The question we are asked most frequently is "Can I use my metal ornament tree all year around?"Yes, you can use your ornament tree for other seasons beside Christmas! How about a display of beanie babies, red ornaments for Valentine's Day, chick or bunny ornaments for Easter, green ornaments for St. Patrick's day, red, white and blue ornaments for July 4th, Halloween ornament trees or Easter egg ornament trees, etc.? You can display miniature family photos, Easter eggs, Easter ornaments, decorate it with ribbons, seasonal or topical real pine or artificial garlands, winter flower nosegays, etc. Do you make small crafts like jewelry to sell at flea markets and craft fairs? Since metal ornament trees have no foliage, you can load up our heavier trees with your prized workmanship. A tabletop metal ornament tree can display just about anything 2"- 4" in diameter or smaller. Floor height trees can be used to display larger, heavier products. If you are still working on your ornament collection, weave a sheer 1" wide ribbon between the outside arms of each three-arm section of our Regent tree. Place the ornaments you have in the center arm for a beautiful accent. Since metal ornament trees have no foliage, you can load up our heavier trees with your prized ornaments, use ornaments combined with other decorations or just use it decorated - swapping out flowers, ribbons, etc. according to the seasons or other holidays. Just about anything 2"-4" in diameter or smaller can be used to decorate a metal ornament tree. The latest craze for decorating these trees is using miniature photo frames to create a "family" tree. Do you make crafts, unique textiles or small collectibles for sale at craft fairs and shows? Our tabletop trees hold jewelry or handmade cards beautifully. And our larger trees will hold items such as purses, scarves, etc. Are you planning or coordinating a wedding? Our smaller ornament trees make excellent guest table centerpieces. Our tabletop trees make beautiful bridal table centerpieces. How about a money tree for your next anniversary, birthday celebration, wedding or wedding anniversary? Any one of our trees will work. We have a work sheet with ideas for hanging money on a money tree. Hang glittered fruit ornaments on a tree and place it in your kitchen or dining room. Dry flowers and tie them to the branches of our country themed ornament trees. Be creative with using glass beaded garlands: twist or drape two different color strands of beads or tinsel garland together before decorating the tree. Or allow different color rows to overlap. You can even remove the finial in our trees and substitute a silk spray of holly, poinsettia or any other seasonal flower. Experiment with a live spray if you can figure out how to get water to stay in the hollow, open trunk. Try removing the finials and placing a tiny nosegay of silk flowers. This would look especially nice as the centerpiece on a bridal table. Just remember to be careful of scale, weight and balance when decorating your tree. Too many ornaments or unevenly placed decorations could cause the tree to be unbalanced which will then lead to tipping over and /or breakage. Arrange your heaviest ornaments or decorations around the bottom layer of the tree. If you want to go all out with displaying your ornaments, secure the tree so that it can not be knocked down or tipped over. If you decide add lights to your metal tree, make sure the strand, holders and bulbs are UL listed and approved for use on a metal surface or metal tree, like the mini and rope lights we offer. © 2003-present. Contact us for permission to reprint or link to or quote from this article. |