We all loved opening the email that contained this photo. Barbara was kind enough to send us a photo of her Valentine’s Day light display. There is no better time than the middle of winter with snow on the ground to spread a little love to the neighborhood. Materials The lights: 15 strings of pink…
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Get This Look: Incandescent Mini Lights for Your Christmas Tree
A customer from Omaha was kind enough to share this lovely photo of her Christmas tree. Winding 14 strings of 50 white lights on green wire and another 5 sets of 100 white lights beautifully light this classic tree. The light strings used for this set are made with 4 inches between the light bulbs….

Get This Look: Teal mini lights to light a roofline
We’ve noticed quite a trend in outlining rooflines with strings of smaller bulbs. Matt did a lovely job. We love the color. Materials 4 strings of teal mini lights, Matt used light strings with white wire and the bulbs are spaced 2.5 inches apart to give a more defined line to the project Clips, we…

Celebrate July 4th with lights!
Whether it’s the 4th of July, Memorial Day, or a love affair with the Patriots, a simple and easy way to bring patriotic cheer to a room is a string (or two) of lights. Get the Look! 2 strings of red, white, and blue lights on white wire 4 Command Hooks – available online or…

Favorite Ways to Brighten New Year’s Eve
New Years Eve = Parties! Hands down, the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to add magic to any party is with lights. If you’ve been following this blog for very long at all, you’ll have it figured out that I have a low threshold for complications and prefer projects that can be done in less…

How do you know if your Christmas lights are LED?
Or How do I know if my LED Christmas lights are incandescent or LED? Short Answer While it is sometimes confusing to tell them apart, there are a few differences between LED and incandescent Christmas lights. Knowing the signs will help you identify your style of light strings if it isn’t immediately obvious. Look for…

How do you make Christmas lights twinkle?
How can I make my lights twinkle? What is this red tipped bulb? I really need twinkling lights…. can you help me? Short answer Yes, just replace one of the bulbs in your Christmas light string with a red-tipped bulb and that section of circuit will flash on and off! Long answer with photos Good…

Winter Wonderland Commercial Shoot
Our friends at Wild Abandon Design created a “Winter Wonderland” commercial shoot for a client representing a hair care product. They “wanted the trees representing the product (the decorated trees) to really steal the show and stand out.” We think they succeeded! Agree? They used white, purple, and pink Christmas tree lights on green wire on their…