Dallas - December 02, 2008

The Present Prescription

2008 Holiday Gift Guide for Girls

Your gal pals have more mood swings than Britney Spears off the meds.

This holiday season, give ’em a dose of their own medicine.

Keep Ms. Personality’s sched in line with a letterpressed calendar by Linda & Harriett (StellaDallas, 4346 Lovers Lane; 214-691-0000) made with soy-based ink and 30 percent post-consumer waste paper.

Chalkboard China (Flavors from Afar, 6712 Snider Plaza; 214-696-2327) will let Schizo Sally express her many sides. The Southlake-based company’s blackboard surface tabletop wares — vases, platters, wine glasses — come with chalk for instant messaging.

An edgy yet feminine Hunter Dixon coat (Melanie Gayle, 6818 Snider Plaza; 214-369-1700) is doctor’s orders for fashiony friends. Cure bling withdrawals with Catherine Nicole baubles. Order online by Christmas and the Austin-based jeweler will send 25 percent of sales to The Foundation for Tomorrow, which provides scholarships for African orphans to attend boarding schools in their home countries.

Take a shot for Hostess Holly with edible peppermint candy cane drinkware (Pogo’s Wine & Spirits, 5360 West Lovers Lane; 214-350-8989). She can thank guests with a new stationery collection by local artist Amy Halko (lovefiggy@yahoo.com).

Give hopeless romantics a spoonful of sugar with a Love Quotes scarf (L.Bartlett, 3699 McKinney Avenue, suite 302; 214-521-3500). The Italian linen wraps come with a sweet saying on the tag, and 10 percent of proceeds goes to international children’s charities.

Talk about retail therapy.

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