The #1 thing I miss living in a condo is having a yard. Our “yard” is a rickety old wooden 6′ x 12″ balcony.
If we had a yard there are so many things I would love to have. I bookmark a lot of sites on my computer with outdoor “essentials” that I’d love to have one day.
Even though we don’t have a yard, I do my best to create a nice, relaxing, enjoyable outdoor space on our balcony. When the weather gets warmer we set out chairs, side tables, flowers and other decorative pieces like statues and throw pills on our bench.
I even go so far as to decorate our railing. We’re not allowed to have flower boxes on the railing (as per our condo board), but we can have other things as long as they won’t fly off and hit someone.
Normally I attach pinwheels to our railing. I love pinwheels. I’m mesmerized by them when they twirl in the wind.
I’ve always wanted to wrap lights around our balcony, but I never got around to it because I think we’ll need a lot of lights to create the effect that I have in mind.
Not long ago I was sent to review some really cool products that not only light up, but also add some color to our outdoor space too.
A company by the name of OxyLED sent me to review two different products.
The first product I received to review are the OxyFlor GL-01 Solar Powered Outdoor Hummingbird, Butterfly & Dragonfly Solar Garden Stake Light, Chameleon Multi-color Changing LED Light,3 pack, or to put it more simply, solar powered lawn stakes in different shapes (Hummingbird, Dragonfly and Butterfly) that change color.
These lovely garden stakes are so easy to use – almost like “plug & play.” Simply stick them in the ground, lift up the solar power “pad” (for lack of a better description), and let the sun charge it. To enjoy the light show simply turn the switch to the “on” position and watch the magical light show.
These are not the best photos but you can see how the figures change color.
As you can see they change colors. There are a few more colors they change into. I was able to catch three different colors when I took these pictures.
I cannot use these as lawn stakes since we don’t have a yard. To remedy this we attached them to the railing. We have one on each side and one in the middle.
These are a decent size too. It might not seem that way in the photo but each creature fits in the palm of my hand.
In addition to these fun and colorful lawn stakes, I also received to review the coolest light up lawn stakes I’ve ever seen – OxyLED SL-06 Crackle Glass Flickering Candle LED Solar Garden Lights. These come in a set of two lights.
These garden lights look like little candles in crackled glass holders. When it gets dark and you turn them on they flicker like real candles.
I LOVE THESE! I have to order more.
I made a brief video to show you how they look.
I love how they flicker.
Our only concern is that our condo board are going to think they are REAL candles and freak out. LOL! We are not allowed to have flames on our balconies due to them being wood and already having three buildings burn down do to unattended fires.
Just like we did with the other stakes, we attached these to the railing. So we have one of the other stakes on each side and the other on in the middle and the candle ones in between. It looks awesome!
The Crackling Glass Flickering Candle Stakes would look amazing lining a walkway, driveway or surrounding an outdoor seating area. Sigh… if only we had a house with a yard.
Out of the five stakes I received to review they all worked perfectly except one (the Butterfly) had a wonky on/off switch. It works, but I have to wiggle it around a bit to get it to turn on. Aside from that little glitch, they all work great. I especially love that they are solar powered so they can charge all day and we can enjoy them at night when we sit out on our balcony to enjoy the cool evening.
Both of these items can be purchased on Amazon.com for $17.99 (Butterfly, Hummingbird & Dragonfly set) and $14.99 (set of two candles).
These would make for a great housewarming gift too.
For more information about these and other OxyLED products you can visit their main website at OxyLED.com. The brand can also be found on Facebook and Twitter (links are found on the bottom right of their website).
Kimberly
*I received free product samples to review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.
Dianne Robbins says
Those are so cute. My mom loves solar lights and has them by her front porch and in her garden. I’ll definitely check these out. Mother’s Day and her birthday is coming up and I’m looking for good ideas for her.