A Pacific Northwest native, Mary Beth has grown up along and extensively traveled the North American continent's west coast and more. She has spent a lifetime along the shore, living, working, studying and recreating on beaches all over the world.

MB founded the West Coast Sea Glass company in 1998. However she has studied jewelry design, metal smithing and had been creating wearable art for over forty years. West Coast Sea Glass was born and the team has discovered that they have an extensive, complete array of colors, rarities and gems. West Coast Sea Glass developed a color rarity chart, now referred to by collectors from all over the world. West Coast Sea Glass began utilizing their colorful collection and integrating it into the jewelry MB had been making for decades. The collection allows them the ability to, at times provide sea glass to other artists and collectors from around the globe. Mary Beth still chooses to hang onto the more exquisite pieces, keeping a private collection which is currently used in hundreds of designs and has been sold in over 50 stores worldwide.