Yeowww! catnip from DuckyWorld is the best dang catnip I’ve ever tried. . . well, the best ‘nip my cat has ever tried. When you sniff a Yeowww! toy, you can tell you’ve found the Dom Pérignon of the kitty happy plant.

And we’re giving away three Yeowww! catnip toys! ! Just in time for the meowlidays, er, holidays, one lucky kitty will win a catnip candy cane, Christmas tree, and Chanukah toy.

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Sometimes you never know you need something that you didn’t realize ever existed until you figure out it was what you wanted all along. . . kind of like these lip balm key rings from Etsy artist lavenderlizard. Keep your lip balm snug as a bug and handily clipped to your key ring, significantly reducing the number of Chapsticks you’ll lose in the dark abyss that is your purse. The perfect size for stockings or to affix to a holiday card. Fill it with applesauce to make it a more complete gift. Wait, no. That’s not right. Fill it with LIP BALM to make it a more complete gift. Fill it with applesauce to make it bizarre and useless gift.

What can you find on Etsy? A community of artists who, as a whole, care about their customers and their products. I’ll be writing regular posts about my ETSY finds, both because of the unique selection of gifts available through the site, and because I think it’s important to support individual artists.

To start, I’d like to recommend Savor. Savor is the creation of Lisa, a computer tech and soapstress in Northern Cal who’s managed to fuse her love of cooking and her mastery of glycerin to create some really fabulous soap products.

When I’m writing with a standard ball-point pen, there’s nothing. No chemistry. No zing. Sure, it’s functional, but where’s the personality?

Enter, the Kooky Klickers. (Mine is named Myron.) He smiles. He’s got Koosh-esque hair. He’s a klicky pen. And each style is a limited-time release, making them kollectible. (Yeah, I’m really sticking with the whole “k” thing.)