1. The perfect stocking stuffers for the music lover in your life: Björk and Bowie wooden ornaments ($12 each, Drake General Store, 1144 Queen West, 416-531-5042, and others, drakegeneralstore.ca).
2. Artist Julia Fish somehow makes Toronto’s sewer covers and TTC tokens look über-cool on these coasters (two for $20, Spacing, 401 Richmond West, 416-644-1017, spacingstore.ca)
3. Pretend you live somewhere much, much warmer with this Crystal Growing Saguaro cactus. The Saguaro usually takes more than 70 years to grow, but this mineral version grows in just hours ($10, Action Potential Lab, 451 Christie, 416-538-4100, actionpotentiallab.ca).
4. Who needs a barista who can’t spell your name when you have these handy coffee stencils ($11, shopAGO, 317 Dundas West, 416-979-6610, ago.net/shop)?
5. Just when you thought beards couldn’t get any cooler, BC-based company Big Red goes and makes this special-edition Live & Die handmade beard comb ($19.99, Etsy, etsy.com/ca/shop/bigredbeardcombs).
6. You don’t have to break the bank to impress your date with this crisp Cave Spring Riesling ($14.95, LCBO, 10 Scrivener Square, 416-922-0403, and others, lcbo.com).
7. Toronto highway camp socks by local silkscreen artists are so cute you’ll almost forget about all the hours you’ve spent in traffic jams ($18, Spacing).
8. Bring back the days of disposable cameras with this Ilford HP5+ single use camera 135 24+3 that shoots high-quality black-and-white photos ($13, shop.lomography.com).
9. Quirky made-in-Toronto Cate & Levi hand puppets are upcycled and sure to put a smile on any kid’s face ($20.30, Baby on the Hip, 969 Queen East, 416-465-4141, and other, babyonthehip.ca).
