{"id":2894,"date":"2016-06-06T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:25:10","slug":"light-up-your-summer-crafts-with-fbls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/light-up-your-summer-crafts-with-fbls\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Up Your Summer Crafts With FBLs!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Light Up Your Summer Crafts With FBLs!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Aloha, crafters. \u00a0With warmer weather comes\u00a0Summer Crafts<\/a>.<\/h2>

Adding FBL lights to summer crafts makes for\u00a0super<\/em>\u00a0cool party decor, whether having a couple friends over for a chill patio hang, or a bunch of party animals over for a night swim and dance party. \u00a0As one enters said party, imagine being greeted by THIS groovy front door wreath:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Neat-o, huh. Summer Crafts<\/a>\u00a0done with paper cocktail umbrellas are my favorite.<\/h2>

\u00a0 Love that tiki retro vibe, plus with LED lights now readily available & for cheap, it\u2019s a magical match I tell you. \u00a0Here are the essential ingredients for your own summer crafts:<\/p>

  1. FBL battery powered\u00a0LED String Lights<\/a>, naturally.<\/li>
  2. Many colorful paper cocktail umbrellas. \u00a0Find \u2019em in bulk on Amazon.<\/li>
  3. 1 styrofoam ring found at craft stores. \u00a0A twig wreath could work well too.<\/li>
  4. 1 hot glue gun + sticks! \u00a0Aw, my best friend. \u00a0Never leave home without my glue gun.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Start by attaching your bendy wire string lights.\u00a0<\/h2>

    White LED String lights<\/a>\u00a0are the brightest, they rule. \u00a0That battery house is simple to conceal behind the wreath, just hot glue it down. \u00a0Next zig zag the wire string along the foam ring, bending it as you wish (spread those lights out evenly!), and add dabs of glue along the way to hold in place. \u00a0This completes the \u201cskeleton\u201d of your summer craft wreath. \u00a0Just pop open those umbrellas & get to piercing them all over the styrofoam! \u00a0Easy, right?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Check out the back. NOT a big deal if the glue gets messy, or if toothpicks poke through.<\/h2>

    \u00a0 That\u2019ll be our little secret once it\u2019s hung up & on display. \u00a0TIP 4 YOU: should you find yourself with a small wreath, break off half of each toothpick to fit the umbrellas nice & snug. ANOTHER ESSENTIAL TIP: overlap the umbrellas to your heart\u2019s content. \u00a0The beauty of this part is you can re-pierce each umbrella if you\u2019re not happy with the placement. \u00a0Try & try again! \u00a0Ya can\u2019t really \u201cmess up\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    For more tiki inspired fun, take a trip down memory lane & have a look at the\u00a0LED Pineapple Lamp Lights<\/a>\u00a0I made a couple summers ago. \u00a0*Ooo* they\u2019re gonna look SO lovely next to my new LED Tiki Wreath. \u00a0Mahalo, my friends! \u00a0Happy Summer, craft it up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    TCB & DIY ~<\/p>

    ~ Flashing Blinky Nikki<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Light Up Your Summer Crafts With FBLs! Aloha, crafters. \u00a0With warmer weather comes\u00a0Summer Crafts. Adding FBL lights to summer crafts makes for\u00a0super\u00a0cool party decor, whether having a couple friends over for a chill patio hang, or a bunch of party animals over for a night swim and dance party. \u00a0As one enters said party, imagine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,184,7],"tags":[618,620,217,357,617,190,616,108,619],"yst_prominent_words":[1056,833,1154,1153,843,823,1069,1063,1064],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crafts","category-diy","category-party-time","tag-cocktail-umbrellas","tag-craft-ideas","tag-diy-wreath","tag-garden-party","tag-paper-umbrellas","tag-party-decor","tag-summer-crafts","tag-tiki-party","tag-umbrella-crafts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7455,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/7455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}