Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here... - General Tiki

M mieko Member San Diego Joined: May 01, 2006 Posts: 532	M mieko Posted posted on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 3:53 PM Hi Everyone! I've been lurking here a while, but finally got sucked in when I started going to a few of the tiki carving classes. I've been into Tiki stuff for a while, my husband and I throw an annual summer party that we call Luau, and usually have a subtheme as well. We've been throwing those since 98 or so. We started with renting a lot of decorations, but have slowly added our own supplies so now we have a collapsible tiki bar, some belly bar tables, and some pretty big (and a lot of small) decorations. I really enjoy making decorations, in the past we've made a volcano out of great stuf foam insulation that flickers light and "erupts" with fog on a timer, a paper mache tiki that also has fog, but also sound sensitive eyes that glow brighter when he "talks" (us though a microphone). Our collapsing tiki bar has a resined top with copies of vintage hawaii posters. I'll try to post some of this stuff in case people want to try it themselves. We've got our backyard planted with tropical plants, but it needs more tikis in it, so that's the reason I started posting. I didn't know if I'd be able to carve well at all, since I can't draw at all, but after classes with Polynesiac and the Left Coast 'Oki 'Oki, I'm addicted.

Hi Everyone! I've been lurking here a while, but finally got sucked in when I started going to a few of the tiki carving classes. I've been into Tiki stuff for a while, my husband and I throw an annual summer party that we call Luau, and usually have a subtheme as well. We've been throwing those since 98 or so. We started with renting a lot of decorations, but have slowly added our own supplies so now we have a collapsible tiki bar, some belly bar tables, and some pretty big (and a lot of small) decorations.

I really enjoy making decorations, in the past we've made a volcano out of great stuf foam insulation that flickers light and "erupts" with fog on a timer, a paper mache tiki that also has fog, but also sound sensitive eyes that glow brighter when he "talks" (us though a microphone). Our collapsing tiki bar has a resined top with copies of vintage hawaii posters. I'll try to post some of this stuff in case people want to try it themselves.

We've got our backyard planted with tropical plants, but it needs more tikis in it, so that's the reason I started posting. I didn't know if I'd be able to carve well at all, since I can't draw at all, but after classes with Polynesiac and the Left Coast 'Oki 'Oki, I'm addicted.

Post #263523 by mieko on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 3:53 PM