The Eagles’ Nest Custom Apparel & Gifts

The Eagles’ Nest Custom Apparel & Gifts operates out of the Publix shopping center at 1534 John Sims Parkway East in Niceville, a family-owned shop built around two related ideas: outfitting local school and travel teams, and giving visitors and residents a place to buy Niceville-branded souvenirs. The two lines feed each other. The same embroidery and screen-printing equipment used to produce team jerseys and school spirit wear also turns out the coasters, tea towels, and mugs that carry the town’s name.

On the apparel side, the shop supplies fan gear and uniforms for Niceville High School, Ruckel Middle School, Destin Middle School, and Rocky Bayou Christian School, along with custom hoodies, shirts, and monogrammed items such as towels for local sports clubs, including Coast Aquatics and area gymnastics programs. The Eagles’ Nest also works with vacation rental companies in the area, supplying branded merchandise that ends up in welcome baskets or gift displays around Bluewater Bay and the surrounding Emerald Coast rental market, a detail that connects the shop’s custom-order business directly to the tourism side of Niceville even for visitors who never set foot in the store.

For a visitor rather than a team parent, the more relevant section of the store is its gift and home decor selection: Niceville-themed coasters, tea towels, mugs, and bottle openers sit alongside graphic tees carrying inspirational, mission-themed, and beach or pickleball sayings, jewelry, devotional books, and children’s gifts. The shop also carries recognizable outdoor and drinkware brands, including ORCA and Corkcicle, plus jewelry and accessories from Scout and Pura Vida, giving the gift selection a mix of locally branded items and established national brands rather than one or the other exclusively.

Custom orders run through in-house embroidery and screen printing, so a group visiting Niceville for a wedding, reunion, or sports tournament can order matching shirts or gifts with a short lead time rather than sourcing them from an out-of-town printer. The shop’s location inside the Publix shopping center on John Sims Parkway East puts it within walking distance of a grocery store and other retail, making it a convenient stop to combine with other errands rather than a dedicated shopping trip on its own.

Reach the shop directly at 850-279-4775 or through the contact form on eaglesnestfl.com, where the full catalog of apparel, gifts, and Niceville-branded merchandise is also available for online ordering. Specific storefront hours were not listed on the website at the time of research, so visitors should confirm current hours by phone or through the site before making a special trip. For anyone looking to bring home a tangible souvenir of a stay in Niceville beyond a generic beach-shop t-shirt, this is one of the more specifically local options in town, since much of the merchandise is designed around Niceville itself rather than the broader Emerald Coast brand that dominates shops closer to the beach.

The shop’s dual identity as both a team-uniform supplier and a gift shop also means the inventory turns over with the local sports and school calendar. Visitors passing through during football, baseball, or swim season may find seasonal spirit-wear displays up front, while the steadier Niceville-branded gift section stays stocked year-round. Grouping a stop here with a Publix grocery run, since the store shares the same shopping center, is an easy way to fit a quick souvenir errand into a longer day of sightseeing or beach time without adding an extra stop to the schedule.