Wait until your painting is completely dry before attaching the lights. The ribbon LED lights are attached along the inside frame of the canvas. If you purchased the specific lights in the set above, there should be a 3M adhesive already on the back of them. However, before you do anything, you’ll want to run the strip along the inside (without taking the adhesive off) to make sure you are cutting the right length to fit along the inside. You could also measure this with measuring tape or use math and cut out an appropriate length of the ribbon lights. Make sure you are cutting the lights at the correct point. Every few lights there should be a cut point which is like a connector area. (sorry for the lack of technical terms) On the set I’ve linked to above, you can cut them every three lights.



The lights I linked to have two connectors already attached, so if you measure from the two ends you’ll only have to solder one connector. On the strip that doesn’t have a connector, line up the wires correctly and solder them to the gold connector pieces, making sure to connect the proper wire to the proper connector and make sure the soldering lines don’t cross or mix.



Once the solder is dry, you can attach the lights. Take off the back of the adhesive and stick the strips to the inside of the frame. Try to make sure they don’t touch the fabric. It probably wouldn’t catch fire but if you are transporting them, it’s more likely that the light strips may tear the fabric. Attach them so that the connectors all come out as close to the center of the piece (not each panel) as possible (as seen in the picture).