Outer Banks Gifts & Specialty Stores

The southern-most commercial business in Avon, just north of Canadian Hole, they sell necessities and fun stuff. Gas, beer and wine, groceries, beach items, sunscreen, bait, tackle, ice, beach toys, T-shirts, local interest books, maps, charts, cards, souvenirs, gifts, flags, and more. There's an automatic car wash with undercarriage and a manual car wash. Money orders and money wiring services available.

Fill any prescription. They offer a variety of over-the-counter medicines, sundries, beach supplies, office supplies and more.

This shop features birdhouses, aromatherapy oils, lighthouses, handpainted shirts, antique quilted heirlooms, whimsical art, designer dolls, and baskets. There are also wood crafts, cake candles, and lots and lots of lace. This shop is open Easter through mid-November.

Deep Blue is a large store with a wide variety of clothing, gifts, beach gear and accessories.

Specializing in beach-home decor, Dockside Hatteras sells sofas, chairs, tables, barstools, beds and chests, plus home necessities like colorful shower curtains, bath mats, pots and pans, dishes, glasses, dish towels and more. Home accents such as end tables, mirrors, framed prints, lamps, rugs and throw pillows are also available. Dockside Hatteras delivers.

Enjoy the smell of potpourri that greets you at Home Port Gifts. They offer potpourri plus candles, baskets, artwork, seashells, chimes and many other items of home decor. You'll love their selection of silver jewelry here. Located in the same building as Cape Hatteras Realty.

Over 200 wines & champagnes. Whole bean coffee, selection of cheese, dips, gourmet food items, gifts & gift baskets.

Windsocks, Spinners, Baskets, Twisters... Did you say FLAGS! They have many to choose from! Flowers, Animals, Holidays, Themes... Stunt (Sport) Kites have two lines so you can perform tricks. They carry a huge selection for all skill levels and they make great gifts.

This tiny store houses a lot more than you could imagine from the outside: Stained glass, gifts, home decor, toe rings, anklets and other jewelry and a lot more. Next to Colony Realty.

Mad Mad Hatteras is a shopping extravaganza that features art-to-wear, clothing, footwear and all sorts of accessories. There are gifts aplenty from artful to zany, bubbly bath and body, and a fountain of other fun stuff. Look for them in the heart of Avon next to Nino's Pizza.

In the same building as the Breeze Thru, this shop sells ornaments, home accents, local artwork, stained glass, seashells, wind chimes and other items that add a special touch to any decor. They also sell jewelry and saltwater taffy.

Handcrafted on the Outer Banks since 1974, the rope hammocks, hammock swings and chairs are a favorite souvenir that will put you in a vacation mood all year long. The ropes, wood and hardware used in Nags Head Hammocks are weather-resistant and hold up extremely well. Stop by to see the hammocks being crafted onsite.

Ocean Annie's has been a longtime fixture on the Outer Banks shopping scene, and it's a gallery that people return to year after year. Functional and decorative pottery is the specialty, especially the work of Bill Campbell. You'll also find jewelry, wind chimes, candles, stained glass, neat wooden boxes, the popular Peggy Karr fused glass plates and gourmet coffee beans.

Beach-themed gifts for everyone, whether you want inexpensive souvenirs or treasures. They sell swimwear, clothes, Tshirts and sweatshirts, and tons of souvenirs.

A gift shop that offers shells, souvenirs, lighthouses, jewelry, stained glass, glass items, and clothing.

Next to Ocean Atlantic Rentals, T-Shirt Whirl has got you covered in the T-shirt department. Choose from one of many designs, or design your own with decals and letters.

The Fisherman's Daughter was a great variety of clothing, gifts and jewelry.

Let your creativity shine in this make-your-own jewelry store. Hundreds of beads, including handmade, crystals, semiprecious stones, charms and seed beads, plus hemp to design your own necklaces, bracelets, earrings and other jewelry. Make the jewelry here. Lessons are offered. All the supplies you need are available, including books.

Feeling a bit nutty? This store sells gourmet roasted nuts, chocolate-covered nuts, honey-roasted nuts and others in all kinds of flavors and varieties. There's also chocolates, candy, popcorn, cookie mixes, drink mixes, T-shirts and an incredible assortment of hot sauces.

This gift shop offers a great variety. You'll find stained glass, flags, hammocks, jewelry, nautical items, hats, T-shirts and lots of lighthouses. It's between the post office and the school.

Dillon's Corner is a gas station, tackle shop and gift shop offering a variety of nautical items.

Just past the Fish House Restaurant, the Hatteras Toy Store offers the best selection of educational and fun toys on the island. Currently popular toys like Thomas the Tank Engine, Beanie Babies, Groovy Girls, and imaginative toys like music and musical instruments, art supplies, dress-up clothes, puppets, games, puzzles and more.

This is a fun little shop. The owners are artists who display their photographs and woodwork. They stock a variety of other antiques, hand-blown glass, soaps, herbs, spices, books, pottery, carved primitive shorebirds and more.

Artists Scott Geib and Stephanie Kiker Geib capture the mood of Hatteras Island and Buxton in their artwork. This gallery is the place to take it all in. Scott photographs local scenes, including the famous shot of the moon rising behind the lighthouse. Stephanie paints vivid images available as prints or on tiles, magnets, clocks, trivets, T-shirts, switchplates and more.

A fixture on the island surfing scene since 1977, Natural Art is all about serious surfing. They shape custom boards and create custom artwork, so you can design your own. They sell new and used boards; and rent surf boards, body boards and wetsuits. They do repairs, too. All the surfing support gear is there: clothing, wetsuits, footwear, rash guards, accessories, and sunscreen. Check out their surf video rentals.

A fun place to spend some time, Ocean Notions offers gifts and souvenirs, jewelry, T-shirts, clothes, swimsuits, board shorts, sandals and other things you need for your vacation.

You won't miss the shocking yellow building near the lighthouse entrance – and you wouldn't want to. One of three locations of The Cottage Shop, it's become an Outer Banks favorite for home decor and wedding gifts. From functional to decorative, there's items for the kitchen, bath, dining room, bedroom, porch and garden. You can actually outfit an entire rental cottage with their specialized packages.

One of those stores that vacationers can't wait to return to each year, this store is located in an historic island home. Inside is tons of treasures and gifts, much of it handcrafted. The selection includes Christmas decorations, baskets, wreaths, cross-stitch, woodwork, birdhouses, dolls, knickknacks, potpourri, plants, garden statuary, birdbaths, shells and much more.

The Red Drum, serving Hatteras Island since 1954, is housed in a long strip on the east side of Highway 12. There's a tackle shop, a beach supply and grocery store, a gas station, an auto parts store, and an auto repair shop. They provide bait, tackle, supplies, gear, advice, and rod building and repair. Then you can go over to get all the groceries you'll need for the trip.

Pick out greeting cards or note cards for any occasion, helium balloons or a gift for a friend; make copies, send a fax, or use one of their computers to surf the Internet at a reasonable rate.

Local artwork, pottery and decoys.

Three Scrumptious Locations! TimBuck II, Corolla; Scarborough Faire, Duck; & Kitty Hawk Connection, Nags Head.

Imported home accents and accessories.

Imported cigars and smoking accessories from around the world.

All of your beach and souvenir needs and rental equipment.

Pottery, jewelry, wood, glass. Contemporary crafts.

The place to buy beer, wine and party supplies.

Fine American handcrafts.

Wide variety of apparel, unique jewelry, hats, shoes, locally crafted gifts, large selection of unusual tee shirts, charmingly displayed.

Rare Larimar & tantanite Caribbean Jewelry, Caribbean love bracelets, authentic Spanish coin jewelry, Java Batik Sarongs/Fabric, Java teak furniture.

Spices, specialties & unique food items too extensive to list! Kitchen gadgets, knives, linens. Custom gift baskets.

NC food products & gourmet coffees & sunsets. Free taste samples. Baskets made to order, shipping available throughout US.

All of your beach and souvenir needs and rental equipment.Gourmet

A Lilly Pulitzer® Signature Store in Duck.

Pottery, jewelry, wood, glass. Contemporary crafts.

Fine American handcrafts.

Home Decor and so much more

Explore rooms filled with country furnishings, local crafts, decoys, souvenirs, collectibles, Christmas ornaments & Dept.56 Villages-Gold Key Dealer. (252) 261-4828. Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Duck

Collection of local crafts, seashells, baskets, flowers, hand carved shore birds, local art, fudge, & Duck T-shirts. Open 10-6 off season, June-Aug 9-9. Open year round.

Extensive selections from the experts at Elizabeth's Cafe.

All of the products in this gallery are handcrafted by Outer Banks artists, mostly from the island. This is the place to look for very original works: paintings, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, woodworks, photographs, baskets, handmade journals and more. Most days, native painter Wayne Fulcher is at work here.

Down Highway 12 on your way into Frisco, don't miss the first shop in the village. It carries an amazing selection of local artwork, glass and wood carvings, jewelry, T-shirts and driftwood. The selection of seashells and specimen shells is impressive, and there are a lot of nautical-inspired home-decor items and toys.

Potters Wes Lassiter and Rhonda Bates own this working studio. You can often catch them at the wheel, and see their functional and decorative pieces on display in the gallery. Rhonda and several other local painters are represented in the painting gallery. From May through September, the theater is open for the Frisco Jubilee, an opry-style show featuring local musicians, poets and personalities.

Hatteras Island's First and Finest Gourmet Fudge!  Made right on the premises and so good that it was featured on the Food Channel!  More than 30 fudge flavors to choose from including several flavors of sugar-free fudge.  22 flavors of salt water taffy, 24 flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans and a large selection of seashells, T-shirts, and great gifts.  Hermit Crab races every Friday from mid-June through Labor Day.

A little shop in an older cottage, with the front yard full of plants for sale, and the inside stocked with antiques and fun things. They sell artwork, rugs, pottery and garden accessories. You might be welcomed by a big yellow Labrador named Paddington.

This Little Cottage is a very unique store featuring furniture, clothing and shabby chic items.

Fresh baked breads, pastries, pizza and desserts; special occasion cakes.

Beach Pharmacy provides a full-service pharmacy and all the over-counter medications, necessities and sundries you'll need. Next to Village Video, on the north end of Buxton.

Adventure through room after room filled with handmade local crafts, traditional and country furnishings and ornaments for any holiday occasion. Outer Banks seashore arts, nautical gifts, lighthouses, jewelry, dolls, collectibles, quality souvenirs, decoy carvings and much, much more.

The Salty Gourmet offers a wide selection of fancy foods, artisan cheeses, fine wine & beer, gourmet chocolates, exotic coffees & teas, and organic & all natural foods.  They make it easy to decorate your kitchen with the latest styles in unique tools & gadgets, barware, cookware, tabletop, fine cutlery, small professional appliances and more.  Check out their array of seasonal and special occasion gift baskets or customize one of your own.  Stop by and enjoy their daily samples, cooking demos, wine & beer tastings, and many other in store events. 

Specializing in plaques, trophies & engraving.

Beach Bargains has everything you need for the beach at reasonable prices. Nautical gifts & beach T-shirts.

Apparel, toys and collectibles.

Nautical gifts, personalized names, mugs, keychains, steins, unique jewelry, floral arrangements, bricabrac, lighthouse prints, posters, Atocha wood carvings.

A unique shop of the Outer Banks. Large selection of Outer Banks prints & educational prints.

Equipment, footwear, uniforms. Everything sports.

Your source for officially licensed Nascar racing souvenirs, featuring the cars & stars of Winston Cup Racing. Sportswear, diecast, cards & more

The Scrapbook Store and More offers a great inventory with something for everyone from the novice to the experienced scrapbooker. The atmosphere is fun and creative. We pride ourselves with our excellent customer service. The Scrapbook Store and More features demonstrations for your convenience. In addition, custom orders are welcome.

Newest & most elegant smoke shop. Cigars, tobacco, pipes, candy & accessories. Everything for the discriminating smoker.

The best ash on the beach.

Located in the original Firehouse for the town of Kitty Hawk. Find the most complete wine and Champagne selection on the Outer Banks.

Flagmakers since 1988. Residential & Commercial. Creative Flags & Banners. US, State, Foreign, Flagpoles, Accessories, Custom. We ship!

Home of the world's first and ONLY salt water fudge!

Fine American handcrafts.

(252) 441-4115, Nags Head. Antiques & Apparel Uniquely Blended. A unique shop featuring ladies sportswear & accessories & delightful gifts.

The Outer Banks' only year round specialty toy store. Toys for the young & the young at heart. Open year round.

Areas largest surf shop. Expanded kids' wear dept. High tech equipment for surfers, bodyboarders, & skimmers!

We are a part of Outer Banks Hotline (our local crisis intervention, prevention center & women's shelter). Using the overflow of clothing & cloth goods from 6 fundraising thrift shops, our studio weaves beautiful cloth from piles of rags & in the process helps to heal hearts, form good friendships, & enlighten. Most of our weavings are woven by volunteers that are trained for free in exchange for labor. All of our products are then sold in our in-house gallery. Proceeds go to Hotline.

Looking for something different and unique? Come to Finally Mine and see what we have to offer. Some of our favorite treasures include hand-blown glass, jewelry, Old English stained-glass windows, bath products, mirrors, candles and much, much more. Located in downtown Manteo, next to Magnolia Market.

Headquarters for unique nautical items. Art, antiques, clocks, weather equipment, books, ship models & kits, decorations, furnishings, lamps, & flags.

Working shop offering free demonstrations. Offering hand forged ornamental ironwork accessories.

This wonderland may be found in Manteo, North Carolina, on historic Roanoke Island. The Christmas Shop and Island Gallery is a place of rich discoveries, a truly unique experience. Each and every one of the thirty-six rooms is stocked and decorated with love and care.

Coffee Shop

The area's largest scrapbooking store. Make your memories last a lifetime.

NC & locally made gifts; lighthouses, souvenirs, cards, etc. & unusual items. Open year round. 10-6, extended in season. Open year round.

For over 35 years on the Outer Banks, we have established ourselves as the premier gift & candy shop. Open year round.

Sally Huss Gallery, Lone Wolff Trading Co. Jewelry By Gail, Morales Art Galleries; a village of artistic shopping treasures.

Shop features nautical gifts. Large selection of jewelry, lighthouse & dolphin memorabilia, prints, art, souvenirs & more.

Wide selection of cotton throws, T-shirts, incense, posters, jewelry, toys, nature products. New Age music & books & unique gifts.

Hallmark cards & unique gifts.

Imported cigars and smoking accessories from around the world.

Pro shop, repairs, rentals and a full swing golf simulator.

Lighthouse collectables, books, art & photography. Nautical, brass & wood gifts, mail order available.

Gourd-art bowls, birdhouses & birdfeeders. Nature & Native-American motif. Pottery, unusual baskets, carvings & stained glass. Collectible Imported English Enamel Boxes.

Thousands of sea shells, locally made gifts & unique souvenirs. Land Hermit Crabs. Experience a Nags Head shopping tradition. Open Easter thru Thanksgiving.

Gift boxes of old fashioned handmade fudge. Come back to basics. Give the gift everyone loves. Create a tradition.

While on the Outer Banks, be sure to visit Souvenir City at MP 16, Beach Rd. for all your gift, beach & T-Shirt needs. Serving you since 1962.

Your source for officially licensed Nascar racing souvenirs, featuring the cars & stars of Winston Cup Racing. Sportswear, diecast, cards & more

Gifts, jewelry and nautical items. Take home a memory.

Special place where creatures are stirring all year & Christmas magic is never gone. Selection of collectibles & favorites.

Home Decor and so much more

Gifts, frames, collectibles, dolls and more.

Specializing in old & new decoys & shorebirds. Resident decoy carver. Antique furniture, glassware & kitchen collectibles. Many country crafts & unique Christmas items.

Local owned family business since 1953. Driftwood, sea shells, jewelry, lamps, local crafts, live hermit crabs, coral & nautical gifts.

Walk-in, climate controlled wine cellars with over 400 wines

Ice cream and fine candies overlooking Silver Lake Harbor.

A little bit of everyting can be found at this store. Tons of T-shirts, imprinted with Outer Banks and Hatteras Island themes, or with your own custom lettering. Hermit crabs, gifts and souvenirs are also available.

This thrift shop raises funds for Hotline, a crisis shelter and domestic violence prevention service for women and children. You can donate used items or buy goods at reasonable prices.

Gift Shop

Don't miss a visit to Ocean Gourmet and Gifts. There are lots of fun souvenirs, such as lighthouse collectibles, figurines, mugs, jewelry, and key chains. You'll find beach-inspired clothes and swimsuits, candy, ice cream and fudge.

Reef offers items you'll need for the beach and souvenirs. They offer towels, chairs, hats, rafts, sunglasses, toys, henna tattoos and novelty T-shirts.

A veritable treasure chest offering an incredible assortment of stuff beach stuff and souvenirs: jewelry, carvings, hermit crabs, chimes, kites, stained glass, figurines, books, calendars, nautical souvenirs, collectibles and so much more. The back of the store is dedicated to antiques, with china, dishes, and collectibles.

Everything you need for your beach, camping or fishing trip. There's groceries, bait, tackle, gifts and souvenirs, supplies, firewood, ice, drinks and more.

Balloons, birthday supplies, beanie babies, wedding, anniversary, over the hill, catering supplies, invitations, imprinted napkins.

Southern home accents, clothing, and collectibles.

Quality domestic & imported wines at affordable prices, most less than $20. Discounts on case purchases. Gifts & specialty beers.

Not just for contractors and builders, Dare also offers beach goods, housewares, RV and camping supplies, toys, flags and other items vacationers might need.

The classic surf shop located in an old cottage. It's been a fixture on the island surf scene for more than 30 years. They sell new and used boards and surf-related gear, and rent surf, body skim boards, and beach gear. Surf lessons available.

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