The boutique directory

Alabama little shops

Alabama's independent children's boutiques are the kind run by people who choose every piece by hand. So far we've gathered 12 across the Birmingham metro — boutiques, toy shops and a children's shoe shop — each one hand-checked, never a paid placement.

12
Boutiques
8
Neighborhoods
1
Metro

Every listing is checked by hand and never paid for. Run one of these shops? Claim your listing — it's free.

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Twelve shops, one metro. Seven of them sit over Red Mountain in Homewood and Mountain Brook, close enough to walk between several of them; the rest are scattered south to Vestavia Hills and Cahaba Heights, north to Redmont Park, and one out east in Trussville. Shading carries the rest here; every neighborhood is named, with its count and a shop, below.

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How to read itThe pins are placed by neighborhood, not by address — a sketch of where Alabama's little shops actually are, not a street map. Shop addresses, hours where they are published, and the shops' own links are on each shop's page, reached from the Birmingham guide.

Browse by city

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Birmingham

12 boutiques · 8 neighborhoods · 6 toy shops
Homewood · Crestline Village · Mountain Brook Village · Vestavia Hills · Cahaba Heights · Trussville · Redmont Park

Listed here: Homewood Toy & Hobby, Homewood · Smith's Variety, Mountain Brook Village · Dear Emmaline, Vestavia Hills.

Every Alabama shop we have found so far sits in the Birmingham metro, most of them over the mountain in Homewood and Mountain Brook. Read the Birmingham guide, sorted by neighborhood. When a second Alabama city has enough shops to stand on its own, it gets a guide too.

Homewood

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Toy shops, a doll house and a children's shoe shop, inside a few walkable blocks. Listed here: Goodies Toy Store, Central Avenue.

Mountain Brook

3
Crestline Village and Mountain Brook Village. Listed here: Snoozy's Kids, Crestline Village.

Vestavia Hills & Cahaba Heights

2
Two children's boutiques, both recent. Listed here: The Lili Pad, Heights Village.

Trussville

1
One toy shop, out past the metro's east side. Listed here: Hattie's Toyland, Trussville.

Elsewhere in the metro

2
Children's clothing, Redmont Park and around. Listed here: Shop Gypsy Girl, Redmont Park.

Good to know

How many independent children's boutiques are there in Alabama?

We list 12 across Birmingham — children's boutiques, toy shops and a children's shoe shop — and we add more as we find them. Every listing is hand-checked, and we never take payment for placement.

Which Alabama cities does Little Lamb cover?

Right now: Birmingham. It has its own guide, sorted by neighborhood — Homewood, Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills and Cahaba Heights, Trussville, and the rest of the metro.

Where in the Birmingham area are the shops concentrated?

Homewood and Mountain Brook, mostly. Homewood holds four inside a few walkable blocks, and Mountain Brook another three between Crestline Village and Mountain Brook Village.

How does a shop get into the Alabama guide?

We find it, we check it by hand, and we write it up — nobody pays to be here. If a listing is wrong, or a shop turns out not to sell for children at all, we take it out. Shop owners can claim a listing free of charge to keep the details right.