LED Battery Powered Lights

Christmas Lights Shop is now proud to offer a selection of LED battery powered light strings

. These are great strings for small craft projects or special occasions. They can be used almost anywhere and there is no need for a power source. All you need to light up your project is 3 "AA" batteries.

These light strings feature 20 5MM LED lights per string. They come in several colors on green wire and white wire. There is a 6" bulb spacing with a 12" lead from battery pack to first bulb. With fresh batteries these bright LED lights will burn for 25+ hours.

Some of our favorite uses for battery lights is in centerpieces, wreaths garland and many more. Try them out and let us know what you think.

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Hannah
Christmas Lights Shop

Using Christmas Lights All Year

So many people believe that "Christmas" lights are still only for use around the holidays. But we are here to tell you, that's no longer the truth. We live in the digital age with resources such as Pinterest and blogs to share craft/DIY ideas. We wanted to share some of our favorites year round uses for Christmas lights that are classy and fun. So get out all those left over light strings and let's get going.


In The Home 

• Curtain lights are great for use in a bedroom. Try hanging a strand of white curtain lights behind the head of the bed with a piece of sheer fabric over it. This will give your bedroom a romantic glow and it is safer than candles. 
• Take a string of warm white LED lights, a few small picture hanging hooks and clothespins and make a fun display for some your favorite snapshots. Hang the light string on the hooks and let them drape just a bit, plug the lights in and add a few photos. Perfect for a teens room or even a dorm room. 
• Make a light canvas. It's so easy and fun. You just need a canvas, LED lights and an imagination. Make a pattern on the back of the canvas and push your lights through, plug it in and enjoy. These are great as night lights for a younger child's room. 

Outdoors 

• Are looking for something to add a little ambiance to your back patio? Try hanging globe lights or icicle lights around the inside of your patio roof. It will give you just enough light so that you can relax in your favorite outdoor space on warm summer evenings. 
• Try wrapping a few of your trees with mini light strings. This is great if you entertain a lit on our back yard during the summer months. It will be the only extra lighting you need and your guests will love it.

Give some these ideas a try and see what you think. Christmas lights can be used in so many ways now, they aren't just for the holidays. Have fun and get creative. 

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Hannah

Christmas Lights Shop

Different White LED Lights

Choosing to switch to LED Christmas lights is the first big step. Now, how to choose the right shade of white for your project. With all different shades of white in the LED market it can be confusing and a bit overwhelming. There are two main shades of white LED lights.

New LED Craft Lights

Christmas lights shop is proud to carry the newest (and more affordable) LED Craft lights! These new small craft light strings have 20 lights per string with an approximate 3 in bulb spacing, they use 5mm Wide Angle LED bulbs for maximum visibility and come on White or Green Wire.

Making the switch to LED Craft lights will help your Glass Block or Wine Bottle craft projects really pop with color and the bulbs have a bulb life of up to 50,000 hours! LED lights don't get hot and the bulbs are molded in so they some get twisted or come loose during installation.

Our LED Craft sets range in price from $5.49 to $6.99 so you can keep your costs low while offering a more Green product! Visit our LED Craft Lights page today and browse our selection of new sets we offer.

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Zach
ChristmasLightsShop.com

LED Christmas lights, hype or the real deal?

We have a wide (and growing) selection of LED Christmas lights at Christmas Lights Shop.com and you may think, what's the big deal with Christmas LED lights? Are they worth it? Is the energy savings really that significant? Is that the ONLY advantage? And you'd be right in wondering what the big deal is.

LED's are a small diode that emit light, they emit rich vibrant colors and unlike a traditional colored bulb the color isn't dependent on the dye on the outside of the bulb itself. They are highly efficient and and use very little power. A small mini light bulb on a light string pulls .41 watts per bulb, whereas an LED equivalent is .069 watts! A incandescent mini light bulb uses 6 times the power per bulb that an LED bulb uses. The larger screw in type bulbs the difference is really helpful for larger decorating jobs, an incandescent C7 bulb uses approx 5 watts per bulb, and an screw in LED C7 bulb uses .96 watts, that's a difference of 6 time as well.

Lighting your home with LED Christmas lights allow you string many more lights end to end. Most incandescent mini lights allow you to string 3-5 sets end to end normally, with an LED M5 or Wide Angle strings you can plug up to 30 sets end to end! With C7 bulbs you can run 150 bulbs continuously normally, if you switch to LED C7 bulbs you can run 770 bulbs continuously.  So as you can see it's a big difference running LED Christmas light strings versus Incandescent Christmas light strings, not only from a power savings standpoint but from the ability to really extend the amount of lights you can run continuous.

Visit ChristmasLightsShop's LED Christmas Light page to check out all the great sets we offer.