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Light up my life ... or not!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

So I previously blogged about my reception decor ideas in this post. What I really loved and wanted was lit up lanterns hanging all over the ceiling of our venue, just as Huinita had at her gorgeous reception. The challenge was how to light all the lanterns up (from within and their cords) without having a whole bunch of electrical cords running across the ceilings and down the walls.

I thought my solution was bettery operated lantern lights. The Paper Lantern Store sells hanging battery termals with 12 LED lights that are supposed to last 12 hours running on 3 AAA batteries. So I bought two terminals and two 18" paper lanterns (one red, one pink to get an idea of colour) to test them out. I also bought battery operated Ikea Christmas lights (each set takes 4 AA batteries) off of eBay.

And here is what they looked hanging from the pot lights in my hallway:

Not too shabby, though the colour of the inner lantern lighting was a little more cool toned than warm toned (like the cord lighting) ... but I was trying to save battery power with LED lights. Now in theory the hanging battery terminal isn't supposed to dim noticeable until 5 hours after it's turned on. However in practice this isn't the case. After only 2 hours, the lanterns dimmed A LOT. So much so that there really wasn't any point in having a battery terminal attached.

The time it takes my Day of Coordinator (DOC) to hang up all my lanterns will be 1-2 hours alone. By the time the guests show up no one will know they are lit up. However, the cord lights stayed on the entire night.

So it seems as though I won't be lighting up my lanterns from the inside unless I come across another cordless method of doing so that will last more than just a couple of hours :(

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