twilightpony | Stringing Lights

Rarity needs so much cloth of the same color that we'll have to go a little further afield than planned to get enough to finish the draping with 'ribbon' part of the plan. This endeavor is a little bit unorganized, it's true, but it wasn't my idea and there's no rush, really. So today we finished stringing up colored lights and fixing more lights to the strings of gems that dangle from the balconies. Applejack and Fluttershy made a half dozen really large wreaths plus another gigantic wreath, to hang above some of the windows and on the Ponyville-facing smaller balcony. Rarity did have enough cloth to make bows for the large wreaths. Once Rainbow Dash and I had put up the last of those, we were all ready for hot chocolate and marshmallows, which Spike had waiting for us in the dining room, along with cinnamon toast and peppermint sticks.

While we warmed our hooves on our hot mugs, we talked about the exterior decorating we were doing. I think it looks fine as is, but Rarity and Pinkie want to do more! More! More! It took some wrangling, but we managed to bring down Rarity's vision a few notches on how much more stuff she was planning draping over the castle, and we denied Pinkie's proposal that we paint the buttresses in a red and white candy stripe pattern. But it's not over yet. Adding a few gigantic bows and some more ribbon is still a go. Tomorrow we're going to make a short shopping trip to Canterlot to pick up the cloth. While we're there, we are going sightseeing, to see the streets of Canterlot decked out for Hearth's Warming as well.