Archive for the ‘2011 Display Setup’ Category

Buying lights!

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Started buying lights last weekend! Woohoo. Started seeing them at Costco, Walmart and Target in the last week or so. Got 16 strands of 100 mini lights for $2.79 each. Also did some testing on the arches and determined that 1.25 inch PVC was too big and not flexible enough. Swapped out for 1 inch […]

Star cut out and painted

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Here is a quick photo of the star with holes drilled for the lights. You can see the general idea of what the light pattern will eventually look like. More photos to come as we progress!

A Star is Born

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Woohoo! A great weekend spent working on stuff for the 2011 display. We are building a Star that will go on the second floor roof. Many thanks to the Holdman family for the design assistance. We are following their step-by-step approach and design which can be found here: Holdman Christmas Lights . Two weeks ago […]

Test post from iPhone

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Test post to see how posting from iPhone works

It’s Beginning to look like a Nightmare Before Christmas

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

So much to do – so little time.  How is it possible that people start putting together their displays in July?  I’ll tell you – because EVERYTHING takes time!  LOL.  Here’s a laundry list of things that yet need to be completed this year: 1. Finish Website 2. Finish new Bethlehem Star 3. Purchase lights […]