Place your ladder on the side nearest your outlet.
How do you hang icicle lights on gutters.
However you may find it easier to hang all of your c7 c9 strings and then come back and attach the icicle lights to the clips.
Plug a strand of lights into an extension cord long.
If you are attaching lights to your window trim use tube light clips or nail on plastic clips.
There are good ways to hang icicle lights and then there are ways that just do not work.
When icicle lights first came out safety was a concern as they tended to get hot.
These clips will grip shingles or gutters and have a lower hook that holds a light strand or extension cord.
If hanging lights on gutters and planning to hang two light types at once you can fit your icicle string lights into the small anterior hook at the other end of the clip.
So with the main safety rule for icicle lights firmly established.
Hang lights horizontally attach a gutter clip for christmas lights to the base of each light in the direction you plan for your them to hang.