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Urban Thrift

Thrift store

9850 Walnut Hill Ln. 214.341.1151 Facebook.com/UrbanThriftStore

New stuff & sales everyday! We accept ALL donations! You’re welcome to come drop them off or schedule a FREE pick up! We give back to our community!

My Office

Shipping and Office Supplies

9660 Audelia Road, Suite 123 214-221-0011 myofficelh.com

Hoopla to ensure local families are in the holiday spirit.

“We were trying to figure out a way to give back to the community … and what better way than shop and play,” says Ashley Bundis, the marketing services and program director of the JCC.

At the inaugural event, get a head start on holiday shopping. Parents can peruse jewelry, clothing, home décor and other wares, while children can create DIY arts and crafts. Two kids launching their own businesses debut their products at Hanukkah Hoopla, too.

The menu includes latkes, of course, but also expect food typically found at festivals, like Dippin’ Dots. Indoor and outdoor activities ranging from game trucks to train rides are part of the afternoon festivities. In case the kiddos become overwhelmed with all the excitement, Jewish Family Services is staffing a quiet room to help them calm down.

Hanukkah Hoopla

Noon-4 p.m. Dec. 11

Jccdallas.org

Rob Watkins

Residential Mortgage Lender

BancorpSouth Mortgage Cell 214.926.5836 rob.watkins@bxs.com whiterockmortgageguy.com NMLS 1403412

Rob can give you freedom, comfort, and happiness by helping you acquire the home of your dreams. If you already own your dream home, take advantage of Rob’s complimentary mortgage consultation. Either way, call the White Rock Mortgage Guy today!

Lake Highlands Acupuncture

Bryan Ellett, L.Ac.

10252 E. Northwest Highway 214.267.8636 lakehighlandsacupuncture.com

My Office is your one stop shop for all your Christmas needs. We sell gifts for all ages plus you can mail your packages anywhere from here, using several carriers. Gift wrapping is available. Santa’s letters can be mailed here.

The World Health Organization recommends acupuncture for: chronic pain, high blood pressure, depression/anxiety, digestive problems (IBS, heartburn), common cold, allergies and more! Come see why! Now accepting insurance!

MAD HATTERS whiterockcenterofhope.org

Thrift Shop

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HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS WHITE

ROCK CENTER OF HOPE’S THRIFT SHOP

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MILITARY MOMS-

CARE PACKAGE

JOLLY (AND HARDWORKING)

OL’ ST. NICK

NETWORK’S SANTA HOLIDAY PROJECT lhexchangeclub.org

Military Moms

ELF, SCHMELF

An entrepreneurial Lake Highlands couple presents a little friendly competition for a certain ubiquitous pixie, with their 2015-initiated endeavor, which offers a positive alternative to “threat-based Christmas toys and stories like ‘The Elfon theShelf.’” It’s rooted in a beautifully illustrated book called “THE SPIRIT POST,” and it “uses positive motivation to encourage kids to do acts of kindness daily,” according to co-creator Amelia Cardenas, an immigration lawyer. Her husband and project partner Arik is a photographer. The Spirit Post uses not elves but cuddly messenger owls to deliver notes about good deeds to Santa and his team. The famous Elf, contrarily, is more of a snitch, reporting kids’ bad deeds to Santa. (We’ve seen it in action, and, in Elf’s defense, it keeps impressionable-aged children in line). Amelia wrote the book, which contains the backstory about a Christmas-spirit shortage at the North Pole. Artist Jessica Lanan illustrated it. Packages include the book, a plush snowy owl and a notebook for recording messages, and isavailable on Amazon.com

Make Your Mark

Members of large families or anyone who has trouble keeping track of whose stuff is whose, as well as drinkers aiming to keep tabs on their beverages, will appreciate the work of KRISTY and SARA CRAWFORD, purveyors of all things embroidered. Personalized Styrofoam cups, comfy moccasins, casserole carriers, school supplies, bibs, blankets, T-shirts and the ever-popular pick-a-pattern koozies, each with a precisely stitched name or initials, are all items available from the mother-daughter team at twofunnygirls.com

Festive Feet

Lake Highlands resident TOM BROWNING a few years back quit his day job to focus fulltime on his pedi-project, Foot Cardigan. Browning is one of the five founders of this subscription-based sock-of-the-month club that launched last summer. Customers sign up to receive (or give) a randomly chosen pair of “delightfully unusual” socks in the mail for $9 a month. For $17 a month, you can get a subscription for yourself plus one. “For the price of two lattes a month, you get something fun,” Browning says. “You can wear them with uniforms, pants, shorts and, unfortunately, sandals. We neither judge nor condone that.” The guys offer three-, six-, nine- and 12-month subscriptions. At footcardigan.com

Memory Maker

Through trial and error JULIEANN

BEVER perfected the craft of creating personal mementos. She uses finger, palm and feet prints to create keepsakes for parents, pet owners and gift givers. She’s just about perfected the art of wheedling wiggly babies into handing over their paws for the cause. Once prints are secured, she uses them as the centerpiece for one-of-a-kind objects. As holidays approach, Christmas ornaments are the No. 1 seller, she says. “Some moms come back year after year for a new ornament. Others are just totally giddy to have one that says, ‘First Christmas 2016.’ Moms love to document everything their kids do. I have a cute baby-footprints design that I call: Mistle-toes.” She also makes mittens displaying handprints and footprint-stamped stockings. Your imagination is the only limit to what can be done, within reason, of course, at pintsizedprints.com

IT’S PERSONAL

More personalized made-in-the-hood ornaments hail from the hands of Lake Highlands mom KATIE FUERST. Faithful shop-local advocates say ornament shoppers need look no further than Fuerst Editions. “What I love about [Katie’s] ornaments is: They are beautiful and so well done. She custom makes each one so they are all unique. And she’s a neighbor and I love supporting neighborhood businesses and friends,” reader and neighbor Krista Curnutt says. Fuerst even hosts painting parties for members of the senior class at Lake Highlands High School (or, more likely, their moms) to customize ornaments with prospective college colors. “I’ve ordered from her for the past couple of years,” Curnutt says, “and what is so nice is that as each of my children move from activity to activity, and high school to college, and so on, I can add an ornament to my family holiday tree that is unique to them and what is going on in their lives.”

Tacky Tops

It will appeal to two groups of neighborhood residents — senior retirees, especially retired teachers, and hipsters, those millennials who embrace, and sometimes abuse, irony. It is the bad Christmas sweater — the gaudier, the tackier, the more three-dimensional, the better. Members of both categories populate our neighborhood, and still more reluctantly will participate in those Ugly Christmas Sweat-