Post #537034 by Bargoyle on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 7:05 AM

I find its easiest that when people ask "what do you want for your birthday?" or celebration X, to just say, "Here are links to few Tiki carvers, artists, etc. I love their work, and something from them would be kick-ass"

Done deal.

Now, if someone out of the loop goes off on their own & gives you some party city nightmare (or african or aztec piece), always thank them graciously, and then file it away for later. Dont regift it, dont throw it out. thats just rude.

Convince your company to do a Luau, and you can give them all that decor that doesn't fit your home space... or, like we did at the Hukialu room crawl last year, decorate your crawl room as the "Ironic Tiki Room" or the "Tiki Nightmare" with all the WORST decor you can possibly gather.

It made it pretty easy to figure out the folks with a good sense of humor once they saw the neon nightmare that our room was. lol

And by using the pieces, you take pics & share them, and the folks that gave the gift to you feel good seeing the stuff in use, and don't necessarily know that they were used in irony. You & your friends get a good laugh, the gift giver feels good that you "liked & used" the gift... win-win.

My 2 cents.