Stuff to buy
It’s always hard to find gifts for tiki-loving gals — other than vintage dresses and the occasional bamboo purse, tiki comes off as a “guy thing.”
That’s why I was pleased to find Rubi Rocket, a small jewelery company from Australia that has created a line of jewelry for 2009 called, “Tiki Lounge.” The line consists [...]
When my wife and I were planning our wedding, I discovered Hana Hou Productions, artist Melissa Casey’s amazing, tropical and beach-themed wedding invitation company. The Hawaiian-born designer has over 60 designs in her collection, which are made using the letterpress process for a rich, tactile look.
Unfortunately, we neither had the time nor to the budget [...]
Now that I’ve gotten hooked on making my own syrups for classic tiki drinks — cinnamon, passion fruit, and simple — since there’s no stores in my area that sell them commercially, I’ve run across a problem: what to do with the delicious liquids once they’re made. Typically, I end up scouring the kitchen in [...]
Jeffrey, a web designer who moonlights creating products with New Zealand’s instant manufacturing company Ponoko, created some lovely pendants that cross Maori tiki and turtles.
Acrylic, in a variety of color.
$45-$60 USD.
See the necklaces at Ponoko | Visit Jeffrey’s blog
Former Walt Disney Imagineers Cindy Bothner and Staci Hay have joined forces to produce personalized and one-of-a-kind wooden signs for individuals and business. The duo have a nice set of stock designs perfect for a home tiki bar or luau. Each is carved from solid wood and hand painted.
$169.00 and up.
See more at Mada Signs [...]
I guess it was only a matter of time until someone made a ceramic bong in the shape of a tiki. Not that we condone the use of illegal substances (there’s more than enough legal ones to keep us busy), but if you’ve got to partake, you may as well do it in style.
See Tiki [...]
I ran across a couple of nice tiki-related items at Jo-Ann Fabrics last weekend, scattered throughout a giant wall of the type of luau supplies one typically finds at party stores. The quality of the pieces was surprisingly good for such a store — too bad the door hooks are direct rip-offs of tiki signs [...]