Hi Welcome!

I don't know about the others but I need a little more info. What kind of tree is it...can you hang from branches or just on the outside? What kind of lemon/lime ornaments are they - blown, sugared, beaded.
Is it in some kind of a decorative pot and what kind of serving dishes will you be using - will there be any silver/brass used. Just need a little more info pls.

Thanks

Jim

Welcome!!!!
Check out Jim's pictures on Kellyleeann's post "Table Top Christmas Trees". There are some beauties there!!

Hi Jim,

It is just a tree I picked up at Big Lots this year...Yes it has branches where I can hang ornaments..No decorative pot ..Most of my serving/warmers are stainless steel...Thanks for the welcome and your time!

Thanks jaybird... Those are beautiful trees...I was thinking more of food theme for mine..What do you think?

Hi Carmie, can you give us a pic?? It would help!

This pic is for inspiration - this is actually a grapevine that's been coiled upright and supported, the "fabric" is actually rolled fondant - but I think it's inspirational because of the use of the grapes and ivy which would be very elegant and appropriate for a buffet table and could possibly incorporated into you tree.

Jim

That is very pretty, and appropriate on a buffet table.

I have a silver tree I dress with candy, lollipops and licorice rolls, candy bracelets, etc.

Jim.. That is a very pretty tree!

jannie..I like the candy idea!..Do you have a picture?

kathleen.. Asked for a picture of the tree..It is prelit and 2 feet tall!

Keep the ideas coming...Thank you
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How about ginger bread men, or colored christmas cookies, red and white candy canes (the little ones), red bows(or any color that fits your scheme), pretzels (the 3 or 4" ones maybe tied on with colored ribbon or colored chenille stems or maybe just slipped over the ends of the stems). A table runner or layered placemats to match your scheme would work for a tree skirt too! You could also make little balls of saran or tulle wrapped nuts or red and green M+M's to hang with ribbons.

Jaybird had some great ideas! Or you could use faux fruits, I would say sugared, but the tree is sparkley enough.
Do I understand right...it will go on the table from which you will serve the food?

jaybird ...your ideas are Great!.. Never thought about ginger bread men, or christmas cookies.. I just kept thinking fruit..

I also like jannie's idea with the candy, so I might mix some of those too!

kathleen_li ..Yes, it's a food table but not to small of an area (3--8 feet tables)...

Honesty Please!.. Do you guys think the "tree" will work as a centerpiece or should I be thinking something else?

Thanks guys for being so helpful!

If it is going to be 3 8 ft tables, you need something on each I think. One tree isn't going to carry 24 ft. If you want to stick with trees, you could have some going down the center and interspersed amongst the food set up. I will try to post a pic of some of the trees I think would work. Give me a few days to get them out of my Cmas stuff. Or you could go with bowls of greens and flowers etc. Lots you could do with that big of an area.

I agree with Kathleen, that one tree is not going to carry that space. I would have one tree per every so many feet or not. One of my children got married at Christmas, and we had 5 tables. I put a large urn of low poinsettias in the middle of each table and every 3 feet, I used pillar candles on stands, slightly shorter, with poinsettia candlewreaths. That helped to pull it together and not have to have 100 poinsettia pots.

That sounds pretty, Patricia. I don't know where Camie lives, but I cut greens, pinecones etc and then you don't have to have so many flowers. I did 12 baskets for my gsons Christening dinner in Dec ...also used sprayed hydrangea, so the cost for flowers was minimal.

I'm thinking if you're planning on putting this in a kitchen to go with your stainless steel, it might be fun to put things like colorful measuring cups and spoons and other small kitchenalia on it that match whatever your kitchen colors are.

Give it a little apron as a tree skirt. :-)
-Jenn

We ordered poinsettias through a place that provides them for nursing homes and Churches and got a good deal. Always look into "resources" near home. :)

WAHHHH I am so confused!!!!!...This is my first time decorating a silver tree...Okay, since I really want your guys opinion... let me ask this...

How would YOU decorate this silver tree and still use it as a centerpiece?

Thanks for your patience guys!...I think I'll call myself the silver tree decorater dummy LOL!!

How about red birds? Can you find enough small redbirds to clip them onto the tree and then make other arrangements maybe that you spray silver and include red birds in them. You could use the cheap red ornanments on the tree and add a few birds, then do some other things that you spray silver with red.

Or you could find some narrow red velvet ribbon and just tie a gazillion smaller red bows and attach to the ends of the branches, put a red bird in the top of the tree and carry out the red/silver theme someway on the other tables.

Sorry I don't even own a digital camera so I can't provide a picture of my candy tree. I saw it in a magazine and copied it. The lollipops are the kind with a round string handle, not sticks. Also those candy buttons on white tape, red licorice wheels, candy necklaces and bracelets. I find the stuff at cheap party stores. The tree is silver aluminum, made by Hallmark a few years ago.

So, how many guests are you having for this buffet? The reason I ask is this...
If it's for 20 or less people? You only need them to be able to go down a single line of the buffet-wouldn't need to have a food line, using BOTH sides of each table.
That being said...and if you have room to do this-you could make a "U" shape using the 3 tables and bump the ends of the 2 long sides-up against the wall. Then place a round table in the enclosed area in the middle of the "U"-and place the tree there. You could skirt the tree table & use the same color tablecovering for the 3 tables.
In their day..the aluminum trees were most 'showy' by using red on them. Maybe buy small red ball ornaments or the shiny red apple ornaments, cluster 3 together & hang them clusters here & there, on the tree. I'd add a string of white lights as well and drape red material around the tree base. Tree top could be
a simple red bow with long streamers. You could place little wrapped red packages under the tree-adorned with white & silver ribbons.
Then on the 3 red covered tables-use boughs of real evergreen as a runner & center a large glass bowl on each of the 3 tables...with a small candlestick sitting in the center of each bowl w/a red taper candle. Fill the bowl with red apples & cinnamon sticks & a few sprigs of evergreen. If there's an outlet on the wall where the 2 table ends are bumped up against? You could run white lights woven into the evergreen boughs as well.

Thank you for all the ideas everyone!.....YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!... I decided to keep it simple for this year and decorated with bulb ornaments...Thank you again for everything!

I think I am finely done with the buffet silver tree..all the ornaments are red apples in different sizes ..What do you guys think?.. should I make any changes?...Your suggestions are appreciated!
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I think it came out great, looks beautiful.

dd50...Thank you so much!... Trying to decorate this tree has been nothing but a headache!

Looks really nice. That pot for it really made it look nice, and the red and green make it look very Christmasy. Luvs

Carmie, the tree came out great, very festive!

I think you did a great job. Looks fine!