North Carolina Gifts

North Carolina runs wide and shallow with the Outer Banks trailing off the end, and that trailing edge is what makes the shape read. Every piece here starts as a blank. The blanks are stocked, the North Carolina design goes on after you order, and what ships was made for that order rather than pulled off a shelf.

For gifts from North Carolina, the coaster sets and the bamboo board are where most people start.

Slate and Cork Coasters

Both materials come as sets of four in round or square, and the North Carolina artwork is shared across them. Pick the surface that suits the room.

Slate is four inches across and a quarter inch thick, with edges chiseled by hand rather than cut. No two break the same way, which is the appeal. Four foam pads on the underside keep the stone off a finished table. Cork is thinner at 3/16 inch and much lighter, which suits a desk or a coffee table better than a bar.

The North Carolina Designs

Designs include the state outline on its own, brush lettering and script versions of the name, NC initials, a word cloud, a floral fill, and lettering lockups that use the state shape as a letter. Each set of four carries one design, so if you want a mix, order a second set in another design.

Worth stating outright, since it gets asked: the heart and star placements inside the shape are decorative. They are not marking a city.

Ornaments for the Tree

North Carolina ornaments come in slate, wood and leatherette. Slate is dark stone in a 3 or 4 inch round, wood is light with a twine hanger already tied, and leatherette is a thin, shatterproof disc in black, blue or brown, the one to hang low if there are kids or cats near the tree. Merry Christmas From North Carolina versions come in all three materials, which saves you writing a card.

Serving and Cheese Boards

The bamboo board measures seventeen by five and a quarter inches. That long, narrow cut makes it a cheese board, a charcuterie plank or a serving tray, depending on the night. One face carries the North Carolina design, the other is a working surface.

It is the piece people reach for when they want a North Carolina gift that gets used rather than displayed. If you came here looking for a North Carolina cutting board, this is the piece.

North Carolina City Skylines

Plenty of people are homesick for a city rather than a state. Skylines in the collection include Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Wilmington, each engraved on slate ornaments, wood ornaments, bamboo boards and leatherette wall signs.

For someone who left a specific place, the skyline lands harder than an outline of North Carolina ever will.

Wall Art and Water Bottles

The North Carolina artwork is not limited to coasters and ornaments. The wall art is a 10 by 10 inch leatherette sign with a sawtooth hanger, in blue or brown. North Carolina designs include every city skyline above and a Tar Heel State design that pairs the state outline with a lighthouse, the Blue Ridge and dogwood blossoms.

That Tar Heel State design also goes on a 32 oz insulated stainless steel water bottle in black or white, for the trail, the beach or the commute.

North Carolina Gifts by Occasion

A coaster set covers a housewarming or a closing gift without guessing at anyone's taste. The bamboo board suits a wedding, an anniversary or a host who actually cooks. Ornaments handle Christmas, a first apartment, a graduation move. A set of four is a fair thank-you for the neighbor who watched your dog.

For someone who moved away, their city is usually the safer bet. For someone still in the state, the outline designs read as pride rather than nostalgia.

How These Are Made

Designs go on one of two ways. The laser cuts into the material, so nothing sits on top to peel or scrub off, and the mark reads pale on slate and darker on bamboo. The UV printer lays down full color where the artwork calls for it.

Either way the piece is made after the order arrives, so current turnaround is one to three business days. Coasters and ornaments ship in a protective sleeve, and cutting boards and wall art in a plain box, so plan on wrapping anything meant as a gift.

More Ways to Shop

All fifty states sit on one page: Shop by State. If you would rather browse by product, there are state coasters in slate and cork, state ornaments in slate, wood and leatherette, and engraved cutting boards.

Close by: South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia.

Browse the Collection

Filter by product if you know what you are after, or scroll the whole North Carolina collection if you do not. The coaster sets are the most forgiving place to start.