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16 years ago

I am trying to decide what color ribbon to put on my tree.

I saw a Martha tree that had purple on their tree. I thought it was so lovely. But would purple look odd? It seems like most of the time you see red. My living room is old salem grey, which really is green. I can't believe I am trying to match ribbon to put on my tree!

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judithva
16 years ago
livvyandbella, I have definately seen purple ribbon in a lot of the "decorator" trees on display. Generally it is part of the color scheme of the tree, using purple balls and other decorations to carry the them through, I think the purple would be very pretty. A very popular theme in the last few years has been the purple/green colors with little peacock birds and feathers placed thru the tree. It is really quite stunning, Target and Walmart, Michaels and such has these colors and decorations this year. If you don't want a particular theme like that, then you can use the tradtional way of decorating with the many ornaments out there that include using multi-colors...as long as some purple accented or colored ornies are in there, the purple ribbon will fit in just fine.
kathleen_li
16 years ago
Don't forget to check out Costco, BJS or Sams, 50 yds of wired ribbon for under 7.00. Go now, it flies out of there, esp the nicer patterns.
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thrift_shop_romantic
16 years ago
Martha has a TON of purple ribbons and ornaments at Kmart this year, I noticed this weekend. It was stunning. The friend who was shopping with me was trying to figure out if she had a room where she could have an excuse to have a purple tree, just because the colors were so nice.

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livvyandbella
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16 years ago
I just think the purple is lovely. I think I may pick up purple after the holiday, and do a purple tree next year. I guess I will keep my Living Room with all the ornaments I have collected over the years. But next year the den will be purple! I saw the purple and it just is so pretty. I guess I will be at KMart Dec. 26.
paintingfool
16 years ago
Livvy, I use purple/lavender in my main bathroom each year. I also accent with a bit of deep burgundy and gold. I have a tree decorated with purple ornaments in the bathroom also. Will post a picture in a week or so since I am already decorating the house (I have a party on the 1st of December so I have to get done early). I also have pink and sometimes I have a bird tree. I am comtemplating doing purple on my wreaths outside but not sure if it will show up at night enough. At Christmas, I think any color goes as long as it is done well.

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