How do you illuminate your little houses?...

Post by **Howard** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:49 am

i was asked this recently...and thought it might be a good topic for the forum...

what traditional, and perhaps, new, creative ways do you put lights in your houses?...

my very best regards...howard...

linzertorte · Post by **linzertorte** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:06 am

I love using the flickering led tea lights. Most of the houses I make so I can pick them up & put the little led lights under them. This also works great for storing, in that I can seperate the platforms from the houses when putting them away for the next year.

Post by **Howard** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:20 pm

count on our good friend, maria, to come through with a list of lights...

http://www.elightbulbs.com/catalog_prod ... od=HS17599

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/36795/ ... nextag.com

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/56186/ ... nextag.com

http://www.elightbulbs.com/catalog_prod ... od=HS36901

Post by **maria** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:46 pm

I sometimes use the electric tea lights for houses--they can be very effective but you have to remember to turn them off--and buy them by the dozens from the 99 cents store.

Post by **Lynn** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:34 pm

I have these sites to share...
The firt site has the rice lights.

https://www.lightsforalloccasions.com/s ... e%20lights

http://miniatures.about.com/od/material ... ylight.htm

Post by **maria** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:51 am

Thank you Lynn--will get these up on our blog soon!

Post by **maria** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:11 am

At last - Here are the putz lights we were looking for a few weeks ago! http://www.mistletoenholly.com/cr4020160.html

Post by **Nan** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:49 pm

How do you fashion your houses so you can lift them up to put them down on one of the LED lights? I thought I saw a suggestion on this site but I can't find it again.

Post by **maria** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:07 am

Nan - some people use checkers to lift their houses high enough for the led lights (when the hole is on the BOTTOM of the house); they hide the checkers by spray painting them white and with cotton batting and snow flakes.

I also hide the wires with sparkling garland, usually silver or white--the cheap stuff you find in the supermarket or five and dime. see photo--I tape the wires down or use bobby pins to hold them in place if i am using a styrofoam base as is the case in this photo