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Outdoor Christmas Lights

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">No, it's not the Vegas Strip, even though it's bright white lights may suggest that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYv1weXAJDWaWSV5n471xQj9xuP4nNSK2kbAgNe9o9k29C4CRgeVdPIWe6fRuI9W5WBzolJDJANjSEblfUXZ_4DnXiyNRo7mYKmIoz9Hl4c0i89pBJbk8zOtYNK3CXO-GBRWEyw4Bc8Iad/s1600/IMG_4745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYv1weXAJDWaWSV5n471xQj9xuP4nNSK2kbAgNe9o9k29C4CRgeVdPIWe6fRuI9W5WBzolJDJANjSEblfUXZ_4DnXiyNRo7mYKmIoz9Hl4c0i89pBJbk8zOtYNK3CXO-GBRWEyw4Bc8Iad/s640/IMG_4745.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And believe me what happens out here in the country really does stay in the country</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyn6EfAnIPYmg-EfK0tOVOl74TPOX6KJj3J63ivC3bB5R3Jaxt0rGQ9oM5O_LOxjKaVFx_v4O4OevsdQm4cLC8U_X_HYR64C8n7Rxu3yoXm5EI3JdizKXeXuaxrj-Bp9tZ1AG_YxIQnSp/s1600/IMG_4307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyn6EfAnIPYmg-EfK0tOVOl74TPOX6KJj3J63ivC3bB5R3Jaxt0rGQ9oM5O_LOxjKaVFx_v4O4OevsdQm4cLC8U_X_HYR64C8n7Rxu3yoXm5EI3JdizKXeXuaxrj-Bp9tZ1AG_YxIQnSp/s640/IMG_4307.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And no, it's not Atlanta Hartsfield Airport, even though it may look like runway lights from the sky</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX6yUBchrqZitMw02TS7LHXTtGr7tAk4eAe7M9aZMSLfC2nHg22O9su3tqyZi9jcQ23VguMzc2BeDruJzCALedNtAddbWWZhbT4Htr2pYCu7pOMLX_AkqGX1DkTuNX4PDYTIYHX0VMM7L/s1600/IMG_4724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX6yUBchrqZitMw02TS7LHXTtGr7tAk4eAe7M9aZMSLfC2nHg22O9su3tqyZi9jcQ23VguMzc2BeDruJzCALedNtAddbWWZhbT4Htr2pYCu7pOMLX_AkqGX1DkTuNX4PDYTIYHX0VMM7L/s640/IMG_4724.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> And hold off calling the National Enquirer so fast because it's not some UFO sighting in the middle of the country on a dark night </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrcBjl7vd9Kv7u03xWFX3aQIocMNW2WHu-0CPzfp_YGodyPjbMSLEeJKny_ChJvsXctYvYBDgX8-oVWJ6lhyG_QBBzlUIoV-tL5Bk5UqurjCBneEoQzyNKnkf3gQo2PufjeKqmOzqtLyp/s1600/IMG_4765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrcBjl7vd9Kv7u03xWFX3aQIocMNW2WHu-0CPzfp_YGodyPjbMSLEeJKny_ChJvsXctYvYBDgX8-oVWJ6lhyG_QBBzlUIoV-tL5Bk5UqurjCBneEoQzyNKnkf3gQo2PufjeKqmOzqtLyp/s640/IMG_4765.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It's just our idea of creating holiday magic with our outdoor lights. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gUBgJTCl5MHocDgJNgLgrl9N1xAYy5ckFtQ0fCkS6N4X_3fxXzz3LfO-jyGDHbXiXq7NaEaaMvojLPPyEd9flSeY_K8RZ37QxDbE7pW_MD9nMx9GURlCdBuoEgIHP_1XydCAvBR559GW/s1600/IMG_4768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gUBgJTCl5MHocDgJNgLgrl9N1xAYy5ckFtQ0fCkS6N4X_3fxXzz3LfO-jyGDHbXiXq7NaEaaMvojLPPyEd9flSeY_K8RZ37QxDbE7pW_MD9nMx9GURlCdBuoEgIHP_1XydCAvBR559GW/s640/IMG_4768.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This is the first year we put up arches. If I could have found more white mini-lights in the stores, we probably would have had a few more.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was so inspired by this idea from a trip to Florida last Christmas and wanted to share how easy it is to create lighted arches for your driveway this season.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYLzlbBlKZYI_wIkrWjvquYtxBmHediS4YSXdXMqg4aAtQYhki-U3MVOZ-XDznTKQUtZUgaBObohm90DK0dhTLAQeaCjdDEkvINTuAemQdVRm7G6v8Ic7DGLu7mQh_R2gnUWf8CeAzp7N/s1600/IMG_4284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYLzlbBlKZYI_wIkrWjvquYtxBmHediS4YSXdXMqg4aAtQYhki-U3MVOZ-XDznTKQUtZUgaBObohm90DK0dhTLAQeaCjdDEkvINTuAemQdVRm7G6v8Ic7DGLu7mQh_R2gnUWf8CeAzp7N/s640/IMG_4284.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Supplies Needed:</b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3/4 inch PVC pipe and connectors. each tunnel is 30 feet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">60 feet of lights</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">wire and stakes to secure to ground</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 1:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Drill a hole in the ground for your ends of the PVC pipe</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0BzjS0Peiz-X7x41gZCDXMOXqblWbMcgY1NLI2W7-uBLieWNKqsu8WN4_kAzodQz-nJWvW5lw7afGtDhBVNUu6ocmc3nuYRnK1BXNsr4bMWdinySS1nX7nx2PwJQEDW7vWeoPq6wLD1D/s1600/IMG_3572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0BzjS0Peiz-X7x41gZCDXMOXqblWbMcgY1NLI2W7-uBLieWNKqsu8WN4_kAzodQz-nJWvW5lw7afGtDhBVNUu6ocmc3nuYRnK1BXNsr4bMWdinySS1nX7nx2PwJQEDW7vWeoPq6wLD1D/s640/IMG_3572.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 2:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Connect your PVC pipe with connectors so that it reaches across the width of your driveway. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDephxV2KmNzzILyi-wRdHx2DEKF7B4TT4tREPyPGjVRWdFegj8mZD81SMOcM2oSq6cXL-keP3aDygz_TF62h_E1LUzYhqTax6jv9wmi9Zjd-B6_sUd7uRkJwUgowX4POMC9jlHtz_BTnR/s1600/IMG_3579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDephxV2KmNzzILyi-wRdHx2DEKF7B4TT4tREPyPGjVRWdFegj8mZD81SMOcM2oSq6cXL-keP3aDygz_TF62h_E1LUzYhqTax6jv9wmi9Zjd-B6_sUd7uRkJwUgowX4POMC9jlHtz_BTnR/s640/IMG_3579.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 3:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wrap your lights around the PVC pipe BEFORE your insert into the holes. For every 10 feet wrap the lights with outdoor tape.  This step will go a lot faster if one twists the pipe while the other wraps the lights .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7sImb7pOXDeI-a1eILpntYX6T1Ba48I3EorkuGCF05ejwv24qG8mvmb_ugIn55ShyphenhyphenbEIiyoAxhngUyuKWOd8uX8hcJVy-2292V-DHKs40J-cpnXoRCCS6w2NMrXHr6PozbTTy6E0l8VC/s1600/IMG_3583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7sImb7pOXDeI-a1eILpntYX6T1Ba48I3EorkuGCF05ejwv24qG8mvmb_ugIn55ShyphenhyphenbEIiyoAxhngUyuKWOd8uX8hcJVy-2292V-DHKs40J-cpnXoRCCS6w2NMrXHr6PozbTTy6E0l8VC/s640/IMG_3583.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 4:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Insert each end into your holes. Anchor/secure by using heavy gauge wire and securing on both ends.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7B0Mm3-DA3kZWqvOs4_5tCi3UYnqW2cG1e7HARawCRKwHEbGWeooOduTvSrzows_w7N8VMwvrlIZovp10ppGP9i1UFNI_4fjj0lCZGScergGNxnSI5s9u0UjIiDqbE3gx_jns8bQvlAEw/s1600/IMG_3587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7B0Mm3-DA3kZWqvOs4_5tCi3UYnqW2cG1e7HARawCRKwHEbGWeooOduTvSrzows_w7N8VMwvrlIZovp10ppGP9i1UFNI_4fjj0lCZGScergGNxnSI5s9u0UjIiDqbE3gx_jns8bQvlAEw/s640/IMG_3587.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An area attraction is charging $60.00 a car to drive through the holiday light exhibit. That just seems like a lot of money.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHpr3d2iwpJBXAzkoRUN6AXqyraVMBLD41UejnyfujinztRoV8yS8oDOfDUdoqwm9By7fL8HU8FtYc2rv_Cg61A_lPVvIxnVQhzScnWNbiOXoJxNZypFDxZL9xyyUIs4cL1x2qgQeIVNg/s1600/IMG_4753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHpr3d2iwpJBXAzkoRUN6AXqyraVMBLD41UejnyfujinztRoV8yS8oDOfDUdoqwm9By7fL8HU8FtYc2rv_Cg61A_lPVvIxnVQhzScnWNbiOXoJxNZypFDxZL9xyyUIs4cL1x2qgQeIVNg/s640/IMG_4753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><center><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopthistopthat.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F12%2Foutdoor-christmas-lights.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-8Fr7_PZtOgs%2FUMp_KqMXcmI%2FAAAAAAAAYww%2Fj8jVJwqeJDc%2Fs1600%2FIMG_4753.JPG%22%20imageanchor%3D%221%22%20style%3D%22margin-left%3A%201em%3B%20margin-right%3A%201em%3B%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20height%3D%22426%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-8Fr7_PZtOgs%2FUMp_KqMXcmI%2FAAAAAAAAYww%2Fj8jVJwqeJDc%2Fs640%2FIMG_4753.JPG%22%20width%3D%22640%22%20&description=Outdoor%20Holiday%20Lighted%20Arches"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Heck, I'll let you go around for free as many times as you want as long as you enjoy it. </span></center></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Just follow the lights to get here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOZ1ENCVZlZHpaU9SVnZ4gX3G6m0dXyySSC9iAdnqUPw5jebkoUJg8lCT9-w9wABjOguTYNIlPZir03CMtj1sHdBxokyZqGB7hgxaluQrtKi3xmWSIcx0YCOwDNPZ7D4pqnoA5y_m4n8D/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOZ1ENCVZlZHpaU9SVnZ4gX3G6m0dXyySSC9iAdnqUPw5jebkoUJg8lCT9-w9wABjOguTYNIlPZir03CMtj1sHdBxokyZqGB7hgxaluQrtKi3xmWSIcx0YCOwDNPZ7D4pqnoA5y_m4n8D/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grateful for~</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A husband who likes to decorate for the holiday as much as I do!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sharing here: </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/countdown-to-winter-2012-week-3-linky-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=countdown-to-winter-2012-week-3-linky-party">My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia</a></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.craftyscrappyhappy.net/2012/12/happy-hour-link-party-13.html">Crafty Scrappy Happy</a></span><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/12/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-caravan-giveaway.html#more-46616">tatertots and jello</a></div><div><script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/decorating-the-porch-for-christmas/">Between Naps on The Porch</a><br /><a href="http://www.tipjunkie.com/all-crafts/handmade-projects/homemade-projects-1218/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20TipJunkieAllSites%20(Tip%20Junkie%20~%20Creative%20Inspiration%20{All%20Sites})&utm_content=FaceBook">Tip Junkie</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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