Sea Glass Shop Finds Home In Ocean City's Stainton's

Sea Glass Searcher's Club founder Cindy Bilbao has a simple motto: "Find Your Peace." Her establishment may have discovered some tranquility, finally opening a physical store in Ocean City's Stainton's.

The store opened Sunday in the shopping center after Bilbao had been selling products online and at craft shows. Sea Glass Searcher's Club sells products such as handmade jewelry, t-shirts, canvas prints of photographs and books she created.

Bilbao lives in rural Pennsylvania and has moved from town to town. But taking her children to the beach to look for sea glass and take a few photographs always left everyone feeling recharged and rejuvenated, she said. She created the boutique so like-minded beachgoers could find unique gifts that "speak" to fellow sea glassers.

"She ended up coming in a few months ago," said Stainton's director of operations Bridget Buchanan. "We were talking, and she was saying she was online and she had gone to a lot of craft shows, but she was looking to establish herself in a place."

A portion of the proceeds will support The Ocean Foundation, Buchanan said. For more information, visit seaglasssearchersclub.com or email Bilbao at seaglasssearchersclub@hotmail.com.

Photo provided by Stainton's