17 May 12

15:30 GMT

100k Acorn Bike Ride 2012

To follow up on our previous post on the 100k Acorn Bike Ride, we just wanted to congratulate all the cyclists, marshals, cake bakers and each of the 100 volunteers on a very successful day on Saturday. We were blessed with the gorgeous weather here in North Yorkshire and a record number of 560 cyclists took part this year.

We are proud to have sponsored such a fantastic and well organised event for the 6th year running – an incredible £33,000 was raised so a big thank you to all involved! This year was particularly special as a number of patients from Leeds General Infirmary with dementia and their carers took part in the ride and helped with marshalling as well.

You can find more photos on the Acorn Facebook page and there will be an article in the Harrogate Advertiser this weekend.

The tea and homemade cakes were much appreciated at the finishing line – according to our MD Tim who was marshalling, they were delicious!

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03 May 12

10:19 GMT

Pitch up and brighten up…

 

These days camping doesn’t have to be just about leaky tents and freeze dried meals. There’s no need to forgo life’s luxuries with ‘Glamping’ – a new take on camping that has recently taken off all over the world.

Looking to make your family camping trips more stylish, comfortable and fun? Fairy lights are becoming an essential part of any camping trip – what better way to decorate your campsite, tent or caravan?

Our Solar Chinese Lanterns are a colourful way to decorate your camping area during the day, whilst providing mellow lighting in the evening as the sun goes down. With no need for plugs, you can hang them pretty much anywhere to charge using the sun’s energy. They are also weatherproof, making them perfect in sunshine or showers. All our solar products are LED so they are very safe around fabrics and pets.

If you’re planning to go to a music festival this summer, even celebrities like Kate Moss and Sienna Miller are enjoying the new ‘glamping’ trend at Glastonbury and have managed to make camping look chic. Our glow sticks are the perfect accessory for any festival-goer so you won’t get lost in the crowd – see our range here.

So make your campsite look fabulous this summer – from solar candles to solar butterfly and dragonfly strings, we have lots of fun products to add a touch of glam to your camping trip. Sit back, relax and enjoy camping in style!

 

Glamping with Lights

Solar lights to enhance your camping experience

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24 Apr 12

7:46 GMT

World Book Night

 

Here at Lights4fun we’ve run a ‘Book Swap’ for a few months now, and when she heard about World Book Night, one member of our team, Emma, applied to be a part of it.

World Book Night was launched last year as a celebration of reading and books. It is celebrated on 23rd April, marking the death of both Shakespeare and Cervantes (the Spanish novelist, poet and playwright). 1 million books have been distributed to book-loving members of the public to spread their love of reading. Half of these books are donated directly to hospitals, care homes and prisons, and the other half go to the chosen Givers to share amongst friends, family and individuals in their communities.

Out of over 20,000 applicants, Emma has been chosen to be one of the ‘Givers’ and she collected the 24 copies of her chosen book ‘Pride and Prejudice’ last night from Harrogate Library. The aim is for the books to be passed around many people, and each book has a unique tracking code so you can follow its journey until it’s literally worn out.

Have a look at the list of this year’s books. Have you been involved either as a book Giver or receiver? Send us your stories via Twitter @Lights4fun.

 

 

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13 Apr 12

15:59 GMT

Get on your bike!

 

Lights4fun will be supporting the Harrogate-based charity ‘Acorn’ by sponsoring their annual 100k bike ride on May 12th. Acorn provides help for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia in our region, along with support for their carers. Funding also goes towards developing research into Scleroderma disease at Leeds General Infirmary.

Acorn holds various events throughout the year such as half marathons, coffee mornings, golf and tennis tournaments, and many more to raise money for the cause – this will be the 6th year the bike ride has taken place in Bishop Monkton and the surrounding areas. Last year, 500 cyclists joined in the ride and helped to raise a fantastic £29,000.

We’re hoping this year will be even more successful so we have made an offer to any Lights4fun customers in Yorkshire to add £20 to their sponsorship list if they enter and complete the Bike Ride!

It’s’ really easy to sign up – click here for the online entry form or download the PDF if you’re entering as a team.

Send us your sponsorship details to sales@lights4fun.co.uk to receive a donation. For more information or if you’d like to donate to this worthwhile cause, please visit the Acorn website - all donations are greatly appreciated.

You don’t have to be a serious cyclist to take part – enthusiastic amateurs are welcome and what better incentive than the much-needed tea and home-made cakes waiting for you on the finishing line!

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05 Apr 12

11:28 GMT

How do you use our products?

Fairy lights and decorations are not just for Christmas – many of our customers use our products in innovative and original ways and we thought we’d share some ideas for inspiration.

One member of our team, Barbara has got creative with our Fabric Hearts at a Quiltworks retreat last week in Gamblesby, Penrith. Nicknamed ‘PP7’ by their American tutor, Susan Taylor-Propst, the group of women are part of the ‘Yorkshire Yanks Quilting Group’ based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. They draped our battery lights around their sewing machines and spent the afternoon decorating the hearts in their own individual ways.

Another customer used our battery lights in his photography project and he sent us some fabulous photos of his work. Geoff said, “The lights are being used to create light spheres and shapes in photography. These are a couple we have made up out of an old bike wheel and a couple of broom sticks, and we have been trying them out inside. The next step is to use them on location somewhere (perhaps in a grave yard or old buildings)”.

 

Here are a few other unusual ways our customers have used our lights:

 

Product: White Battery Operated Fairy Lights, 20 LEDs, Multi-Action

I used these for my daughters dressing up outfit for nursery rhyme day. They were light and durable.

 

Product: 20 Bulb Warm White Battery Operated LED Fairy Lights, Static

This product is used to provide lighting for the inside of my wardrobe. The lights are exactly what I needed and I am very happy with the quality of the lights!

 

Product: 10 Bulb White Heart Battery Operated LED Fairy Lights

I used them to go around the base of a cupcake stand at a wedding. They looked really effective!

 

Product: 40 Warm White LED Fairy Lights, Indoor Use Christmas Lights, Clear Cable

The lights are to be used on a model train set to light up model scenery.

 

Product: 10 LED Blue& White Battery Operated Fairy Lights, Static

I have used them on birthday cakes – as the night lights on a football pitch at the bottom of a cake, put into a board.

 

Product: Blue Rope Light 9m Multi Action, IP44 Rated

The rope light is going to be added to an old electric guitar to make a feature wall mounted light for my son’s room.

 

We love to see photos of our customers enjoying our products – send yours to sales@lights4fun.co.uk.

 

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