IHD.com Secret Pal Holiday Gift Exchange 2010

[okarol]

My list:

Favorite candy: I love chocolate and sour stuff (but not together.)
Favorite Author: Dean Koontz
Book Genre: I like photography books, poster art, collectible stuff, crafts.
Favorite Colors: Purple, black, brown, pink
Collections: Colored glass, perfume bottles, old cameras, Christmas ornaments
Clothing Size: L
Local items/ Hometown things: Yes, yes, yes (the more kitchy, the better!)

[tyefly]

I collect Rocks.....   I have rocks from all over the place.....  My last trip to Monterey, Ca  was great  found some great rocks.....  agates.... thunder eggs..... colored quartz....

OK  there is more to life besides rocks.....
   I like anything natural.....    large Pinecones....  ( I collect those too)
      LIke native plants......  and seeds..... native plants or seeds from your area...... 

          Ok   I like everything.......  ( I am trying not to be a hoarder ))))))):       

[gothiclovemonkey]

I collect Rocks.....   I have rocks from all over the place.....  My last trip to Monterey, Ca  was great  found some great rocks.....  agates.... thunder eggs..... colored quartz....

OK  there is more to life besides rocks.....
   I like anything natural.....    large Pinecones....  ( I collect those too)
      LIke native plants......  and seeds..... native plants or seeds from your area...... 

          Ok   I like everything.......  ( I am trying not to be a hoarder ))))))):     

You remind me of me, with that... i love collecting random stuff from places ive been....
Sadly I am a bit of  a hoarder lol i even have napkins from places ive eaten.... its bad.

[kitkatz]

I will update the list on the first page in a few days. As soon as I catch up with myself. I am behind. I have received several more addys.

[Chris]

What is "kitchy"?

[okarol]

  I think I spelled it wrong, it's kitschy - It means stuff that might be considered melodramatic, overdone, gaudy and tacky or sentimental and folksy. It's so bad that it's cool. Like my Virgin Mary bank covered in pink glitter. Or my small carved wood and gold angels that wind up and play music. I have a small chandelier with pink crystals, I think that's kitschy too. I missed out on buying a purple flocked velvet Jesus bank, someday I'll find one, I hope.

[Poppylicious]

You remind me of me, with that... i love collecting random stuff from places ive been....
Sadly I am a bit of  a hoarder lol i even have napkins from places ive eaten.... its bad.

*chuckles* ... I have a (fairly small) collection of sanitary bags, the sort you find in hotels, etc. in which to put your used girly things in.  They are all unused (as if any of you would think otherwise!)  I hoard too; I save bits of everything in the belief that I'll always need it one day.  Inevitably, everything just piles up on top of everything else and every so often everything gets thrown out or given to charity. Except for everything that I think I'll need one day, obviously ...

 

Collections: perfume bottles

Me too!  Nearly forgot that.

[lola]

KIT I want in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[natnnnat]

I think I spelled it wrong, it's kitschy - It means stuff that might be considered melodramatic, overdone, gaudy and tacky or sentimental and folksy. It's so bad that it's cool. Like my Virgin Mary bank covered in pink glitter. Or my small carved wood and gold angels that wind up and play music. I have a small chandelier with pink crystals, I think that's kitschy too. I missed out on buying a purple flocked velvet Jesus bank, someday I'll find one, I hope.

Okarol, your collection of kitsch religious items sounds great to me.  I am a huuge fan of kitsch!  I have started collecting those wondrously dreadful snowdomes.  My first is of my university, which has as its main piece of architecture a single ugly 1970s tower building, known as the ugliest building in Sydney.  I call it my Tower O' Dreams, and in my snowdome, when I shake it, snow swirls around it, and glitter.  Snow!  In Sydney!  I haven't even started describing the nonsense involved in that one cheap gaudy badly made object, ah, I love it so.

[Chris]

I guess I can say I collect odd item that talk and move. I have a 2 in by 2 in box that shakes around by slight touch or movement that has a voice that makes a knocking sound and says "excuse me, excuse me! CAN SOMEONE LET ME OUT OF HERE?" I had a keychain that my parrot loved and learned from that had swear words. I have two others, one from animaniac (another box that makes sounds, and a figure of a kid in a karate suit that yells and makes karate moves that the cats get their noses hit when they investigate and try to swatch at it. The voices these things make is funny to me.

[Riki]

I have a 2 in by 2 in box that shakes around by slight touch or movement that has a voice that makes a knocking sound and says "excuse me, excuse me! CAN SOMEONE LET ME OUT OF HERE?"

Where did you get that? I WANT ONE!!!  That kinda reminds of the box who's sole purpose was to turn itself off when you turned it on. You flip the switch to turn it on, and a hand pops out and flips the switch off.  I saw it online somewhere.

I'm a gadget nerd.  I like stuff that does stuff.  Stephen Colbert has a pen that I want, but I'm not willing to pay $50 for a pen.. *L*  it lights up.  That was the price in 2006 anyway.. perhaps the price has gone down since then.

[Chris]

Riki, I never noticed the pen Stephen Colbert has. I have or had a pen that lights up that also changed colors. Cool to look at, but battery didn't seem to last long, but was also in my book bag during college classes, so may have turned on and off many times without knowing. Didn't pay $50 for it either. There is a Doctor Who gadget I want that is $40 that makes sounds, lights up,and does other things that I saw on BBC America website when looking up episode guide.
 
The box I got was back in 1997 from Spencers. I like gadgets too.

[Riki]

hehe... yeah, Chris... ThinkGeek.com is a favorite site of mine.  I always meant to buy the usb dog that humps your computer, but never did. I'd also like to get the usb powered rocket launcher. I think that would freak out the cat

They've got lots of useless sh*t that does sh*t...

[Chris]

I will have to check out that site.
 
I gotta get that shocking pen. I seen that on Discovery Channel as people used it to play pranks.

[gothiclovemonkey]

that site is AWESOME! thank you for telling us about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lola]

I LOVE tee's and sweatshirts from other places XL I like to saw where my IHD peeps are from, I love sweet and sour stuff just like me (lol) LOVE suckers, Love just about all colors,mmmmmmmmm oh and 80's music,  no smelly stuff as it makes me (lol)...but really I will LOVE anything that comes from my secret Santa.............

[devlinswife]

I am so excited I cannot wait to see who I get so I can start buying!!!

[ChickenLittle56]

Riki, I have a small fan that you hold that has LEDs on the blades that can programmed to make words. I take it to D to send messages. I think th max. letters that can be shone is 10 letters.

[kitkatz]

With a fan like that I could put Benadryl up with a question mark for staff at my center at 9 p.m.  Heheheh!

[Wattle]

 


OMG I almost missed out!! I have been living under a rock!!!


ME Kitkatz ME!!!!!!!  I WANT IN!!!   

[Riki]

Riki, I have a small fan that you hold that has LEDs on the blades that can programmed to make words. I take it to D to send messages. I think th max. letters that can be shone is 10 letters.

I could have soooo much fun with that..

I think my first toy that did something was a Ronald McDonald doll that has a music box inside it. His nose was the crank to wind up the music box.

[kitkatz]

Please check this list to see if you have been listed as one of out Secret Pal Holiday Gift Exchange.
If you have sent me an email or PM and your name is not there let me know.

If you want to be included, send me your snail mail address by PM or email so I can add you to the exchange list.  I love getting my box from my secret pal every year we have done this exchange!


This is the official list so far:

Holiday Gift Exchange List
kitkatz
MooseMom
YLGuy
Okarol
Jenna
Del
Walter (Del’s Hubby)
DarthVader
Elsie  (Darth Vader’s Mom)
Rerun
Glitter
Poppylicious
Tamara
Pam
Chris
Cloud393
Paris
Bajanne
Sam
Gothiclovemonkey
Mimi
Devlin's Wife
bajanne2000
lilbajanne
riki
slywalker
thegrammalady
vcarmody
tyefly
chickenlittle56
lola
wattle

[vcarmody]

I'm excited, I made the list.  Now I list my likes and dislikes.  Lets see my only dislike is anything stinky, LOL.  My kids call me a hippie cause I love tie dye, so anything tie dyed is great, actually anything is great.  I am far from picky. Would love anything from the area my secret pal is from.  The holidays will be upon us before we know it, and I hope everyone has a very healthy and happy holiday season!!!

[okarol]

Kitkatz,
Is today the last day to sign up?
 

[lola]

remember to put a size if asking for t-shirts...........