas tree looks magical all lit up and aglow with oodles of white lights which really enhance the pink color of the tree.  When you have a pink Christmas tree you want to avoid a lot of decorations. The tree itself is the decoration – the color of the tree is the focal point, so you don’t want anything to compete with the tree itself.  A delicate iridescent  beaded garland trails down and around the tree, providing just the right amount of enhancement, but not too much. Anything more would run the risk of detracting from the tree, not enhancing it. This is one of those situations where less is more. [Photo Source: Unknown]

A professional decorator reveals expert tips on how to decorate a Christmas tree for maximum wow factor. Do you know what the optimal number of lights for your tree is to enable you to put on the best show? What’s the best way to weave in the lights to get the best visual effect? Plus techniques for using decorations in a way that will make your tree look amazing. Watch!

Decorated Christmas Trees 2012

We’ve made our top picks of Decorated Christmas Trees for 2012 from Southern Living Magazine.

Above, a table top Christmas tree decorated in lime green and brushed gold – a very calming color combination.

Southern Living Magazine says, “The trick to keeping this graphic look punchy, not ho-hum, is choosing the right shade of green. This crisp apple hue pops perfectly—anything darker or lighter would fade into the tree. To keep the holiday look fresh and bright, all-white ornaments were chosen for their modern feel and bold contrast. A playful paper lantern tops the tree, with trailing garland and ribbons.

Southern Living Magazine describes the theme of this tree, above, as “Silver and Gold”, but it is the gold that predominently comes across. “Basically neutral but with a little bling. Glittered ornaments and mercury glass balls lend a glimmering, glamorous feeling… Place packages around the outside of the tree to make it look larger”. ~ Southern Living Magazine

Below, set in a beatiful white urn, a white Christmas tree is decorated in tones of turquoise blue and sea foam green. This one gets our vote as the best of the Decorated Christmas Trees SouthernLiving has to offer for 2012. What’s your favorite? Let us know with a comment.

Also See Decorated Christmas Trees for 2012 from Better Homes and Gardens

Decorated Christmas Trees 2012 from BHG
Above,  Blue, Green, and Silver color scheme: A decorated Christmas tree casts a soothing mood in hunes of blue, green, and silver (which include aqua and turquoise).

White and Brown is another fashionable color scheme for a Decorated Christmas Tree in 2012. A white frosted tip Chrismtas tree is decorated with gold and silver decorations, while presents in white and brown wrap are placed beneath the tree. From BHG

A gold, silver and blue color scheme for your Christmas tree from BHG

Turquoise and organge. BHG suggests: “Try a zesty Christmas color scheme using bright, contrasting colors — such as turquoise and orange — to give your holiday decor a bold look”.

Also see Decorated Christmas Trees for 2012 from Southern Living Magazine

With vintage feather trees becoming quite fashionable for Christmas, manufacturers are now creating modern replica’s in various forms and sizes. But read on to discover the history of vintage feather trees….

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HISTORY OF VINTAGE FEATHER TREES FOR CHRISTMAS:  In the mid 19th century, the German forests were in danger, and cutting down the trees for Christmas was banned as reforestation efforts arose.  That’s when the first artificial Christmas trees were invented. “Feather Trees” were actually fashioned to look like Christmas trees using goose feathers.  Although they may look a little scrawny, they were modeled after the living trees found in the German forests, which in natural forest environment sometimes have this slightly sparse look.  In time, feathers were no longer used, but the next generation of artificial trees continued to be called Feather Trees, and maintained the sparse look (as compared to artificial Christmas trees manufacturer today which are much fuller in appearance). The interest in vintage feather trees has been reborn in recent years, and there is quite a collector’s market for them. There is something so quaint and charming about having a vintage feather tree in your home for Christmas.

A pink feather tree is decorated with pretty pastel sugar cookies suspended from the tree with thin pale pink ribbons. The effect is nothing less than dreamy. A wonderful idea for Christmas Tree decorations. Source: Sweetopia

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A 7.5 ft tree with dark purple and green ball ornaments, grapevine garland, bows made from gold sheer ribbon, and various red and green grapes. The tree includes 1100 regular white lights. Thirty ivory potted pointsettia plants with gold accents encircle the base of the tree.  A very lavish and abundant look! (C) Photo Credit