#100HappyDays: DIY outdoor lighting

DIY temporary patio lighting. Necessity is the mother of invention. June 27, 2014

I'm new to outdoor entertaining having just put in a yard this year, but I know enough to know you can't throw a party in the dark. Although I ran out of time to slather the entire yard in Christmas lights--believe me, I planned on it!--a couple strings of bistro lights delivered a lovely effect.

xoxo,
shawna

#100HappyDays
1. 24 Hours of Happy
2. If loving a wheelbarrow is wrong...
3. A trip to the nursery
4. Transplants
5. Sweet peas
6. Cool as a...
7. A Butterfinger Blizzard
8. Happiness by the yard
9. Keeping the vampires at bay
10. Giving P.F. Chang's a run for its money
11. A little Spring snow in the Sierras
12. Communing with fellow comm nerds
13. Ladies' night
14. Ten Thousand Waves in Santa Fe, New Mexico
15. The shredded cedar fitness plan
16. Baby's first Easter
17. Bathmat runways
18. Oasis in progress
19. My kind of Easter egg hunt
20. Mass cookie production

21. West Coast Formation Clinic 2014

22. West Coast Ravens, smoke on!

23. West Coast Formation Clinic All Up

24. Colorful, if not magical, beans

25. Stinking roses

26. Noodle salad

27. Tomato mania

28. Real smiles

29. Conquering cross-wind landings

30. Gypsy chickens and birthday celebrations

31. Conjuring a rainstorm

32. Bountiful boxes

33. The reluctant birthday boy

34. Copper poppies

35. Caprese chicken magic

36. Moms love waffles

37. Hearty soup for a hot "summer" day

38. A friend of the library

39. Talking Above the Fray

40. Go, go gadget green beans

41. Clinking frapps

42. Berries and bosom friends

43. Little red ZHP

44. Scratch pasta goodness
45. The sweetest final ever

46. A beautiful birthday girl

47. Mac & cheese for breakfast

48. Seattle sunshine

49. Spectacular Seattle

50. Rocking the International Communication Association convention

51. Veggie box

52. A bumper plant

53. Unusually tasty vegetables

54. My poor Corolla-mobile

55. Anti-fashion

56. My lovelies

57. Super soaker

58. Because you can never have too many tomatoes

59. Civic participation

60. Above the Fray's first advisory board meeting

61. Adventures in babysitting

62. Succulents

63. Golden West Airshow

64. Another use for research handbooks

65. Squish

66. Minnie made me do it

67. It's good to be king

68. Quilted wisdom

69. Flying on Friday the 13th during a full moon

70. Baby's first swim

71. The science of peanut brittle

72. First fruits

73. Flowers in the attic? No, boxes.

74. Best babysitter on earth

75. Shooting Star Hydrangea

76. Upcycling in the garden

77. Birthday shoe date

78. Preservation & Co. grand opening

79. Birthday time

80. Heart garden art

81. Summer flying over Sacramento