Last Thursday I wrote a blog post titled “Customer Question of the Day: Are you getting any more glittered netting?” In that blog, I reported that we should be getting more by Wednesday of this week. Unfortunately, I received an email stating that the shipment had been delayed from last Wednesday to today. I apologize if this causes any inconvenience. I am extremely disappointed by the vendor’s delay in notifying me after an email on 11/30 that stated it was shipping that day.

The revised ETA for the netting is now Monday 12/12 in the San Diego warehouse. Due to the timing of our warehouse truck exchange, Santa Ana will most likely get their’s on 12/15 and it should hit the floor by 12/16. Again, we are subject to any changes the trucking company might place on this order. If I hear of any other delays, I will write it up in the blog again. Just to be safe, please call before coming into the warehouse to make sure we have landed the order.

Again, I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

For those of you that have not seen the netting yet, below is a little gallery for you to see it used in our displays.

 
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Today, I was walking around the warehouse helping customers. Usually, this is the best way for me to come up with ideas for the Tip of the Day. I was not disappointed. By helping a customer, I was asked a question that led to this Tip of the Day.

The customer told me that she wanted a different look for her Christmas tree this year. She normally did things the traditional way with some lights, ornaments, and tinsel garland. Her children had grown and this year it was going to be HER tree. We walked over to the display area and I showed her some of our decorated trees to help give her some ideas. She immediately became captivated by all of our glittered netting. We have a couple of different kinds and colors. If you have never used it before, it is easy to use. Take a look at the gallery and you will see a couple of different ways we have used it. We have also used it to spruce up some Christmas garlands. It can be used as a garland, you can make a bow out of it, or tie it off every so often and create a kind of draping with it. Most of our netting is made from a monofilament line similar to fishing line that creates some body to it as well.

 
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Today, when I started to think about the Tip of the Day, my brain was not working right and I could not think of anything. So, I called the Santa Ana warehouse for suggestions. The first question that I was asked was, “How much ribbon do you need to decorate a Christmas tree?” I have been asked this many times before and my mental logjam was broken.

This was not an easy answer to come by. Most companies and most designers will tell you that the number can be very different. It all depends on how tightly or loosely you wrap the ribbon and how much spacing you put between the wraps. The number can vary quite widely. The answer came from moving to a different product. I found some recommendations for the amount of Christmas garland decorations to place on a Christmas Tree. These are the general recommendations of where to start:

Remember, these are generalized suggestions. You can use these as a guide on how much ribbon to start with. These guides also apply to fabric or netting used as garland in a tree.

 
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