For those who partake in Christmas tradition, finding presents for friends and family is often a huge and stressful burden that some tend to put off until the last minute possible. You want to find something useful, meaningful, or appreciable for everyone in your inner circle, and that takes a great deal of time, effort, and money (not just for the gift itself, but the gas to get there).
That’s why every December, we publish a gift guide to highlight a cross section of gift ideas from our retail advertisers. These are unique items representative of their outlets, and within a moderate budget. If one less person gets trampled to death this holiday season because we save them the trouble of defaulting to Wally’s, then we have done our duty.
Choose from a beautiful selection of tea pots of every shape, size, and style. For practical use, take a look at the larger pots that can easily hold twice as much as your standard teapot. For show, choose from clever, fancy, and elaborate designs. At the high end is the stunning oriental dragon teapot, which would easily pass as an artifact right out of a museum.
Naked Leaf carries a wide range of organic herbal tea blends, which you can get nicely packaged in a tin. The Naked Leaf’s tea tins feature artwork from local artists, and you can pick your preferred design! If you don’t know what type of tea to get, then you may instead opt to give a gift bundle with a selection of tea samples, or even something as neat as an authentic bamboo tea cup.
Ladies, have you ever felt unnecessarily like a leather queen as you use a strap-on harness? Then A Little More Interesting carries something a little more comfortable for you – the Spare Parts Harness. It comes in three sizes, with a selection of colors, it is machine washable, can accommodate a double-sided attachment and even an external vibrator. Practical AND sexy!
Maybe a friend would appreciate something to spice up their romance, and maybe these items are so good that you’ll get some for yourself too! Colore Moí’s Kissable Body Paint and Kissable Pleasure Water are not like other “edible” products that taste awful or overly sweet. The body paint comes in vanilla, lemon, orange, banana, chocolate, mint, and strawberry flavours – all in different colours, and they taste great (I sampled a few myself)! The pleasure water comes in Mango and Chocolate flavours, and sprays on as a mist for you to “kiss” off.
Artwork comes on all sorts of unique canvases, but you wouldn’t usually guess a skateboard. These boards feature the tattoo artwork of US artist Tyson McAdoo, and there are 11 designs to choose from. Display them on your wall as a collector’s item, or attach your own wheels and ride them! But if you find the boards frivolous, you can obtain a poster print of the artwork instead.
Is someone you know in need of some “bling”? Perhaps one of these belt buckles can help. Choose from a variety of bad-ass designs, many even peppered with rhinestones. It’s like a drag queen that you can fit in your pocket, except you put her
