they string easily with needle and thread to make a banner over a mantle or a garland around a christmas tree. it's free to attend, but spaces are limited. it looks like you can choose colors and perhaps even the style if you act quickly. a friend came over to dinner last night and i packed him a lunch from leftovers because he needs to eat. i was sitting in the rock flats where the glaciers dropped their till at the close of the ice age (picture a gravel parking lot stretching off to the horizon and the hills). 