Bowerbirdsjewelry
Houston, Texas |
Announcement
Dear international customers: these days First Class International mail service has been running late. I am investigating alternatives. In the meantime please bear with me, as I value your custom and ship promptly. Bowerbirds, your source for lovely Czech glass beads and findings. 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. As of 3/26/2020: orders packed extra clean. Personal alcohol swabs included with all orders.
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
Dear international customers: these days First Class International mail service has been running late. I am investigating alternatives. In the meantime please bear with me, as I value your custom and ship promptly. Bowerbirds, your source for lovely Czech glass beads and findings. 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. As of 3/26/2020: orders packed extra clean. Personal alcohol swabs included with all orders.
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.
Featured items
Yellow Orange opaline medium size 16 x 5mm daggers. Set of 25, 50 or 100.
UV Active Uranium Yellow pale opaline w/ Bronze three sided 12 x9mm cup flowers. Set of 12, 25, 50 or 75.
Crystal transparent Mint Green UV Active opaque medium size 16 x 5mm daggers. Set of 25, 50 or 100.
Ivory opaque glass w/ Copper 24mm Czech goddess beads. Set of 6 or 12.
All Items
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Dark Green opaque w/ Gold decor 12 x 9 x 4mm coffee bean beads. Set of 12 or 25.
$4.00 -
Kelly Green opaque 19 x 5-1/2mm elongated beads. Set of 10 or 20.
$4.00 -
Sapphire Blue UV active Green transparent 22 x 11mm large fluted teardrop bead. Drilled lengthwise. Set of 5 or 10.
$4.00 -
Sapphire Blue w/ Pink Bronze finish 8 x 10mm pressed glass saturn beads. Set of 10 or 20.
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Crystal matte w/ AB finish on one side 9mm scallop shell bead. Drilled side to side. Set of 12, 25 or 50.
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Bermuda Blue finish Silver decor 9mm scallop shell bead. Drilled side to side. Set of 12, 25 or 50.
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Amber transparent 18mm large leaves. Set of 12, 13 or 25.
$6.00 -
Sunflower Yellow transparent 12 x 8 x 3mm thin rectangle. Set of 20.
$5.00 -
Green opaline w/picasso finish 18 x 12mm oval "peas in a pod" pressed glass design. Set of 10.
$9.00 -
Alexandrite Lilac matte w/ AB 7 x 12mm leaf beads. Set of 25 or 50.
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Cool Green matte w/ AB 7 x 12mm leaf beads. Set of 25 or 50.
$5.00 -
Olive metallic matte finish 7 x 12mm leaves. Set of 25 or 50.
$5.00 -
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Green Black malachite finish 7 x 12mm leaf bead. Set of 25.
$5.75 -
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Rose transparent matte w/ Warm metallic finish 5 x 10mm leaves. Set of 25 or 50.
$4.00 -
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Crystal transparent Purple Black transparent thin stripes matte edges table cut 16 x 10 x 4mm oval drop bead. Set of 10.
$6.00 -
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Gray transparent Half Vitrail 11 x 10mm ribbed drop beads. Set of 15.
$6.00 -
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Olivine Grass Green Pale Rose transparent 11 x 9mm fluted drop bead. Drilled lengthwise. Set of 12 or 25.
$4.00 -
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Pale Rose Uranium Yellow transparent 11 x 9mm fluted drop bead. Drilled lengthwise. Set of 12 or 25.
$4.00 -
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Light Blue Uranium Yellow transparent 11 x 9mm fluted drop bead. Set of 12 or 25. Drilled lengthwise.
$4.00 -
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Sapphire Blue Alexandrite Lilac transparent 14mm cup flower bead. Set of 12 or 25.
$5.00 -
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White Beige transparent glaze 14mm scallop shell bead. Set of 7, 8 or 15.
$3.50 -
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White Coral transparent glaze 14mm scallop shell bead. Set of 7, 8 or 15.
$3.50 -
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Crystal transparent half Purple Metallic luster 11 x 8mm five point cup flowers. Set of 12 or 21.
$5.50 -
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Sky Blue 11 x 8mm five point cup flowers. Set of 25.
$7.00 -
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Mango Orange opaline w/ picasso finish 21 x 8mm oval spindle beads. Set of 10 or 20.
$4.00 -
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Green Aqua transparent 11 x 5mm shallow center drilled cup flowers. Set of 20.
$6.00 -
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Gray opaline table cut 20 x 14 x 5mm oval bead. Set of 5.
$6.50Only 1 available and it's in 1 person's cart -
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Royal Blue opaque w/ dark picasso edges 21 x 8mm oval spindle beads. Set of 10 or 20.
$4.00 -
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Orange Pink White opaline five point 6 x 9mm German cup flowers. Set of 20.
$7.00 -
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Cool Gray matte transparent w/ Silver decor fluted 6mm cylindrical cathedral beads. Set of 12, 13 or 25.
$3.50 -
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Brown semigloss Black matte opaque glass 12 x 8mm coffee bean beads. Set of 9, 30 or 39.
$3.00 -
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Pale Aqua opaque 11 x 5mm shallow center drilled cup flowers. Set of 20.
$6.00 -
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Pale Aqua transparent 10mm cup flowers. Set of 25.
$4.00Only 2 left -
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Crystal transparent Blue Pink Green transparent stripes matte edges table cut 16 x 10 x 4mm oval drop bead. Set of 10 or 20.
$7.00 -
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Deeper Red transparent w/ Gold decor fluted 8mm cylindrical cathedral beads. Set of 12, 13 or 25.
$4.00 -
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Eight Color choices in 20 gauge niobium ear wires. Three pair (6 pc.), 6 pair (12 pc.) or eight color sample pack.
$6.00
Reviews
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
4 out of 5 starsNot quite as pretty as the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsAs pretty the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
4 out of 5 starsNot quite as pretty as the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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amandajwyles on Jul 7, 2020
5 out of 5 starsEven prettier than the pictures. Ingenious packaging and good communication.
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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Take advantage of Quantity Discount Coupon Codes at Bowerbirds whenever you can.
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!
Around the web
Shop members
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Kathryn Jolly
Owner, Customer Service, Designer
Thanks for coming to my Etsy shop!
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
- Money Order
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 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.