The Local Squirrel

I am so grateful to have found this adorable shop. The owner, Rachael, is genuine, kind, and has a special knack for picking out meaningful gifts. I found this store on instagram and immediately fell in love with the array of beautiful accessories and jewelry pictured. I fell in love with the store even more when I reached out to Rachael via direct message on instagram after feeling a lack of inspiration for picking out gifts for friends, and she helped me find the perfect gifts for multiple occasions. She took multiple pictures and videos of gift ideas that she pulled together, and included cards. She even offered to ship the gifts directly to my friends - making it incredibly easy to send a thoughtful gift. This is my go-to gift shop now and I cannot wait to continue to support this wonderful, locally-owned business!

Love this little store! All my gifts and unique lives around my home come from here! The staff is so friendly and always willing to help you find exactly what you need! I love to shop local and this place is quite the gem!

I’ve been looking for these scrunchies for awhile now, was so delighted to find these!

Great local boutique!! Local artists and cute NC gear. They also have a wing of baby clothes & gifts and section for ‘bride & groom’.

Cute boutique. Love the local items you can find in house. Prices range from reasonable to high depending on who crafted the item. Recommend if looking for jewelry pieces as a gift item or for yourself.

Love all the unique locally made products and their candles are amazing!

This store is so cute! The staff is friendly and they have great gift and home items.

Nice selection and very friendly staff. Wandered into here with my visiting relatives and they were really impressed

Beautifully curated store with the perfect gift for anyone. Love it!

Popped in for a little engagement present for a friend... what a delightful shop!

Lovely store. Their prices on certain items (mainly costume jewelry) are a bit high, compared to nearly identical items at other stores, but they have lots of original items if you're looking for original gifts, and I think they're the go-to place for eclectic local, NC themed items - especially items representing local high schools and colleges. Plus, they do free wrapping.

Funky little place, but I'll admit it's pretty cute. Based on their Instagram feed, I thought they would have more actually local goods, anywhere from tiny food items to try, numerous college-related things, books by local authors, interesting/locally-made artisan type items, etc. Really just a mish-mash of everything and anything NC/Raleigh. However when we went in, hoping it would be a one-stop-shop Christmas destination, it was mostly more feminine-oriented items, like jewelry, scarves, candles/skin care, and items for moms and their babies. Perhaps they did have more general local goods, but we didn't see any besides some Raleigh-themed plush toys, a few children's books, and tea towels. For that reason, I was pretty disappointed and would really give this business 3.5 stars if Google allowed it. While they did have some more general items, like those tea towels with state-specific pictures and wood serving spoons for example, they seemed a little over priced. Granted, it is Cameron Village so I understand the boutiques are all competing and thus are generally more on the expensive end; however, I'm not going to pay five dollars for a sticker the size of a quarter like I saw at The Local Squirrel. If you want some preppy gold jewelry, a unique candle, or interesting skincare items (that aren't actually local), then this could be a fun place for you to browse. However, if you want a wider selection of actual local goods, then I'd suggest going elsewhere.