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ikitnrev
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From: D.C. / Virginia
|  Posted: 2005-01-25 9:29 pm Permalink
While in Daytona Beach for the Hawaiian Inn event, I found the following items in a pretty cool antique store ...
1) Pardon the blurriness - there is a neat miniature hula scene inside of this piece, which is lit by a votive candle holder suspended from the top inside the cylinder.
Green-flocked wallpaper, a glittery gold interior - I don't know if I am in a tiki bar or Liberace's living room. If you squint your eyes a bit, it even looks like a big green tiki with an pen mouth.
2. A nice, well carved, miniature tiki set, about 15 inches tall.
3. A wicker monkey!
Vern
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Humuhumu
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2005-01-25 9:36 pm Permalink
Here are some pictures that perhaps better present the glory of that candle votive. I am so going to start making these. Now you all know what you're getting next xmas.
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docwoods
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From: outside the windy city
| Posted: 2005-01-26 06:32 am Permalink
Well,that candle holder sure made me smile! You're right,it looks like an open-mouthed tiki-what would really put it over the top would be some googly eyes-too much!
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2005-01-26 1:28 pm Permalink
Vern - That wicker monkey is fantastic. I'm hoping one day to find one of those myself. I have several vintage postcards that show that those were actually used as decor in several old tiki bars.
Sabu
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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| Posted: 2005-01-26 1:28 pm Permalink
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Philot
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From: The armpit of Florida
| Posted: 2005-01-26 3:07 pm Permalink
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On 2005-01-26 06:32, docwoods wrote:
Well,that candle holder sure made me smile! You're right,it looks like an open-mouthed tiki-what would really put it over the top would be some googly eyes-too much!
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Geeze Doc, if you're gonna start talkin' googly eyes, maybe you oughta head over to Owl Central... 
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Tikiwahine
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From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2005-01-26 10:11 pm Permalink
Oh I love that glittery green candle holder thingy!!
It reminds me of both my grandmothers. One loved Hawaii & Tahiti, and had all sorts of kitchy stuff, I know this is something she would have loved. My other Grandma decorated cakes with all sorts of little figures, and I used to have a ball playing with them.
I've been toying with the idea of making a snow dome, that thing really reminds me of one. It's the tiny tropical scene that appeals to me so much...like a window into paradise. Just like a tiki bar!
Thanks for posting the pictures!
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Neptune Wahine
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Joined: Jan 30, 2005
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From: Neptune Beach
| Posted: 2005-01-30 10:44 am Permalink
Vern --- Please post a picture of the head hunter with the Farrah Fawcitt heads you told Marian and I about --- I have my own visual, but I am dying to see the real thing!
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