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gift ideas "Think local." is the advice Annie Crawford of the Spirit of the Cove Gallery gives creative Christmas shoppers. "You can play Santa to our North Shore artists by purchasing one of their works." said Crawford. Spirit of the Cove features a wide range of visual an, not surprisingly, by North Shore artists such as Charles Van Sandwyk and Damian George. This November and December at Spirit of the Cove (4391 Gallant Ave., Deep Cove) are weekly art & craft fairs. Pictured below: A limited edition print by Damian George. Prints sell for $50 and up. Holiday Gift Ideas (129 West Esplanade. North Vancouver) where you'll find some unique Christmas gifts. "Our focus is bears of the Northwest," said owner Muriel Olsen. "We're featuring an exhibition of work by Sue Coleman, who's done some wonderful work depicting the While Kennode bears, along with bear sculptures by Tom Lamont and the best selling book Spirit Bear by Charles Russell." Below: limited edition, full-size, print of Sue Coleman's A La Kennode. Retail: $350. Arts Alive's West Vancouver's new Deslino A n & Gift Gallery (2422 Marine Dr.. West Vancouver) has gifts to suit budgets big or small. "The wood work of Don Head is beautiful and very affordable," says Destino coowner Trudy Van Dop. "Don is a self-taught master woodcarver, and we have some of his carvings available for as little as $20. His small birds (pictured above) are very popular and sell for only $25," says Van Dop. The British Columbia Boy's Choir has an excellent CD, Legacy, for sale for $18.95. It's a wonderful selection of seasonal music spanning the choir's 27-year history, and would make a unique and special addition to anyone's music collection. Every year local stone sculptor Michael Binkley gives a showing of smaller pieces (like the one pictured below) to accommodate for the holiday giving season. Binkley creates original stone sculptures that are the perfect gift for those people who have everything. Stone flower vases from $35. hand-held marble birds from $95, or coffee-table sculptures of bears and whales for higher budgets. This year the Holiday Gift Show will be held from Dec. 8-10. For more information call 984-8574. If you happen to be in Edgemont Village, stop by Sylvan (3080 Edgemont Blvd.. North Vancouver). "At Sylvan, we've always put the focus on unique gifts for Christmas. One-of-a-kind pottery and crafts make excellent gifts. We also have a wonderful selection of candles in all colours and sizes from beeswax to floating. They're very popular and affordable," says Andrea Gehry of Sylvan. Pictured below are some of the gifts available at Sylvan. Christmas '95 will be a beary merry one at the Queensdale Gallery