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Beauty and the Beast Christmas Ornaments

Disney Princess Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Christmas Ornaments

Does your child love the story of Beauty and the Beast?  Imagine the look on their face if you hung some Beauty and the Beast Christmas ornaments on the Christmas tree this year.   I think they would probably be awestruck!

The story of Beauty and the Beast has been heralded as the most beautiful love story ever written.   It also has a powerful message that we can teach our children about not judging people by their looks.

I do love seeing my favorite Disney characters hanging on Christmas trees.  If your favourite is Belle and her Beast/Pince then you will want to display these ornaments all year long, not just during the holidays!

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I have actually seen people display their special Christmas ornaments in things like shadow boxes when the tree is down and these ornaments would certainly look amazing like that.

Beauty and the Beast Christmas Ornaments

Castle in the Forest Beauty and the Beast Disney 2002 Hallmark Ornament

This Hallmark Christmas ornament is based on the castle from Beauty and the Beast and has a special lighting effect.

By attaching a clip, which is located inside the base of the ornament, to a lamp socket, you can see this beautiful castle all lit up.   I think this makes the ornament even more magical, don’t you?

This next Belle Christmas ornament is brought to you by Disney and Bradford Exchange and is designed to be a collectible for use in many years to come.

Disney Beauty And The Beast Christmas Ornament: by Hawthorne Village

This is an absolutely gorgeous Christmas ornament that will cause children everywhere to stare at it with their eyes open wide – why? Well, the ornament actually moves!

The plates and napkins ‘dance’ around the table when you gently pull on the rose – now that’s what I call an extra special Christmas ornament!

The boring details are that it comes with a certificate authenticating your ornament (great for collectors, personally I just love the ornament certificate or not!).

This ornament also measures 5 1/2″ high.

Beauty & the Beast Christmas Ornament Set

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Storybook Ornament Set

This beautiful set of Christmas ornaments comes in a bound storybook box in which to keep all of these ornaments safe. It also looks sensational which makes it a fantastic gift idea.

I do like the idea of a set as it’s a great way of filling up the tree quicker than by simply having individual ornaments!

More Beauty and the Beast Christmas Ornaments

Disney Princess Belle Christmas Ornaments

 Hallmark 2014 All Eyes on Belle Beauty and the Beast Ornament 2014 Beauty and the Beast Princess Belle Christmas Ornament Belle Sketchbook Ornament – a Disney Princess Christmas Ornament Belle’s Grand Entrance – A Disney Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Beautiful Belle – Disney Beauty and the Beast 2013 Hallmark Ornament The Enchanted Rose Disney 2011 Hallmark Ornament

Beauty & the Beast Christmas Ornaments - a lovely Disney Princess Christmas ornament idea

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A Baltimore Ravens Christmas Tree

Celebrate the Holidays with a NFL Baltimore Ravens Christmas Tree This Year!

What makes a perfect Baltimores Ravens Christmas tree? Obviously you need some Raven’s Christmas ornaments, but it’s more than that you want the tree to be totally decked out in your team colors.

Check out the tabletop tree opposite, not only are there Ravens decorations on the tree but also purple and gold ornaments as well.

You can actually buy a ready made table top Baltimore Raven’s Christmas tree (just below), but imagine decorating a large family tree – that’s the sign of a true Ravens fan and I’m going to help you in your quest to bring a touch of Raven style to your holidays!

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A Baltimore Ravens Christmas Tree for the Office

A Desk Top NFL Christmas Tree

Tabletop Baltimore Ravens Christmas Tree

Tabletop Baltimore Ravens Christmas Tree

This Baltimore Ravens 16 inch tree set is usually available on Amazon, but at the moment I can’t find any available online – I will provide a link when this changes.

If you’re after a small Baltimore Ravens Christmas tree for the office then this is an ideal one to purchase (when available) and if you’re not ‘allowed’ to decorate the family’s Christmas tree like a true Ravens fan then you could even have one of these in your home office, heck my uncle used to have one for his team on his car dash!

Christmas Tree Lights

Adding Light to Your Baltimore Ravens TreeNow the first thing I string up on my Christmas tree when decorating are the lights – I know some people don’t have lights on their Christmas tree, but I love them and so does my daughter which means they’re staying! Now some NFL teams do have their own Christmas lights available, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to find any for the Baltimore Ravens.

Sylvania 100-Count Purple Halloween Lights Set with Black Wire

You can however get purple Christmas lights that you can hang on to your tree, some of them are a little on the pinky side of purple though. The ones I’ve featured here are purple Halloween lights which I think are perfect and come on a black wire.

Now you don’t have to just use Christmas string lights on your tree for a lighting effect as some of the Christmas ornaments you can get are light up ones as you’ll see when we get on to ornaments so skip these lights if you want.

Do You Hang Tinsel on Your NFL Tree?

Baltimore Ravens Christmas Tree – Alternatives to Tinsel

After the lights the next thing we hang on to our tree is the tinsel, but the past few years we’ve actually used alternatives to tinsel occasionally and for the perfect NFL Ravens Christmas tree I think alternatives are a great idea.

There’s no ‘official’ Ravens tinsel on the market, although you can get tinsel in lots of different colors if you love the look of tinsel otherwise check out these products –

 Baltimore Ravens Pennant String (3 foot) Baltimore Ravens Mardi Gras Beads with Medallion

 

Now I bet you never thought about hanging pennant string from your tree, but if you have a big enough tree I think this will be an awesome idea – just wrap it around like you would tinsel and you won’t need many ornaments. The other great thing is that you can use this pennant string to decorate your home during the rest of the year which is always a bonus.

When it comes to beads I have been using a long string of beads to decorate my Christmas tree for some time now and it works really well. You can use beads as well as or instead of tinsel. The fact that these beads also come with a team medallion is an extra bonus as it will look like a tree ornament once strung up.

You can use both of these ideas together, or none of them…..it is your Christmas tree after all.

Baltimore Ravens Christmas Ornaments

NFL Christmas OrnamentsNow it’s time for my favorite part of decorating the tree – hanging all of your Christmas ornaments. There are lots of different Ravens ornaments for you to choose from so let’s have a look at the selection I’ve found for you here –

 Baltimore Ravens Street Lamp Christmas Ornament Baltimore Ravens Painted Round Xmas Ornament Baltimore Ravens Stadium Chair Ornament Ravens Metal Street Sign Christmas Ornaments NFL Baltimore Ravens Silver Star Ornament Baltimore Ravens Logo Candy Cane Ornament Set Baltimore Ravens Glass Snowman Player Ornament NFL Zombie Christmas Ornament Baltimore Ravens Glass Football Player Ornaments Baltimore Ravens Team Sayings Ornament Set Ravens Glass Gingerbread House Ornament Vintage Burlap Ornament Set -, Baltimore Ravens

 

Topping Off Your Baltimore Raven’s Christmas Tree

Of course you can’t finish off the tree without a tree topper can you? Forget about the traditional star tree topper than you likely grew up with and look at this cool star tree topper with the Baltimore Raven’s logo standing proud, this is the perfect way to top off your Raven’s tree!

Glass Star Treetopper – Baltimore Ravens

Finishing Off Your Baltimore Raven Tree

Now all that’s left to do is to add a tree skirt or something similar…..now the ideas here depend on if you have a real tree or an artificial tree. If you’ve gone for an artificial tree then you’re going to have to go for a tree skirt – or leave it plain. To be honest I have an artificial tree and I usually don’t put a skirt on it.

If you did want to use a tree skirt then I can’t source a Baltimore Ravens tree skirt so the best thing would be to get a plain one in either purple, black, gold or white.

If you have a real Christmas tree then there are a few ways we can ‘Raven’ up this tree!

Depending on the size you can pop the tree into a Baltimore Ravens pail (like the one featured below) that has sand or soil in it.

Another alternative is to use a plain bucket (or whatever you usually put your Christmas tree into) and use Baltimore Ravens wrapping paper to cover it.

As kids my brother and I used to always wrap the bucket our Christmas tree was ‘planted’ into with Christmas gift wrap and it was almost as much fun as decorating the actual tree! Again if you wanted to you could just use paper in team colors, but I have sourced some NFL Baltimore Ravens gift wrap for you (below).

 Baltimore Ravens NFL Metal 5 Quart Pail NFL Baltimore Ravens Team Gift Wrap

 

Of course you can always add other ornaments to your tree such as ‘generic’ football ornaments or use other items to personalize your tree like ticket stubs from games, there’s really not hard and fast rules when it comes to creating an awesome Christmas tree.

How to create a Baltimore Raven's Christmas Tree

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How to Create a Coffee Lovers Christmas Tree

Coffee Christmas Ornaments – Add Some Java to the Holidays!

Funny Coffee Ornament

If you love that heavenly aroma of freshly brewed coffee, that little shiver of anticipation just before you take your first sip and then the java-licious flavor meets your taste buds and for just a second (or longer if you’re lucky) you’re transported from your hectic kitchen, busy workplace etc to a tiny piece of paradise then you’re a true coffee lover.

All true coffee lovers deserve to be able to declare their affection for this humble beverage during the holidays and what better way than by hanging coffee Christmas ornaments on their tree?

I like the idea of bags of coffee beans hanging on the tree, but that’s quite a waste of coffee beans when you could be turning them into that elixir we all love, but luckily there’s lots of different types of coffee ornaments you can hang on your tree instead.

I have selected some of the best coffee ornaments for your Christmas tree here and whether you can theme your whole tree around them or whether you have to limit yourself to just one I’m sure you’ll find a perfect ornament right here. I’m married to a tea drinker so I have to limit myself to just one (or 2 or 3 or…..) ornaments on our tree as opposed to a whole coffee themed tree!

Plain Colored Christmas Baubles for a Coffee Themed Tree

What Filler Ornaments Do You Need?

Before we get to the gorgeous coffee ornaments you have to think about what other ornaments you might want to buy. If you’re planning a tabletop tree then you can simply add a few coffee ornaments and it’s decorated, but a big tree…….You’re probably going to need some filler ornaments so that your tree doesn’t look too bare.

Using plain ornaments in colors that compliment your theme you can make your tree look full without having to get too many specialized ornaments. If you’re looking at a coffee themed Christmas tree then you need to look for brown, beige, cream, champagne and gold colored ornaments as these will keep up the warm feel of the tree and look good with the rest of your ornaments.

12ct Matte Mocha Brown Shatterproof Christmas Ball Ornaments

 

There are different shades of brown that can be used and I like to buy my filler ornaments as sets like the bauble styled ones (pictured to the side) as this is much more affordable.

Sometimes you can get sets that include ball style ornaments with finials, icicles and onion shaped ornaments and these are great for adding more depth to your tree.

 

 

8ct Chocolate Brown Shatterproof 4-Finish Finial Christmas Ornaments

 

These delicious chocolate brown colored finial drop ornaments come in four different finishes – matte, shiny, glitter and holographic which just helps to add a feeling of texture to the tree as well.

 

 

 

As you can see from the selection below there are lots of different sets of coffee ornaments available to add a little ‘java flavor’ to your tree!

Set of 6 Coffee Break Latte, Espresso and Java Glass Christmas Ornaments

 

Buying sets of ornaments does help to fill out your tree quicker than buying individuals and this set of 6 cute coffee bauble ornaments are perfect.

 

 

 

Coffee Christmas Ornaments (Set of 4)

 

Ornaments actually shaped like the coffee’s you’d order when you’re out with friends look great among the more ‘usual’ bauble style ornaments.

Another idea for using on a coffee themed tree is children’s tea set cups. If you have a child who’s grown out of having tea parties with her dolls then you can take the cups from the set, add ribbons and tie them onto your tree.

Fun Coffee Ornaments

I love some of the fun sayings that seem to accompany coffee and I loved it when I saw that you could incorporate some of these onto Christmas ornaments as well.

So perk up and add a touch of fun to your Holiday Java decor!

 Christmas Coffee Cups Ornament I DONT DO DECAF – Coffee Ornaments Coffee Ornament with Quote

More Coffee Ornaments for the Holidays

There are lots more ornaments you can get for your coffee themed tree, I could fill pages for you, but I hope that I’ve managed to give you a little taste as to how good your tree could look.

If you still want to look at more ornaments then check out this post –

Coffee Christmas Ornaments – this post has options for ‘coffee to go’ style ornaments as well as ornaments for all of the different styles of coffee from Lattes to Espresso and more.

Extra Ideas for a Very Java-licious Tree

When it comes to a coffee themed tree you don’t have to stick to just coffee, sometimes you have to think outside of the box. One example is teaspoons – who has coffee without a teaspoon to stir it? Simply tie teaspoons to your tree for a hint of silver or use plastic teaspoons painted in festive colors.

Another idea is to add a little something sweet to your tree to compliment your coffee – I always like a slice of cake when I’m meeting ‘the girls’ for coffee so you could add cupcake Christmas ornaments, donut Christmas ornaments etc to your tree as well.

If, like me, you share your Christmas tree with a tea drinker then you can always have a tea and coffee themed Christmas tree and add a joyous plethora of tea ornaments scattered among your coffee ones (make sure there’s more coffee represented though!).

Will You Be Celebrating Coffee on Your Tree?

If you’re a coffeephile then I hope you’ll give at least a little nod to your favorite caffeine source on your Christmas tree even if it’s only one ornament.

Coffee Christmas tree ornaments

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