15 tiny but memorable stocking stuffers
LA TimesThis is part of the L.A. Times 2022 Gift Guide. $27.20 at Amazon Aventurine crystal pillow Considered a good luck stone, this variety of quartz “brings optimism” and “stimulates renewal on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels,” according to the website for Open Eye Crystals, a metaphysical supply store in L.A.’s Carthay neighborhood. $22 at Open Eye Crystals LACMA Chris Burden ‘Urban Light’ pin What better way to tell someone “you light up my life” than to give them a tiny cloisonné enamel pin depicting Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” installation of 202 working streetlamps that’s become one of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s most Instagram-worthy spots. LACMA’s pin offerings also include three individual lamp styles from the installation, as well as pins based on other pieces in the museum’s permanent collection including “White Cat,” “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” and “Peony Still Life.” LACMA members save $1 off the listed retail price. $23.99 at Victorinox TartufLanghe black truffle salt This family-owned company serves up a variety of truffle-enhanced products, including white truffle honey and Tartufissima, but when it comes to pairing tiny and tasty, you can’t get much better than its super-cute, super-small 30-gram jars filled with hand-harvested sea salt from Guérande flecked with bits of black truffle.