This videos shows an easy way to add sparkle to your next backyard party! Materials needed: Mason Jars or other containers that catch your eye – available online and in craft stores Battery Operated Lights – the projects in this video use LED lights. They don’t require as much power as incandescent lights and last…
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Winter Wonderland Centerpiece
December or January, this project is a perfect project to brighten a dining table, accent table or entryway. Materials A large glass vase Faux snow Battery lights Accent objects like little trees We started with a simple, oversized, glass globe. Purchased at Michael’s with a discount coupon it was between $20-$30. A large cylindrical, round,…

How long do batteries last in fairy lights?
Great question! Battery-operated Christmas lights can last anywhere from 4-7 hours or well over 100 hours per battery set. Battery lights should come with an expected battery life usage time. Be on the lookout for this specification. A few tips to keep in mind about battery lights and their batteries: Battery life is highly affected…

Battery Lights, Mason Jars, and Dr. Who!
Be inspired by this 5-minute project to accessorize your next party!

Lighting a Mini Christmas Tree for Easter!
We love tiny Christmas Trees around here! We decorated for Christmas in our previous post we featuring miniature Christmas Trees. Easter is a great time to turn the little white tree into beautiful Easter Decor. Materials Miniature Christmas Tree Micro LED battery lights – warm white Small Easter ornaments Micro LED Battery lights are the…

DIY: Raffia balls, lights and a basket!
This easy project is perfect for Spring and is an easy way to light a side table, a countertop, or if battery lights provide the sparkle, a breakfast table! Materials Wire basket String of lights Natural toned raffia balls The Process Here are the raffia balls – at least that’s what we are calling them!…

4th of July Lantern
This Simple Patriotic Lantern has very few supplies and packs a punch. INGREDIENTS Battery Lights in Red, White, and Blue Window Clings Lantern A simple White Lantern. We found this one at IKEA here Battery Fairy Lights in Red, White, and Blue Window Clings. We found these at a big box store. We…

Succulents, dome jar, a brass tray and battery lights!
My faux succulents finally arrived. If I could make the word succulent into a -mageddon type word to describe what happened to my real succulents I would. Then again, let’s try. SUCCUGEDDON No. Succulentogeddon. That’s terrible. It just sucks. They just all died. That’s what happened. I purchased lovely faux replacements that arrived this past…

3 ways to light a bar cart
During a recent transition to mid-century modern in our dining room, I purchased a beautiful, brass bar cart from West Elm. Here’s a photo courtesy of the West Elm website and a link to the cart. The clean simple lines make a lovely addition to our dining room and would work well in a living…

Easy Christmas Lantern Centerpiece with Greenery
Note from the Editor: The Introduction Introducing, Elizabeth. This is her first post for the blog. She joined Christmas Light Source working just a few hours a week back in June and now is involved in much of our content development. We knew that she’d fit in fine around here when Dave and I discovered that…

Light a Happy Owl (or any candle holder) with lights!
Decorating for Thanksgiving and celebrating the short-lived Texas Autumn, we lit up this little owl. Read on to see how having a string or two of battery lights in your decor stash can add an instant pop of flame-free goodness to a centerpiece or tablescape. (And makes a great gift, too!) Materials A novelty ceramic…

Rustic Chic Cotton and Succulent Centerpiece
We love quick and easy projects and this one qualifies on both counts and uses two of the hottest current design trends – cotton and bromeliads. Perfect as a dinner party centerpiece because it casts a lovely glow and stays out of the way of cross-table conversations. The following materials list for this easy dinner…

Lighting Christmas Centerpieces
Thanksgiving is behind us, and now we are headed full blast to Christmas. It’s time to turn our attention to a lovely table. In my world this means repurposing. I’m planning my retro Christmas table decor, and this season’s special accents are simple Christmas centerpieces that are lit with fairy battery lights. It’s easy to…

Customer Question: Do you have red lights for my chicken coop?
Here is today’s customer question: I am looking for red LED lights that I can use in my chicken house, they need to run off a battery, any suggestions? Thank you Adding red light to a chicken coop can extend their laying time when the winter days get shorter. You can see more about chickens…

Some of my battery lights are dim. What’s up with that?
That’s a good question. And one we hear from time to time. It’s 99% odds that the culprit is your set of batteries. As the battery lights drain the batteries, bulbs randomly start to dim. They don’t go out all at once. This is true of the incandescent and the LED sets. In fact,…