OK. So here's the thing. I have a job putting together events and contests for groups. Teambuilding events for coworkers, I've done stuff for bachelor parties, and I have a sweet sixteen coming up.
Now usually when I do these events, I offer little prizes for winning teams. But I usually try to make them obnoxiously tacky, and possibly even slightly embarrassing. For example, I've given out the follwing things:
A garden gnome spraypainted gold
A statue of a troll picking his nose
A scale alcohol barrel made of bronze with a smiling face on it
A piggy bank covered nose to tail with bright pink glitter
A porcelain arm
A coconut carved to look like two monkeys smoking a bong
I've usually found these things through yard sales, junk stores, or whatnot. Problem is that they can get expensive, and that I can't reliably find interesting stuff. So I wanted to ask if anyone knows of any good resources online that sell stuff like this. I do have a regular supplier of gnomes (don't ask), but anything weird and offbeat would be useful.
You don't happen to live in the Upper Midwest do you? Cause man this is the perfect job for Ax-Man Surplus. Just piles and piles of weird crap in that place. Too bad they don't do online sales.
You should consider trying to find a fake-jewel encrusted sweatshirt - possibly the tackiest thing I can think of. I'm sure there are tons on eBay. If not there, walmart, and I can't see it being more than 10 bucks. Thing is, that can also be useful since it seems to be popular these days to have a "tacky sweater" party.
Not bad ideas. I'm not neccesarily looking for something flashy-tacky, though that faerie dragon is probably going to be a purchase. Something more embarrassing to have around.
And the bedazzler idea is actually genius.
I do live in Brooklyn, so the Ax-Man Surplus place, while pretty much precisely what I need, is a bit too far. And I can't make a trip to Walmart, since the nearest one's in Jersey.
It's hilariously awful, but it is an original, framed, oil painting. $100 is pretty reasonable.
Shit, I've actaully seen a lot worse than that for more money at some local coffee shops.
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but that doesn't mean anyone's buying that terrible, overpriced art at the coffee shop
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but that doesn't mean anyone's buying that terrible, overpriced art at the coffee shop
True, I'm just saying I don't think $100 is a crazy price to ask. Like... if I had $100 to blow on art, I'd seriously consider it.
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life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Honestly, I've had a blast just thumbing through the awful catalog of the franklin mint and the bradford exchange at work.
yeah but the idea is cheap kitsch
would be pretty stupid to pay $15 for that
You see, the thing is anyone can make something that's cheap and bad and poorly made. The true greatness of bad things is when someone spends a lot of time and effort and love to make something truly ugly.
I have to say that a trip to your local china town should be something you do monthly. I once got this little yellow duck mug there thats says "QQ Mug" on it and that was a buck I have seen singing dildos clock work walking poop and a screaming santa that sounds like a homeless person.
Maybe it's just in my town, but BY THEE GODS does Ross have the fugliest shoes alive. Colors that should never run together. Patterns that should never cross those kind of lines. Gaaaah go now there's probably a new shipment full.
Also SKYMALL though that'd be your 'well I'm looking for expensive but useless' option.
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Yeah, if you are worried about the cost angle, then your local Goodwill or Salvation army will usually have piles and piles of hideous wall-hangings for like a buck each.
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The really bad things from Bradford Exchange or franklin mint actually cost real money, but some of the items are grade A tacky.
It doesn't get much tackier than this
You may be able to comb through those sites and find some reasonably priced items.
This is pretty bad and only $20
This too, for $20 it's hilariously bad.
Here's another
Billy Bass I think they may be called.
And the bedazzler idea is actually genius.
I do live in Brooklyn, so the Ax-Man Surplus place, while pretty much precisely what I need, is a bit too far. And I can't make a trip to Walmart, since the nearest one's in Jersey.
Angel Dog Tree Ornament
I can think of no finer reward for a job well done.
Edit: This is pretty bad too. Here you go
Honestly, I've had a blast just thumbing through the awful catalog of the franklin mint and the bradford exchange at work.
yeah but the idea is cheap kitsch
would be pretty stupid to pay $15 for that
I mean, come on $100?
get some PARTY RATS instead!
Haha, nice.
Or Bacon flavored lip balm
It's hilariously awful, but it is an original, framed, oil painting. $100 is pretty reasonable.
Shit, I've actaully seen a lot worse than that for more money at some local coffee shops.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
This is the best thing
True, I'm just saying I don't think $100 is a crazy price to ask. Like... if I had $100 to blow on art, I'd seriously consider it.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
You see, the thing is anyone can make something that's cheap and bad and poorly made. The true greatness of bad things is when someone spends a lot of time and effort and love to make something truly ugly.
kitschy crap can be fun, but paying lots of money for it is missing the fucking point
I was able to find this on sale.
Also SKYMALL though that'd be your 'well I'm looking for expensive but useless' option.
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