BTW Super, glad i could 'plant some seeds of ideas' in your noggin, I'd love to see the result if you did it. I can also give you links to the 'strip LEDs' if you want to investigate, they are dead easy to use and relatively cheap as well. Usually they come with a remote controller to allow you to set the colour, pattern and transition cycle 
Happily collecting things all my life... 
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