boborino Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I thought I'd poll some of the most creative minds in christmas displays for some suggestions to fill a gap in my display. This is a screenshot of my LOR animation screen. Yeah, it's pretty crude, but it does the job for my sequences. Anyway, you can see that on the house itself, there is a large hole on the front. My wife and I have been trying to come up with something to fill it. I have 16 channels available for something. I've thought of a large wreath, stars, or even suspending 1/2 of a mega tree attached to the house itself. Looking for other suggestions.Be Creative! Just for clearification, there are 4 arches. 8 - 3 color mini trees under the arches, 3 colors of netting on the bushes, icicle lights (garage, then house), strobes in bushes, 1 lone real (short) tree in the yard. I generally have a frosty blowup and about 5 spiral trees (but those keep blowing over so I probably won't put them out this year) Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mitchell Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 how about.... Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boborino Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Hey... that might work! Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I would outline all the windows with your three colors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boborino Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thought bout that.. but I'm thinking the 6 on the bay (3 up and 3 down) might be a bit much. I wouldn't mind doing the two 6ft ones, but I was afraid the 6 opposite them might overwhelm them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 boborino wrote: Thought bout that.. but I'm thinking the 6 on the bay (3 up and 3 down) might be a bit much.a bit much???can that happen with Christmas Lights?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You house kinda reminds of of Holdman's for some reason, so what about snowflakes like his...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44d2IzCrKo?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0He shows them closer in his "Behind the Scenes" tour:http://www.holdman.com/christmas/projects.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Another option is 3 color strings going vertical on each angle of you bay (4 angles) going from roof to ground, with a medium size 3 color wreath in the middle between the middle windows on the bay. This would be a fairly easy approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boborino Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Yep surfer.. I've thought of getting ropelight and hanging as you suggest. I've already got the white left over from Halloween, wonder how fast I could get the red and green ropelight shipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallleyes Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You could also get an animated santa from wow lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wingert Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Since your stumped, just send me the controller, I'll even pay for shipping :dude: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boborino Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 pokrplr wrote: Since your stumped, just send me the controller, I'll even pay for shipping :dude:Sure... only $235.00 for shipping. Sound fair?Hey.. what are you using for what looks like snowfall on the peak of your roof? I love the blue icicles, great color! LED I assume? What brand are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wingert Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 boborino wrote: Hey.. what are you using for what looks like snowfall on the peak of your roof? I love the blue icicles, great color! LED I assume? What brand are you using?You mean around the gutters? If you watched the video, its probablyhttp://www.walmart.com/ip/LED-Shooting-Star-Light-String-Set-of-8-Icicles-Cool-White-Color/12164854The LED icicles came from CDI this year, they are the 70ct C6. They are wicked bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 boborino wrote:fill a gap in my display. Ask a woman.They would have more experience in doing that than anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Bob-O.. needs a mega tree just to the right of the blank window.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Bob-O.. needs a mega tree just to the right of the blank window.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda McDonald Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Brian Mitchell wrote: how about...Just showed your picture of the candy canes to my DH and told him that this is what I wanted him to do with the box of candy canes that we haven't used yet. He wants to know how you did this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Linda McDonald wrote: Brian Mitchell wrote: how about...Just showed your picture of the candy canes to my DH and told him that this is what I wanted him to do with the box of candy canes that we haven't used yet. He wants to know how you did this.there's that DH again...is it Divorced Husband??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boborino Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Next year Teeg, next year. Gonna look for those after christmas sales and try to make it with all LED's. Can't just throw one up. Neighbor down the street has two beautiful 20ft ones. Darn he set's the bar high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mitchell Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Linda McDonald wrote: Just showed your picture of the candy canes to my DH and told him that this is what I wanted him to do with the box of candy canes that we haven't used yet. He wants to know how you did this.I bought some garden fencing from Home Depot for the grill work. Seperated them, turned them and zipped them together. Then simply zip tied the canes onto the grid in the correct positions. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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