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Valentine's Day Gift Guide Vancouver

JANUARY 26TH, 2010

Valentine's Day Gift Guide Vancouver

The Olympics may eclipse Valentine's Day this year, but we still have love for the saccharine celebration with a slew of offbeat and saucy gift ideas. Herewith, our picks:

An inscription vase (from $135) let's you write a love message (and erase it) and a porcelain love charm ($15) says it too, but with fragility. At Walrus, www.walrushome.com

A cashmere pashmina in a bright pink or deep red hue is sure to catch the eye of Cupid. $120 at Gravity Pope Tailored Goods, www.gravitypope.com

Play Sugar Mama with a retro Candyland board game from upscale New York sweetshop Dylan's Candy Bar. $35 at Holt Renfrew, www.holtrenfrew.com

Art Action Figures of Yoko Ono, Courtney Love or Missy Elliot are better than a teddy bear and can be used as voodoo doll of a former flame in a pinch. $50 at Chachkas, www.chachkas.ca

Show someone you embrace their flaws, whether it's a bald head or small stature, with one of Usus' Misfits dolls. $25 at Vincent Park, www.vincentpark.wordpress.com

Pin the Mr. on the Man game makes for naughty fun with your gal pals. $12.95 at Signed, Sealed, Delivered, www.signedsealeddelivered.ca

Grant your man his vices with a silver flask and cigar holder set. $78.95 at Moule, www.moulestores.com

Sometimes what seems wrong together is so very right, like the marriage of salty and sweet in Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix. $15 at Mr. Lee's General Store and Haberdashery, 109 E. Broadway, Vancouver, 604-816-4409.

There's no shame in a one-night stand when you come prepared with Urban Aid's Shame on You kit. $28 at Oliver + Lilly's, www.oliverandlillys.com

Someecards.com postcards ($12.95) and Yep Jep anti-Valentines ($30) will give your friends, enemies and lovers a hearty chuckle.

Before dating profiles, there were silhouettes. Send pictures of you and your Lavalife love to Miss Crowland and she'll turn it into an old fashioned portrait. $35 pair at www.etsy.com

Give a bigger rock than Ben Affleck bestowed on J.Lo in the form of hot pink Brazilian agate bookends. $125 at Cross Decor & Design, www.thecrossdesign.com

 

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