One of the best ways to make your home stand out and look great not only at night, but also during the day is by wrapping garland around pillars in the front of your home. But what if the garland you have doesn't have lights on it? Here's how you can add a little life to your display:
1st: If you have regular garland without lights attached, what you can do is attach the lights, here's how: Attach the garland to two points parallel to the ground so you can get to the whole strand easily. Most garland is 9' in length.
2nd: Take a strand of mini lights with either 4" or 6" spacing and 100 lights in length. Starting at one end, attach the first mini bulb to the garland by wrapping the garland around the light (the garland should be made out of flexible wiring).
3rd: Take the last bulb in the light strand and attach it to the other end of the garland in the same manner. You should now have two points of the lights attached to the garland, one in the beginning, and one at the end, and the rest of the lights just dangling in the middle.
4th: Count the lights to the middle of the strand, in this case, bulb number 50. Now take that bulb and attach it in the middle of the garland strand in the same manner that you did the other two.
5th: You should now have a "W" shape with the lights because we have 3 points attached to the garland, beginning, middle and end. Repeat this step one more time with the two different sections now so that you have 5 points attached to the garland with the lights drooping in the middle. (The point of this is to make sure that the lights are evenly spread throughout the garland.)
6th: Once you have 5 points attached to the garland you can do one of two things. One: you can take the remaining lights and just wrap them around the garland making sure to keep them as evenly spaced as possible. Once you've wrapped all the lights, make sure to attach a couple of them to the garland by wrapping the garland around the light as to prevent them from unraveling. Two: the professional way of wrapping the garland is to continue to wrap each individual bulb around the garland. What this accomplishes is making sure that the bulb is at the tip of the garland instead of in the middle of the garland.
I hope this has helped answer any questions you have about lighting up garland! As always, if you'd like me to cover a topic.... JUST ASK!
1st: If you have regular garland without lights attached, what you can do is attach the lights, here's how: Attach the garland to two points parallel to the ground so you can get to the whole strand easily. Most garland is 9' in length.
2nd: Take a strand of mini lights with either 4" or 6" spacing and 100 lights in length. Starting at one end, attach the first mini bulb to the garland by wrapping the garland around the light (the garland should be made out of flexible wiring).
3rd: Take the last bulb in the light strand and attach it to the other end of the garland in the same manner. You should now have two points of the lights attached to the garland, one in the beginning, and one at the end, and the rest of the lights just dangling in the middle.
4th: Count the lights to the middle of the strand, in this case, bulb number 50. Now take that bulb and attach it in the middle of the garland strand in the same manner that you did the other two.
5th: You should now have a "W" shape with the lights because we have 3 points attached to the garland, beginning, middle and end. Repeat this step one more time with the two different sections now so that you have 5 points attached to the garland with the lights drooping in the middle. (The point of this is to make sure that the lights are evenly spread throughout the garland.)
6th: Once you have 5 points attached to the garland you can do one of two things. One: you can take the remaining lights and just wrap them around the garland making sure to keep them as evenly spaced as possible. Once you've wrapped all the lights, make sure to attach a couple of them to the garland by wrapping the garland around the light as to prevent them from unraveling. Two: the professional way of wrapping the garland is to continue to wrap each individual bulb around the garland. What this accomplishes is making sure that the bulb is at the tip of the garland instead of in the middle of the garland.
I hope this has helped answer any questions you have about lighting up garland! As always, if you'd like me to cover a topic.... JUST ASK!
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