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Stylish servingware, cheeky coffee mugs, beautiful bath kits and more.
The slim, fits-in-a-purse profile of the A6 memobottle ($39) is about to make round water bottles obsolete. Nineteen Ten, Vancouver, nineteenten.ca; Tiny Feast, Winnipeg, tinyfeast.com
The peripatetic chefís first cookbook in 10 years, Anthony Bourdain’s Appetites: A Cookbook ($41) shares the top dishes everyone should have in their repertoire. chapters.indigo.ca
Plain plates get a glamour blast with Metallic Dots serveware (from $13.50), which is pitch-perfect for holiday entertaining. Crate and Barrel, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, crateandbarrel.ca
Juicing is so 2015. The Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 spiralizer ($45) transforms veggies and fruits—we’re looking at you, zucchini—into long noodle-like strands that can stand in for pasta. Walmart, Vancouver and Victoria, walmart.ca
For your favourite architect who already has everything (including a sense of humour): the ArchitectsAre Ass#@!&$ mug ($30). Vancouver Special, Vancouver, shop.vanspecial.com
These minimalist white antlers and feathers dipped in gold are breathing new life into the ornament game ($15). Chapters Indigo, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, chapters.indigo.ca
Made-in-Vancouver’s Woodlot wraps up its top-selling bamboo charcoal soap, rose-and-palo santo refreshing mist and woodsy incense bundle into one easy-to-gift Palo Santo package ($35). One of a Few, Vancouver, oneofafew.com; the Green Kiss, Victoria, thegreenkiss.com; The Uncommons, Calgary, theuncommons.ca; Maven and Grace Vintage, Edmonton, mavenandgrace.com; Oak and Lily, Winnipeg,oakandlily.ca
Competition for holiday sweets is fierce, yet Mast Brothers chocolate bars ($5) rise to the top with specialty flavours (smoke, goat’s milk and olive oil) and cool art-history-class packaging. Habitat Etc, Edmonton, habitatetc.com
Fight those cold Canadian winters with the Plantiful Banish Dry Skin salve ($30), made with Alberta beeswax and herb-infused olive oil. plantiful.ca
Vancouver’s rock star ceramicist Russell Hackney channels Scandi cool with his new cabin-vibes collection of mugs, bowl and jugs (from $48). Walrus Home, Vancouver, walrushome.com
A subscription to 49 Below Ice Cream (from $22) means two pints of handmade ice cream with flavours likeVietnamese coffee and chocolate cinnamon crunch are delivered to your door each month. Yes, please. 49 Below Ice Cream, Victoria, 49below.ca
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