My new shotgun shell Christmas lights (Watch in "High Quality")

This is the first in what I hope will be a series of winter videos taken in and around my home, an 18th century bank barn in Villanova, PA. Pictured here is the living room mantle decorated for Christmas, featuring the new string of shotgun shell lights, a gift from my shooting buddy, Jon Weaver. You can hear the flames crackling in the fireplace below, just out of frame. For best results, watch in "high quality" mode.

[@heartpursuer]

@ourhappyfamily4 Thanks. Love the lights. I saw something else creative today: a mailbox in the shape of a shotgun shell. Very clever.

[@heartpursuer]

Actually, I didn't (they were a gift), but they look pretty straightforward.
Start with spent shells with the plastic casings in the colors of your choice (I think these were Winchester, but maybe Remington). Clean off any powder residue. Get a string of little white lights, and simply feed one each into the open end, re-crimping the shell carefully to hold them in place, making sure the plastic doesn't cut through the wiring insulation. That's pretty much it. Good luck.

[@bulldogproductions42]

I used a little Kodak point-and-shoot (no pun intended) digital for this clip, which produced standard def video in the (formerly) standard 4:3 frame ratio. For whatever reason, however, I decided to edit it in a 16:9 format, which is why it appears "letter-boxed" with those black vertical bars left and right.
Can't help you on the loop question. There may be a way to download it into an editing program and create a DVD that can be set to cycle, but I've never tried it.

[@Skattles54]

How did you make the christmas lights?