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Custom-Built "Yard Art" Provides Christmas Cheer
Ed and Mary Ann Mosley of Llano, Texas, have an unusual business: they design and custom build lighted "yard art" showing whatever scene the customer wants.
The designs are generally 3 to 6 ft. high. All of them are shaped from 3/8-in. coated rebar that's wired with virtually maintenance free Duralight solid colored ropes of lights. Some of the scenes are animated.
"Each piece is handmade and shipped by a freight company to the customer," says Mary Ann. "We do a lot of Santa Claus scenes. One of our most popular shows Santa driving a tractor and pulling Rudolph on a wagon. Another shows Santa in a personal watercraft pulling Rudolph, who's skiing. Other designs include an animated Santa in a covered wagon that's pulled by a mule; an animated Santa in a train that's complete with a car and caboose, and railroad crossing. We even have a æHo Ho Y' All" sign inside the state of Texas, and a æMerry Texmas' sign."
The scene showing Santa Claus driving a tractor sells for $450; the wagon sells for $350.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ed's Lighted Yard Art, Ed and Mary Ann Mosley, HCO7,Box 221A, Llano, Texas 78643 (ph 800 549-1003 or 915 247-2162; fax 4314; website: http://www.edslightedart.com).


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1998 - Volume #22, Issue #6