coloured - flames:

can be produced in the fireplace or bale fire by tainting small pieces of wood with chemical indicated below and followed with shellac mixture of alchol with sawdust then into holes bored into the log and filled with the chemical desired and brushed with alcohol and shellac mixture. irt works best with fine saw dust added here, as well...
flame - chemicals:
purple - lithium nitrate
violet - potassium nitrate
red - strontion nitrate
crimson - stronium with potassiun nitrate
orange - calcium chloride
yellow - common talbe salt
emerald - copper nitrate
apple green - barium nitrate
blue - copper sulfate
if the scent is offessive add fragrent wood chips, twigs or shaving... anything from exotic sandalwood to aromatic cheery or fruit bearing trees... a practice handed down in my family. you can now purchase them but much prefer a hands on touch. feel it's more spirituall contacting to whole yuel an dnew years experience!

i like to burn small logs near to each other in apple green, emerald and blue
and decorate my yule tree accordingly with pear shapes and partridges, ribbons of apple green, emerald and blue with baby's breath, stings of coloured and natural wooden or glass beads to match any of the following themes...

victorina - i add laces with small bibon streaming down,
edwardian - ginger bread pieces and coloured raphia,
southwesten - looks i add turquoise, coral, sand, violet,
the look of tiffnay - use pieces of my hand made hard candies in thin pieces using a small drill then put holes each irregular piece before totally hardened and hang from ribbons,
barvian look use straw, brass instrument, or plumage for ornementation,
my favorite scottish theme use tartan rosets, aron looking yarn in hand knit or crocheted doily - ornements, some porcelin or cross stiched thistle design, dried heather in white and/or violet or for a patriotic look add petitte emblem flags,
just let ur mind go wild and as u decorate contact your inner muse or cheque out historical, regional or cultural refferances of ideas.