Seaside Sisters - Our Sisters



Sallie Armstrong, Seaside Sister	A decade ago (boy does that sound like a long time!) I was on a business trip for Southern Company in Savannah. My husband, Jim, came to spend the weekend with me & asked if I would like to go out to Tybee Island. Although I was a native Georgian, I had never heard of Tybee Island …. I figured it can’t be much, if I’d never heard of it ! On a quiet Fall afternoon we walked down the beach crossover on the South end of the island and we knew immediately that this was the place we wanted to call home. We started working to make it happen right away…after 27 years as a Customer Service Training Coordinator and Instructor; I was running away to live at the beach! I am now living my lifelong dream of having a house with a palm tree in the front yard and drinking my morning coffee while looking at the ocean. After beach bumming for a while, I was ready to put my business skills back to good use on Tybee Island. When the other sisters and I started talking about opening a shop on Tybee, I considered the talents of our triumvirate… Susan's successful career in retail, Nancy's financial finesse, and my many years in customer service. I just knew we had the makings of a recipe for success…Tybee needed a shop like Seaside Sisters and we had the talent to pull it all together!

Nancy Smith, Seaside Sister	Of the trio, I'm the gray-haired partner who loves to paint furniture and old windows. My artwork is fun and funky – you’ll notice the colorful fish on many of my pieces. Each piece is an original and every fish has its very own personality! My other passion is cooking… I published a cookbook called “Cooking on Tybee Time” at the end of May. It is full of all of my favorite recipes as well as stories and photos of my friends and family doing what they love best… EATING! As a partner with Sallie and Susan, we bring a wide range of merchandise to Seaside Sisters. The store was an opportunity to provide Tybee residents and tourists a fun place to shop. We offer them a Coastal Cottage atmosphere with quirky, original art pieces; one of a kind painted furniture; jewelry; accessories for women; gifts and decor for the home; treasures found at estate sales; books, t-shirts, etc. You name it, Seaside Sisters has it! We work really hard to keep the inventory fresh and interesting… so much for retirement!
Diane Kaufman, Seaside Cousin	As one of the Seaside "Cousins", I'm delighted to be a part of such a wonderful store on Tybee! Each year from October to early March I travel up and down the East Coast visiting friends and family from Bethany Beach, Delaware to Key West, scouting out treasures and art to bring back to the shop. The brighter, whimsical and more cheerful the better! Pam Martin is my featured local artist, well known to many of our shoppers for her beachy ornaments, fan pulls, buckets and other assorted art. In my "spare" time, I run a vacation cottage rental business on Tybee called Mermaid Cottages. All of my homeowners love to find coastal treasures for their cottages at Seaside Sisters!

Tracy O'Neill, Seaside Cousin	As a native Texan, I've had the pleasure of living on Tybee for over three years now. When I moved to Tybee from Dallas, I had no intention of going into retail, but one thing led to another, and now I have my own little corner at Seaside Sisters. I love "playing" shop and stocking my area with things I love -- girly stuff and antiques! One of my favorite lines is "Fluff," an adorable assortment of cosmetic bags, coin purses and beach totes. On Saturday mornings, you can find me scouting estate sales, auctions and garage sales... there are so many treasures to find right here in Tybee and Savannah! For my real jobs, I raise two precious girls and a husband. I also work for an IT Outsourcing company as a project manager. Working out of my home on Tybee has allowed us to explore new opportunities in our lives like Seaside Sisters, and my husband's bike and beach rental business Tim's Beach Gear. We're so glad we found Tybee - such a wonderful place to call home!