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Mowed over decor
After an unfortunate run-in with the lawnmower (not my fault - blame lies with a family member who shall remain nameless), my cemetery looked a little worse for the wear…
In short, I lost a section of fence (slightly warped but fixable), 3 or 4 tombstones (hello styrofoam floating all over the yard… love this windy Ohio weather), a fake black rose (must leave flowers for the deceased) and a strand of lights.
After noting the work it would take to repair the damage, I decided to replace all of the white lights on the fence with blue lights and lower them to ground level to give a spookier appearance.
BARGAIN ALERT! Instead of buying boxes of lights labeled for (and sold in) the Halloween department, check out the Christmas sections. Most stores have their Christmas decor out already and lights tend to be cheaper there. You may not find orange, but you’ll almost always find blue, green, red and even purple there. At Wal-Mart a box of 100 purple mini lights in the Halloween section will cost a little over $3, in the Christmas section, those same purple lights are $2 a box. The same goes for most similar stores in the area. So check around and save a little bit of money! Christmas decor can usually be found in the Garden Center area.
I also added a green floodlight to illuminate the tree. I kept the white lights that came with the arch on and left them set on a fade in and out setting but added a strand of blue lights with them so that when the white fades out, the blue still glows.
All in all, the cemetery looks better. So I guess I should really thank the nameless family member, right?
Comments
By Patty
October 23, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this
I like it better with the blue lights too. Good job! I live in an apartment so there isn’t any yard to decorate. But I love driving around and looking to see what others have done with their space.