A delightful idea for Christmas Table decorations, in this year’s hottest color for Christmas – lime green. Created by celebrationsathomeblog, these ball ornaments are glued using a hot glue gun to  small round mirror discs  you can find in craft shops.  Remove the top hanger piece and insert tiny sprigs of flowers and berries.  They’ll look fab as Christmas table decorations, and will do double duty as take home favors for your guests at the end of the evening.  Just one of many neat things you can do with Christmas Balls – click here to see more.

Purple and green look amazing together, and this is THE hottest color scheme this Christmas. The richness of the colors really makes a powerful and pleasing visual effect. While purple and green are the hottest color combination for Christmas this year (apart from the traditional red and green), keep it in mind as a really wonderful color scheme for future Christmas’s too. You don’t always have to follow the current trend is something else speaks to your own sense of style more. And this one could be speaking for a while… its so gorgeous.

For this table setting idea, a purple table runner stretches across this round glass dining table. At each place setting, a round white charger plate with silver trim coordinates beautifully with the white leather dining chair with silver studs. On top of the charge plate is a square white dinner plate, followed by a round purple salad plate on top of which is placed a square white soup bowl surrounded by tiny silver bells. Nestled in the soup bowl, a beautiful green Christmas ball with glittering silver detail. A stem of juniper rests on the left side of the charger plate. At the upper left of each place setting, a purple napkin rolled into a silver napkin holder. And for the perfect finishing touch, a lime green satin toss cushion dresses up the chair – so pretty and cozies up the mood at the table. Stunning! I think I might steal this idea detail for detail next year for Christmas.

 A really magical mood is created for Christmas by decorating the window with cords of white lights draped and swagged over and around the window. Curtain lights hang in the window as well. The room twinkles.  Photo Credit.

If you are looking for Christmas Decorating Ideas for Windows, you should also click here to see this post featuring a breathtaking photo of gorgoeus stars suspended from the ceiling in front of a window….

Below, rod iron window baskets hold abundant displays of fruit and seasonal greenery. Don’t be surprised if the deer show up to feast outside your window!  Afterall, deer have to eat too! From MyHomeIdeas

Above, magnolia leaves and juniper dress up the window sill below the window on the exterior of the house.  Look for a faux magnolia garland at your local craft or floral store, cut it to size, and you can acheive this look easily.  From MyHomeIdeas.

 Below, relatively small and very pretty evergreen wreaths with lime green ribbons that match the walls hang over the windows in this kitchen eating area decorated for Christmas. Photo from Better Homes and Gardens Magazine.

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

Gorgeous Purple and Lime Green Christmas Mantel Design by In My Own Style.com. Faux pine garland is laid across the mantel top and illuminated by white twinkle lights. An assortment of lime green, silver, and purple Christmas balls are wired into the garland for a really stunning color combination!

A faux pine wreath hangs on top of the mirror over the fireplace mantel, suspended in place by a gorgeous lime green wide satin ribbon, tied off with a sumptuous bow, at the center of which is suspended one single purple glass ball.

On either end of the mantel are positioned large clear glass candle holders to complete this beatuiful look – a visual masterpiece created by inmyownstyle.com