Announcement
Welcome to Bowerbirds, your source for lovely Czech glass beads and findings. Personal alcohol swabs included with all orders.
Dear international customers: these days First Class International mail service has been running late (3+ weeks), please bear with us.
For your browsing pleasure, I have arranged beads by color after the first few pages.
Our shipping policy: if you order from Bowerbirds and your shipping costs exceed mine by $2.00 or more, I do my best to discern this and refund the difference to you.
If you're looking for and not finding your particular beads on my site, tell me. If I have it in stock, I could list it upon request. Convo me with your bead wishes.
Bowerbirds accepts Etsy cards, PayPal, and all major credit cards.
Announcement
Welcome to Bowerbirds, your source for lovely Czech glass beads and findings. Personal alcohol swabs included with all orders.
Dear international customers: these days First Class International mail service has been running late (3+ weeks), please bear with us.
For your browsing pleasure, I have arranged beads by color after the first few pages.
Our shipping policy: if you order from Bowerbirds and your shipping costs exceed mine by $2.00 or more, I do my best to discern this and refund the difference to you.
If you're looking for and not finding your particular beads on my site, tell me. If I have it in stock, I could list it upon request. Convo me with your bead wishes.
Bowerbirds accepts Etsy cards, PayPal, and all major credit cards.
Items
Featured items
All Items
Reviews
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI love green and these fill the bill. May get more. Just love love them. All are good quality. Fast service. Will return.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI don't think the picture does these justice and would like more. Got some deep clear greens too in this mix.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsWasn't sure about these but they are perfect for my needs. A kind of flattened melon with fine gold in the grooves. Glad I got them.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThese are better than expected and would like more. That's how it goes. Never can be too sure how you will like them. The color is a wonderful mix of green. Beautiful.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
4 out of 5 starsVendor does show front and back in second picture. Not as rich as picture shown. If I had known would not have bought them. More green too in picture, but surely hard to capture in photo. Nothing wrong with them otherwise.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis was kind of a shot in the dark but I love these. Nice combo of color.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsAt the time of purchase could only get one. Would like more if I can get some. Just as pictured.
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JeanneForsyth on Apr 9, 2021
4 out of 5 starsFast delivery. I was a bit disappointed as they didn't look like the picture but are more like the upper 4 beads shown. No deep green. but they are still nice.
About Bowerbirdsjewelry
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Here are the glass Brazil nuts I was telling you about.
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I find Czech beads, with their consistent quality and range of colors, a joy to use in jewelry design. You will too!
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While the pandemic has put in-person shows on pause, treat Bowerbirds as your personal bead show. Enjoy!
All bowerbirds spend their lives either making or choosing beauty, so I named my business after them.
Czech beads: Beads that glow under UV light. The inner light in opaline glass. Picasso finish. Sumptuous true color glass beads. Floral and geometric beads.
This shop, Bowerbirdsjewelry, is where I sell the beads that I have grown to love the most, Czech pressed glass beads. Back in 1990, after the 'velvet revolution' in Czech Republic when vintage glass beads started appearing in US gem shows, I bought what I could and made jewelry. Some of the beads back then were weird: consider a capri blue glass Brazil nut, clearly made from a cast of a real Brazil nut probably late at night in the factory and under the influence of excellent beer.
Eventually the original 1930s beads disappeared from view; I never saw them at shows. When the Czech beadmaking industry came out with new beads, I was thrilled, and I feel the same way now. Welcome to my shop!
Shop members
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Kathryn Jolly
Owner, Customer Service, Designer
Thanks for coming to my Etsy shop!
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns, exchanges, and cancellations
Returns and exchange details
Convo (contact) me with any concerns within 7 days of receiving your order if you are dissatisfied for any reason. I allow returns, if notified as above, up to two weeks after shipping domestic orders, and for up to 5 weeks after shipping international orders. Mail returns to: Bowerbirds, P O Box 271688, Houston, TX 77277.
All items purchased from me and sent back for a refund to you must be accounted for and should be in the original condition as received.
I do not normally refund shipping costs, because by the time I am asked for a refund, that money has gone to the shipper (USPS) and not to me. I refund shipping costs only when necessary to make right an obvious error I have made, such as having sent the wrong item to you. If the laws of your country demand more, I will comply, but reserve the right to monitor transactions with and cease to do business with your country. Thank you for understanding.
Payment
We ship your orders 1-3 business days after you place your orders.
If for some reason we need more time (if we are on the road, etc.) to fill and ship your orders, we'll mention it up front in our store announcement paragraph.
If you pay by US money order, expect a delay on the shipment of your order until I have received and processed your money order payment.
If there's any problem, please convo (contact) me and let me resolve it before posting a bad review. If you like us, please give us a good review.
Shipping
If you have a larger order that cannot be well packed in a padded envelope, we will ship it in a small priority mail flat rate box.
Additional policies and FAQs
Note to international customers: I am required by law to list your items on a customs form, with accurate values and descriptions.