Holiday Gift Guide

  • Mini-wallet
  • 1154 Lill Studio
  • 115 S. 13th Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 923-8030
  • www.1154lill.com
Heavy-duty cotton goes fashionably functional to keep credit cards, cash and keys neat, organized and compact. Available in a variety of patterns. $25
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Cold weather calls for heavy-duty care and this herbal-and-essential-oil infused intensive hydrating treatment will keep all the digits soft and moisturized all winter long. $20 for 4 oz.
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  • Vintage Batman Wall Art
  • Absolute Pop
  • 137 S. 13th Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • (215) 733-0196
  • www.absolutepopart.com
Straight from the pages of DC Comics, the masked superhero strikes an iconic pose on a lightweight metal wall hanging. $15
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A morning shower turns into a luxurious event with this trio of hand-made soaps drenched in shea butter, aloe, herbs and aromatic essential oils.
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Choose from one of three colorful floral designs and say "Many Thanks" with professionally designed express notes. $25.
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  • Charm Locket
  • Fivi
  • 138 N. 3rd Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 965-8685
Dream of faraway adventures and adorn a neck chain, bracelet or even a zipper with a whimsical suitcase-shaped gold-toned charm that can also be a tiny locket. $20.
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  • Table Topics Gourmet Edition
  • Foster's Homeware
  • 399 Market Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 825-0950
  • www.shopfosters.com
What piece of kitchen equipment do you covet? What’s the best meal you’ve ever cooked? Start a gourmet gabfest with 135 food-related conversation topics and question cards packaged in a stylish Lucite cube. $25.
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When the urge to splurge hits, just whip one of these small, lightweight, self-wrapped eco-friendly shopping bags out of your purse and you are ready to shop. 3 for $25.
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  • Patriots, Pirates, Heroes & Spies
  • Historic Philadelphia, Inc.
  • 115 S. 3rd Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 629-4027
  • www.historicphiladelphia org
Stories of Quaker spies, imaginative inventors, rowdy pirates and other little-known tales from America’s past that have fascinated audiences at the Storytelling Benches in Historic Philadelphia have been captured in an easy-to-read children’s hardback book $9.95
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Get that designer handbag off the restaurant floor and hang it beneath the table with fold-up handbag hooks, available in a faux cloisonné design or gem-like stones surrounded by rhinestones. $15.
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  • Demi-Grande Chocolat Gift Box
  • Lacroix Restaurant
  • 210 W. Rittenhouse Square
  • Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • (215) 790-2533
  • www.lacroixrestaurant.com
Each of the 24 pieces of hand-dipped, rich, dark chocolate are filled with raspberry, caffee’, hazelnut and other toothsome flavors and worth every last calorie. $15 per half-pound.
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Kids and adults will look forward to bedtime so they can don these cute, bright green chenille frog-shaped slippers. The one-size fits-most foot warmers also come in the shapes of pink pigs and white sheep. $21.
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  • Laptop Lunch
  • MainLine GreenHome
  • 812 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn
  • Philadelphia, PA 19333
  • (610) 644-7336
  • www.mainlinegreenhome.com
Healthy lunches can be fun lunches when you pack it in this colorful, microwaveable carrying case that opens into a convenient tray. A removable inner liner, sealed lid dip containers for salad dressings and sauces, and stainless fork and spoon make it easy to send the kids off with a hearty meal. $20.99.
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  • Cabernet Chocolate Sauce
  • Pinot
  • 227 Market Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 627-9463
  • www.pinotboutique.com
Flavored with a subtle hint of cabernet, this chocolate sauce is meant to be drizzled over cake or ice cream but it is so yummy your favorite foodie might want to eat it straight up with a spoon. $20.
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  • Black and White Wine Totes
  • Scarlett Fiorella
  • 113 S. 13th Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • (215) 922-1955
  • www.scarletfiorella.com
Show up at one of Philly’s many BYOB’s or a dinner party in style with these chic cotton wine totes embroidered with Good food, Good wine, Good friends and Life is a cabernet my friend. $12 each. Available at Scarlet Fiorella
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  • Relaxation Tea & Beauty Pack
  • TBar
  • 117 S. 12th Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • (215) 625-3936
  • www.tbarteas.com.
Take a break from hectic holidays with this combo of relaxing Serenitea (green tea, lemon, chamomile blend), soothing bath salts, scented soap by skinnyskinny, and delectable tea cookies. $25.
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  • Money Clip
  • The 5 Senses
  • 133 West Market St.
  • West Chester, PA 19382
  • 610-719-0170
  • www.the5senses.com
Feel like a millionaire when you stash your cash in this hand-crafted money clip. Made of rare burled woods from the Pacific Islands, each piece is highly polished and one-of-a-kind. $24.
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Just slather on this shaving cream, luxuriously rich with coconut oils, essential oils and glycerin, and enjoy the smooth, sleek shave you’ve always dreamed of. $22.
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  • Hand-Painted Ceramic Piggy Bank
  • The Papery
  • 57 N. 3rd Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 922-1500
  • www.paperyofphilly.com
Kids will want to save some of their allowance when they drop coins into the playfully colorful ceramic piggy bank. Each bank is hand-painted with different designs – stripes, flowers, dots or squiggles and come in fun shades of bright green, blue, pink, red and other primary colors. $12.
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  • Faux Snakeskin Bangle Bracelets
  • Three Sirens
  • 134 N. 3rd Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 925-3548,
  • www.threesirens.com
Style comes in three sizes – thin, thinner and thinnest in this trio of faux snakeskin bangles rimmed with gold trim. Available in red, tan or black. $20.
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  • Business Card Case
  • Tony
  • 47 N. 3rd Street,
  • Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • (215) 592-8669
  • www.tonyonthird.com
Add some pizzazz to the 9-to-5 routine with colorful, rhinestone-accented business card cases in fuschia or turquoise. $24.00
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  • Jewel-toned Serve Ware
  • Town Home
  • 126 S. 19th Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • (215) 972-5100
  • www.townhomephila.com
Even the simplest meal tastes like a gourmet feast when served with jewel-toned table ware. Imported from Paris, each butter knife, cheese plane or bottle opener sports a pearlized handle available in sapphire, emerald, gold, ruby and other colors. $25 per piece.
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With 25 easy-to-follow hors d’oeuvres recipe cards and the companion mood-setting smooth jazz CD, just call a few friends and you have an instant cocktail party. $21.99.
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  • Wooden Zebra Bowl
  • University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 3260 South Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19104
  • (215) 898-4000
  • www.museum.upenn.edu
Accented with a zebra, elephant, giraffe or leopard, these hand-carved bowls from Kenya will cause a mini-stampede, especially when filled with nuts or candies. $24.
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  • Cooling Eye Balm
  • Ursula’s About Phace
  • 1700 Sansom Street, Suite 201
  • Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • (215) 557-1562
  • www.aboutphace201.com
Holiday parties can take their toll but a dab this chamomile and herbal extract balm will have you looking like you just awoke from a refreshing night’s sleep. $25.
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