If you’re looking for affordable Christmas decorating ideas, here’s a particularly ingenious and inexpensive one for you! Create your own cardboard Christmas trees! A clever take on artificial trees, this is a project that you can do alone or with your family. Just make sure to keep sharp objects away from the little ones!
Materials:
Cardboard boxes
X-acto [...]
Going green is a concern for many of us nowadays. With the onset of all the natural disasters besieging countries the world over, there is an elevated consciousness to take better care of the earth. While I do sing the praises of these awesome feats of technology, sometimes these earth-saving measures don’t look pretty at [...]
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Feather trees were the first artificial Christmas tree, and are therefore close to my heart. A wonderful way to cherish the Holidays is to incorporate the feather tree into your celebrations. Either as tabletop decoration or as your Christmas tree, feather trees are fantastic additions to home decor. And they are ecologically friendly [...]
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Every year almost 25 million tons of trash is created between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Between this extra waste, driving around doing holiday errands, travels, and the energy spent preparing for, breaking down, and disposing of the holidays, this one month period is possibly the least Green of all times of year. And not [...]
Many of the Christmas traditions we enjoy today were revitalized or created by the Victorians… Christmas cards and caroling to be sure, but especially the Christmas tree.
It’s very easy to create a Victorian Christmas tree! Make sure to buy a pre lit artificial Christmas tree, as the Victorian tradition of placing lit candles upon the [...]
The constant “war” between live Christmas tree lovers and artificial Christmas tree lovers has helped Americans to understand the drawbacks and benefits of each type of tree. But many are confused by the conflicting and plethora of information available, and most end up confused and uncertain about who to believe.
We at Artificial Trees use the [...]
Christmas lights are an important part of Christmas; many times, it’s the memory of lights twinkling on the Christmas tree that creates a yearning for home and the good old days. So, choosing the best Christmas lights for your tree, it goes without saying, is integral to creating new memories!
Clear Christmas lights give a glowing, [...]
Legend has it that the inventor of Christmas lights was inspired during an evening stroll. While looking at the black sky, he noticed how the stars twinkled so beautifully between the branches of the pines. Christmas tree lights were born.
Of course, he had no idea at the time that these lights burn out, cause electric [...]
Taking care of the environment is imperative, and we at artificialtrees.com feel that having an eco-friendly Christmas is important. We believe that artificial Christmas trees play their part in helping you create a green Christmas.
But green Christmases aren’t just about green trees.
Eco-friendliness starts with you, and if you’re interested, we’d like to offer a few [...]