Tuesday Tip

What if your favorite ornaments don't work with this years color scheme or look a little shabby?


Pinecone elf trio from my childhood. I've had to reattach their gold hanging loops many times!

Give them an update by simply changing the ribbon or tie-on loop! One of the great things about collecting so many ornaments that I love is that over the years they adapt to whatever direction my decorating goes just by making one little change.

I won't be using red this year. 


In my previous post, I shared a little sampling of the decorations I'm using for our tree this year. I probably spent about an hour changing out ribbons and loops on various ornaments before I even started decorating the tree. I save any extra loops, tie-on's or ribbon that I can use from year to year just for this purpose.

But this gold tie-on is perfect!

Also, you don't have to settle for those ugly metal hooks. 

I also have the jumbo version of these too for my really heavy ornaments!


There are many decorative choices. When I'm not using ribbon, or fishing line (possibly the best option of all since it's practically invisible!) or a loop hanger, I usually opt for the green vinyl coated hooks. They blend in with the tree and when you step on one, they hurt less!