Holiday gifts for under $50
Even if cute isn’t your thing, it’s hard to resist mice that add a little Bohemian chic to the Christmas tree. We gave this pair an ethereal tree of their own -- handblown glass grapes, actually, that we stood up in planter of pebbles.
Mice $12 a piece, glass tree $38, Colcha, 1416 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, (310) 392-3600 (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Even the most devoted dog person would have to smile at illustrator Hajime Okamoto’s annual cat calendar, this year featuring felines in their gardening, surfing and trombone-playing glory.
$20, Plastica, 8405 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, (323) 655-1051 (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Giant snail shells play host to a different bit of life: air plants that even a brown thumb could keep alive.
$29.99 including wire hanger at Kellygreen, 2149 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (213) 353-0488 (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)