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Decorating & Safety
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Best of Care2: Holiday Decorating and Entertaining 
 "Dozens of great holiday ideas ... to help us wrap, decorate, entertain, celebrate, and contact and give gifts to friends and family" in an environmentally friendly manner during the winter holidays. Provides decorating suggestions for mantles, tables, and tree trimmings. Projects include snowflakes made from recycled paper, pinecone placeholders, edible centerpieces, an eco-friendly dreidel, and a Kwanzaa candleholder. Also includes links to decorating ideas for other holidays. A website "for people who Care2 make a difference." http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-best-of-care2-holiday-decorating.html Topics: Christmas, Environment, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Decorating and Wrapping With Winter Nature Magic
This site offers "quick and easy ideas for decorating both your home and your gifts with the seasonal magic of nature." Discusses ideas for using evergreen branches, moss, wild berries, dried flowers, pinecones, and other natural materials. Also includes project ideas, such as making pomanders and nature-stamped gift paper. Provides links to related holiday articles. From Care2.com, a coalition of environmental groups. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/winter-nature-decorating-wrapping.html Topics: Christmas, Crafts, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Everyday Mysteries: Who Invented Electric Christmas Lights?
This essay explores the invention of electric Christmas lights, noting that "[w]hile Thomas Edison and Edward H. Johnson may have been the first to create electric strands of light in 1880/1882, it was Albert Sadacca who saw a future in selling electric Christmas lights [in 1917]." Includes historic images and links to related websites. From Science Reference Services, Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/christmaslights.html Topics: Christmas, Technology Last updated Nov 7, 2008 Holiday Lighting
List of safety tips for using holiday lighting, accompanied by photos illustrating safe use of lights, cords, outlets, timers, and candles. Also available in Spanish. From a Southern California utility. Note: may not display properly in all browsers. http://www.sce.com/Safety/everyone/holiday.htm Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Oct 6, 2009 A Homemade Christmas
Collection of craft and food ideas for Christmas. Includes instructions for easy-to-make stockings, advent calendars, cards, games, decorations, gifts from the kitchen, recipes for party foods, and more. Also includes how-to videos on making a gingerbread house made from graham crackers, mini wreaths, and other crafts. From Disney FamilyFun.com. http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/christmas-crafts-ms/ Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Nov 24, 2008 How to Take Great Photos of Holiday Lights
This article offers ideas for taking photos of tree lights, candles, holiday lights on buildings, and other indoor and outdoor lit subjects. Includes tips for both film and digital photography, and examples of photographs of holiday lights. From a photography school. http://www.nyip.com/ezine/holidays/holidaylights.html Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Photography Last updated Dec 13, 2006 Last-Minute Christmas Decor
Collection of ideas for easy winter holiday decorating. Also includes links to ideas for colorful Christmas decorating schemes, decorating Christmas trees, and tree toppers. From Better Homes and Gardens magazine. http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/indoor-decorating/last-minute-christmas-decor/?page=1 Topics: Christmas Last updated Sep 1, 2008 Martha Stewart Living: Christmas Wreaths
Introduction to making wreaths for winter holiday decorating. Includes a description of "two basic techniques -- wiring materials to a metal form or applying them to a rounded straw or foam base." Includes illustrated instructions for making wreaths out of jingle bells, candy, paper, and more. Also includes instructions for making a wreath hanger and tying a wreath bow. From the website for Martha Stewart Living magazine. http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.662864adbedf0cd90ad59df8d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=02a41eec2c7ee010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&autonomy_kw=wreaths&rsc=ns2006_m2 Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Mar 26, 2007 Paper Snowflakes
Illustrated, set-by-step instructions for making six-pointed paper snowflakes. Also includes links to instruction for making five-pointed and six-pointed paper stars and Moravian Pennsylvania German woven stars. From a company that sells paper craft supplies. http://highhopes.com/snowflakes.html Topics: Art, Christmas Last updated Dec 18, 2008 A Season for Sharing in Fire Safety
Fire safety tips for the holiday season, including tips for preventing holiday tree fires, using holiday lights and candles, and choosing nonflammable decorations. Includes links to video clips on holiday tree fire hazards. From the U.S. Fire Administration. http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/holiday-seasonal/holiday.shtm Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Feb 17, 2007 Set Your Table: Discontinued Tableware Dealers Directory
This international directory provides contact information for antique dealers, matching services, manufacturers, repairers and restorers, and appraisers; coverage includes dinnerware, flatware, hollowware, glassware, silver, china, pewter, and Christmas ornaments. Also has articles on appraisals, blue-and-white patterns, and selling tableware. http://www.setyourtable.com/ Topics: Christmas, Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking Last updated Jul 26, 2005 |
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