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Simple garden lights made with LEDs and mason jars
Boing Boing —
... are to make.
To start with, we need LEDs and lithium coin cells. One each per jar. The best kind of LED for this design is an ultrabright LED with a diffused lens so that the light cast by the LED chip goes in *every direction,* not just in the direction that the LED points (which is what you get with LEDs that have clear lenses). Having easy access, we opted for the 10 mm diffused white LEDs from here, but you can get similar LEDs elsewhere as well.
Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights
Simple garden lights made with LEDs an mason jars
Boing Boing —
... are to make.
To start with, we need LEDs and lithium coin cells. One each per jar. The best kind of LED for this design is an ultrabright LED with a diffused lens so that the light cast by the LED chip goes in *every direction,* not just in the direction that the LED points (which is what you get with LEDs that have clear lenses). Having easy access, we opted for the 10 mm diffused white LEDs from here, but you can get similar LEDs elsewhere as well.
Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights ...
Quick n' dirty garden lights
MAKE Magazine —
... This week's EMS Labs project is about creating a set of temporary garden/outdoor lights using LEDs, coin cell batteries, and Mason jars. Easy. Cheap. Perdy.
Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights
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... nothing on the schedule. Break out the tools and pull up one of these nifty DIY projects to improve your living space and boost your can-do cred. 10. Light up your yard with mason jars [image] Buy a mess of ground-staked, solar or battery-powered yard lights from your local big box store, and people might be impressed at your ability to space the sticks you plunge into the ground. Convert some run-of-the-mill mason jars into hanging votive lanterns , battery-powered backyard lights , or go the way of weekend editor Jason and make your own solar-powered sun jars ...
DIY LED Garden Lights – Recession friendly garden aesthetics
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diyledgardenlights2 Got a garden party coming up but no pretty garden lighting to set it off? Run out of “buy-garden-lighting” funds in the post-GFC world? Why not DIY with some cheap and nifty LED garden lights using single LEDs, lithium cell batteries and glass jars, devised by the folks at EvilMadScientist. While I wouldn’t advocate mass battery usage, and therefore potential wastage, in the name of permanent garden lighting, it’s a nice idea for a temporary solution. Some assembly required. diyledgardenlights For a late night summer party, we wanted to deploy an array of ...
