Ramon At Home / Christmas Tree Decoration Ideas In Traditional Colors / Tree Decorating Ideas

Hello everyone, welcome back to Ramon at Home. I am Ramon, a Christmas design expert and seasonal decorator here to help you feel more comfortable about your designs. And in today's video, I have a beautiful Christmas tree decorating idea on a traditional theme. 2024 is going to be the year of Christmas and we're just getting started. I just decided to share with you a fabulous traditional Christmas decorating idea to inspire you to create a beautiful theme around your home. I have a plethora of other Christmas trees, themes and color schemes down below that you guys can check out. We've done a blue and white, we've done a traditional with nutcrackers, we've done a glim gold and black, we've done so many and all of those trees are going to be linked down below. But in this video, I want to share a traditional classic Christmas decorating idea step-by-step. If you are interested, please stay tuned. Don't forget to like this video and share with your friends. Why? Well, because it is free and it really helps this channel. You can help me share them on Facebook, on Instagram and on WhatsApp. Invite all of your friends to come and join because the Christmas season 2024 is just getting started. Now, if you're already subscribed, don't forget to turn the notification bell on because you guys, we're only getting started and there's going to be so much more. Are you guys ready? Well, we're gonna take a little trip to Shinoda Design Center where I'm going to share with you how you can decorate a beautiful traditional Christmas tree. Let's take a look. Okay, so to get started with this beautiful Christmas tree on a traditional theme, we're gonna get started with a ribbon. If you know me, and if you've been following this channel, you know I have a four-step process, which is ribbons first, ornaments second, stems, florals and picks third. And at the end, we add our accent ribbon just to finish it off. Sometimes even an accent ornament. So for this ribbon, what I selected is this beautiful plaid traditional ribbon. It is spectacular, you guys. It has such a good hand. And actually, I'm gonna ask Jameson to reach for my wire because little secret, we've been filming all day. This is our fourth Christmas tree. Come on in, Jameson. Say hi to the public. Helper's arrived. The helper has arrived. How do you feel? Oh. Tired? A little tired. A little tired, but we're gonna get it done. Yeah, exactly. Power through, we got this. We're gonna power through, you guys. This is gonna be our last one for the day, and I really hope that you enjoy it. But as I was saying, we're going to start with this beautiful plaid Christmas ribbon. We're going to pinch right here, and I'm gonna start over on this side on the very top. I'm gonna grab one of my bristles, and I'm going to twist around my ribbon. This ribbon is so elegant. It has such a good hand. And this is going to be a traditional Christmas tree, so I want to do a traditional ribbon technique, because I really want this ribbon to stand out by itself, because there is some ornaments that are really going to complement the ribbon. So remember to dovetail, and to do that, you fold in half, and you always cut up towards the wire. It's the easiest way to remember how to dovetail. So what we're going to do is, we already did one tail, so now what I'm going to do is do a tail and a loop, and I'm going to pinch, pinch, pinch, gather, and then twist. So you're gonna be left with this loop and this tail. So now what you're gonna do is grab one of your wires, and I'm always telling you to have your wires at the ready, all of your tools at the ready, and that's going to make your job much, much easier. Look how pretty this is, right? So I'm going to add it right here. I'm gonna scale down one, step ladder one, and all of these tails and bows are going to start to create a beautiful topper. So then what you want to do is you wanna bring your ribbon, go in, create that loop, go in, and then we're going to create another loop right here, and we're going to fold in. And I'm going to cut right here at a dovetail. I think I'm only going to do three. So like that. I always like to let them hang. I like a Christmas tree when it has a lot of tails hanging down. I think it looks so elegant. Right, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to do right here on the center. For that, I'm going to do the same thing. I'm going to do a loop, go down, pinch, twist. So you're left with something like this. Grab your wire, go all the way around. This is going to secure your bow and then also allow you to attach to the Christmas tree this beautiful ribbon. So I'm going to go right here on the center of the tree, and I'm going to do a big loop. I want it to be very prominent. Then I'm going to fold right here. I'm going to do another one all the way down. Sorry if I disappear. I'm going to grab my scissors and I'm going to cut my ribbon with a long, long tail like this. So it goes all the way down. Look at that. How pretty, you guys. And you know what? I have enough ribbon to do one more in the center. So that's what I'm going to do. When you cut a good quality ribbon, I always tell you, bitch, oh, look at that dovetail. I have to read dovetail again. That is not a good dovetail. You know what? There's no problem. We can do it again. And when you have a really good wire, you also have to have a good pair of scissors. It's much better. So we're going to do a loop right here. Go up. Make sure you put that print up or that designer print, like I like to call it. Grab your wire and pull back really tightly. Twist that wire. You're going to be left with this bow and this tail. And so now, because this one came this way, what I'm going to do, is actually I'm going to attach on the same spot right here, creating a bow. Look at that. That just created a bow like that. You fluff. You can manipulate it. Then I'm going to attach right here. And then I'm going to do another one. And I'm going to create another loop. And I'm going to attach right here on the bottom. And once again, cut a long tail to let it hang. Like so. That way it has a tail going down. I was left with just enough ribbon. You know, when you have this much ribbon, be sure to save it because you can do it to cover your wreath hanger. And I will share with you guys in a future video about that. So that's our first ribbon. But what really is going to put this out of the world, gorgeous, is going to be this ribbon. You guys, check this out. How stunning is this? It says, Merry Christmas, in this absolutely stunning glittered sash. It's so pretty. So I have to find a way to use this ribbon so it really shows how beautiful it is. So I'm going to drop it on the floor. I'm going to, I don't even want to cut. I'm not going to cut. I'm going to make sure that it says Merry Christmas. Then what I'm going to do is I'm going to pinch right here, do a bow like this. I'm going to do a two loop bow, a big two loop bow, because we're going to do just single loop bows. Then I'm going to make sure that I cut right here at a very straight line, because that's where my ribbon ends. And then I'll show you a trick. But first I have to attach this. So for that, I'm going to grab my wire. I'm going to pull back really, really tight. To attach this, it's a lot of fabric. So you have to make sure that you twist really good. Once you twist really good, you can flap your bow right here. And it says Merry Christmas. And look how stunning that is. Now what you want to do is fold once, fold twice. That's going to leave you with a finished edge. You want to do that on both sides. Once, twice. So now you're left with this beautiful bow. As you guys can see, isn't that beautiful? And now I'm going to find a place to attach this bow with my wire. And for that, I think I'm going to start right in here. I'm going to grab a bristle and attach, fold back. And then we want to make sure that we see this Merry Christmas. Isn't that beautiful? Stunning. And we're going to have our inspector. I learned something new. I think this is the coolest small, what do they say, Ben? Careful from the detail? This is exactly it. I love it. Thank you for the inspection, David said. All right, so what we're going to do is we're going to do it one more time. So I put a bow right here. I think I'm going to go over to this side, face this way. So I'm going to leave a tail. Pinch basically where it says Merry Christmas. That's where we're going to pinch. And then we do our loops by pinching down. And then we're going to twist and we're going to make yet another loop like this. And then twist. And then we want to cut right under the banner right here. Right in the middle. At a straight line. Once again, we're going to attach with a wire. You know, with this one, you might actually even need some zip ties. If you have a zip tie, if you cannot handle that wire, because it does at this point, my thumb really is hurting. So if you don't want to hurt your fingers, you can grab a zip tie and zip tie it together. Like I said, just go ahead and fold once. Fold twice. And that's going to leave you with a finished edge. Fold once. And fold twice. Like this. And that's going to leave you with a finished edge. And so now, what we're going to do is attach this other bow. Where's my wire? Oh, right here. We're going to attach this other bow right on this side. Right here. All right, you guys, I'm going to attach this one. I'm going to make maybe a few more. One for the other side, because remember what happens on the right happens on the left. And maybe one for the bottom. And I'll be right back to give you the next step. Keep watching. Okay, so we're done with our ribbons. And look how spectacular this looks, you guys. There is one, two, three, four beautiful bows. And the one on the top that I did with the leftover ribbon, I think it turned out spectacular. But now, our next step is our ornaments. So what I'm going to do is one ornament at a time. And for that, I chose a selection of gold and green. And two types of gold. I chose this beautiful glitter gold. And remember to push them in a little further in. The bigger the ornament is, the further it has to go in. So it kind of peekaboos through the Christmas tree. And it helps us to fill in those gaps in the tree. But you don't want to be very permanent. It's just an accent for your design. It doesn't have to be the thing that shows the most. In some designs, you know what, why not? That's what you need. And remember to also go all the way to the top. Because what goes up must come down all the way down. It's all about balancing that Christmas tree. And I think this is looking fantastic. I love the traditional theme. I think, you know what, I've done some wild themes and some wild looks in the past few years. But at least for me, it's always about the traditional theme. It makes me feel like it's Christmas. And I know so many of you also love traditional. All right, so I'm done with this beautiful glitter one. And you guys saw, I distributed them all throughout. So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to do the green one. Well, actually, you know, I'm going to do this matte. This is another gold, but it's more like a matte gold. I'm trying to keep it more traditional. So a little bit less glitter. So that's why I chose only one glitter ornament. And then the rest of them are matte. I'm going to attach right here. I'm going to grab another one and go over to this side. And I'm going to put all the way to the bottom to bring that from the top to the bottom. Let me see, sometimes you have to step away from it and see where is it that I need an ornament. Right here would be a spot. Let me see, we're on this side. Remember, move from the left to the right to see where it is that you need ornaments to fill in your Christmas tree. I have one last one of this gold matte. You guys, this is turning out so cute. I want to take it home, but I can't. Or can I, Jameson? Okay, he says I can. So I'm going to see if Shinoda will let me have it. All right, so there's that. So now I'm going to swap to my green ornaments. And the reason why I didn't choose any red ones is because the raven has a lot of red and I don't want to take away from it. So it's more of an accent. So I'm going to go in here and add one of my green ones. Then also, wait till you see the glass ones that we're putting on the tree. Oh my gosh, they're so pretty. I'm going to add another one right here. So I only have six of them. So I have to make sure they're all the way from the top. I'm going to go right here and attach like that. I'm going to grab another one. Once again, step away from it. And I feel like I need one right here. So I'm going to go through my ravens because believe it or not, even though I'm kind of hiding them behind the ravens, your eye will see it when you get close to it. So it's all about balancing your Christmas tree from the top all the way down. So I'm going to put one right here, just swirling around. And I always explain to you guys, you add the first one and then you start clustering them together. It's all about creating those clusters for the visual impact. If you just polka dot them throughout the tree, you won't have that same visual impact. Then if you kind of put them all stuck together, like right here. All right, so that's our last ornament from that. I'm going to get the rest of them ready and I'll be right back with you. Keep watching. Okay, so our next ornament is going to be the first glass ornament. And it's going to be this red, gorgeous onion shape ornament. You guys, for these ones, what I want you to do is triple go around with your wire. I usually tell you to go once with your wire, but when it's a glass ornament, as you guys can hear, you want to double secure them so they don't fall from your tree. So you want to do one extra swoop with wire. And I do want to mention, a lot of you guys are saying, oh, Ramon, why are you leaving the tags on? I want to reiterate that I am a Shinoda Design Center, you guys, and it's a wholesale warehouse where they display these trees. Actually, let me show you one. Guys, I thought I'd share with you what the end result looks like here at Shinoda Design Center. I love the way they display their Christmas trees. And as you can see right here, it's absolutely gorgeous with all of the mirror ornaments, the ribbons, the silver poinsettia, and it is just so beautiful. I love the way they display their trees here so that you can come and be inspired for the holiday season 2024. If you enjoyed the video, be sure to give it a thumbs up and share with your friends and stay tuned for more Christmas decorating for 2024. See, like I do these trees and then they put them up on display. And so what I have to do, they ask me to keep those tags. And I used to try and hide them, but you know what? Sometimes it's so hard because it's so many of them. So what I just do is like, let you know that this is for display purposes. But if I'm out decorating for a client's house, I would never leave the tags on. And I'm not gonna lie to you, sometimes it's happened before where you forget. There was a time where we, you guys, did six houses and one house had five trees. So can you imagine how many trees that was in one day? So I'm not gonna lie to you. Sometimes you do forget about that. But I try not to if I'm out at a residential job. All right, so I'm gonna continue going. Remember, go from the left to the right. What goes up must come down. I have a few of these red ones. And then also, don't forget to go all the way down. So I'm gonna, you probably will not even see me doing this, but I have to because I want it to be really balanced, because I'm always telling you about balance and I will try to live by it. So what happens on the right happens on the left. I'm gonna go all the way over to this side and I'm going to attach one right here, triple circling it so that way it stays in place. I'm gonna attach this beautiful onion shape right here. You guys, look at that. When you have an onion shape or a finial shape that is like a longer shape, you want to find those spots where you have those branches that really stick out to let those ornaments really dance. Let me see if I can find one over on this side. Right here, there's this one, but it's too close to that one. So let's see. So I just did this one and that's perfect for it. I'm gonna put this one right here because that branch is perfect for it. So one, two, and three. Look at that. How pretty is that? All right, so now we're gonna move on to our next ornament. Now this one, I also love because it has that green and red and gold that is very traditional, but that one's not wired and I'll have to wire it at the end. So what I'm going to do is start once again finding that. I'm gonna try and hide this tag. Some of these tags are really big, so they really show. But you know what? I figured that at the end, we'll put all the picks and stems, you don't even see them to be honest. So I'm gonna add another one right here. Like I said, they're glass, so be sure to double secure them. Okay, so I'm gonna add a few more of these. I have a third kind, which is going to be this red one with the diamonds. It's so pretty. I'm gonna get to go with this. It's very repetitive and I'll be right back with you to give you the next step. Keep watching. All right, everyone. So for this next step, I'm gonna add some picks, stems, and florals. For our first one, I chose this beautiful mitten hair fern that is bleached and flocked. And I just love the movement on this pick. So I'm gonna start right here in the middle and remember to add some of the picks right where you join the ribbon, so that way it looks more intentional and it helps you hide some of those mechanics. I'm going to be very careful with this particular one, but I did want to add one to kind of create that three-dimensional. And because I just love the way this dangles. Oh my gosh, it's so pretty, you guys. And I love the fact that it's like bendable. It's so, so gorgeous. I really hope that you get yourself some this year. Sometimes you have to use two hands. There you go. Perfect. I'm gonna start right here, right here. I'm gonna go over on this side because remember what happens on the right happens on the left. And your stems, picks, and florals, I'm always telling you, is what's going to give that three-dimensional feel to your tree. I'm gonna go right here under my bow and create that depth like that. Look at that. So pretty. So I'm gonna go down and I'm gonna be very careful. I'm probably gonna use only about eight of them. They don't have to be a whole bunch of them. In one of the past videos, I did a gold and, no, it was a champagne and red tree, and it was so beautiful. We used a lot of this on it. And you guys, if you have not seen that tree, let me tell you, it probably was one of my favorite ones that I've done so far this year. Look at that. Oh, it's so pretty. I'm going to add one going up, maybe from behind, just so that element is all the way up into our Christmas tree. Let me see. Oh yeah, that's so pretty. All right, so let me see. I have a few more. I'm gonna go over to this side and add one right about here to give us that three-dimensional feel. One right here on the bottom, and maybe just one more on this side. And that's about it for this particular tip. I almost broke an ornament, you guys. It bounced on the floor. It was not good, but it made it. So the next one's going to be this magnolia foliage that is more like a champagne color. I'm going to do the same. I'm going to go right here under my bow, and I'm gonna put it facing down. And I'm also going to be very careful with this. With this one, it comes flat like this, so you have to touch every single foliage like so, and then just give it a little bit of a curvature. We started right here, so I'm gonna move it over to this side, and I'm gonna go right here on the joint of my ribbon, and I'm gonna stick in there and just let it peekaboo a little bit because I'm just looking for a little bit of texture. All right, so I'm gonna continue adding this, and I'll be right back. Part of our stems, pips, and florals is going to be to add these beautiful magnolias. They have an edge that is in gold and red, and I just think they're so pretty. So we're going to add these magnolias by sets of two so they really show you guys. That's another trick I can give you. Instead of polka dotting them throughout the tree, just grab a spot like right here. Then I'm gonna move over to this side, and I'm going to add one right here, and then I'm gonna grab another one, and I'm going to polka right next to it. So that's gonna create a bigger magnolia than if we were just polka dotting them throughout the Christmas tree. So now I'm gonna go over to this side, and I'm gonna do one right here. So there's one, and here's another one. And that creates more of a focal point. It's looking absolutely gorgeous. So now I'm gonna go over to the middle. So I'm gonna add one right here with this magnolia foliage. So I'm gonna add another one. And I think I have enough to do maybe one more over on this side. I'm gonna grab a few more. I'm gonna flap the tree, and actually I have one last step, the accent ribbon. Keep watching. All right, you guys. So we're almost finished with this gorgeous Christmas tree, but I could not finish a Christmas tree without my accent ribbon. And for that, I'm going to use this one-inch velvet ribbon that is absolutely gorgeous. And you know that I like to do single loops with a big tail. So what I'm going to do is do one single loop like this and give it two big tails. Then I'm going to cut right here. I'm gonna put it in my pocket so I don't lose it. And then I'm going to grab a wire, and I'm going to wire this together. This is going to give it just that finishing touch all throughout the Christmas tree to bring a little bit more texture with the green. Look at that. Just a cute little bow. Actually, this is a little long. So I'm going to cut a little bit more like this, just with a single loop like this. And then I'm going to find some specific places like right here, and that's gonna help us really create that vintage feel to it. And because it has a really good wire, all you have to do is play with it a little bit. Look at that. Isn't that just cute? Right, so I'm gonna do one more. I'm gonna go like this. I'm going to attach right here, twist, bring forward, and cut right here. I'm gonna grab my wire, wire it all together. I'm gonna go over to this side. Look at that. That just ties in with the other ribbon. I think it's such a cute idea. And I'm gonna go right here, fluffing my bow first, and attaching with my wire right here. So pretty. All right, so I'm going to do about five of them throughout the tree, and I'll be fluffing and showing you the end result. Keep watching. All right, you guys, so I want to give you a recap real quick of how we decorated this beautiful Christmas tree. First of all, we added the big ribbon with the bows, and then also the plaid traditional Christmas ribbon that I think is absolutely spectacular. After that, what we did is we added the big ornaments to fill in the gaps, like this right here and this right here. After the big ornaments, we really went to town with a beautiful red glass and the multicolored traditional, and then also the beautiful red with the jewels, and that really helps us to fill in. But what really brings the tree to life is the beautiful picks. So for that, we added this gorgeous mitten hair fern that has some glitter, the magnolia, and the beautiful magnolias. You guys, it's so stunning. After that, what I did is I did single loop bows with the beautiful ribbon, and it turned out spectacular. Let me show you a close-up. All right, you guys, so here is this beautiful traditional Christmas tree. I want you to get a hold of this gorgeous Merry Christmas ribbon with the folded tips. It looks so beautiful, so traditional. And the single loop bows really tie in with the plaid ribbon that is absolutely stunning. It really has a great hand. I wish you could see this. The glitter on the Merry Christmas ribbon catches the light so beautifully. And one of my favorite things is this ornament. Like I said, it ties it all together because it has the red, the green, and the gold, and the clusters of magnolias, you guys. How absolutely spectacular. It really makes for a gorgeous theme, and I just love it. Like I mentioned to you before, traditional is one of my favorite themes to work on, and this Christmas tree just turned out absolutely spectacular. I cannot wait to read your comments, so be sure to leave me a comment down below. So what do you guys think? Wasn't that absolutely gorgeous? The ribbons, the ornaments, the tips, it really creates a beautiful Christmas tree and a traditional theme. I also love this beautiful theme, and I really hope that you did as well. If you want to be inspired even further, I'm gonna put a playlist of Christmas trees right here for you to continue to get ideas for your Christmas decorating 2024. Now, if you're new to the channel, consider subscribing, and don't forget to share this video with your friends on Facebook, on Instagram, and on WhatsApp to invite them to come and join the Christmas 2024 season here at Ramona Home. Thank you guys so much for watching. Consider subscribing, and until next time, you can watch more videos right now. Bye.