Of all the varieties of colors and finishes found in designer Czech glass beads, none are more enticing than the polka-dot of peacock. These iris spotted beads are a delight to look upon, and always add a splash of personality to any design. If you love the playful nature of peacock finish beads, this is your chance to experiment and play!
Inspirational Beading sponsor The Best Beads has generously offered a delicious prize pack filled with peacock beads for one lucky winner. Included are red and black daggers, grey flowers, black leaves, and violet hearts, all with fantastic peacock finish. There are also five runner-up prizes of $10 and $5 gift cards to spend at The Best Beads - glass beads, buttons, and jewelry direct from the Czech Republic.
How to Enter:
For a chance to win all of the beads shown below, or one of five gift cards, head over to The Best Beads to check out their selection. Then leave a comment on this post with the name of your favorite bead or button. Comments must be made here on the blog to qualify.
Winners will be drawn at random on Saturday, March 30th. If you don’t have a Blogger profile with email contact enabled, please be sure to leave a contact link in your comment, so I can get in touch with you if you win! Incomplete entries will not be included in the draw. This giveaway is open to all international readers.
Good luck!
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It's really hard to pick just one. I'm loving the peacock ones but in particular I love the gray flowers peacock ones and would love to make something with those! My email is hdtramp94@gmail.com. Thanks for sharing these!
ReplyDeleteI love the czech two hole squares, so much so I will be ordering some. Would love to win the daggers
ReplyDeleteI love the Pressed Glass Flat Cirles 10mm. I especially love the copper, ivory and black ones.
ReplyDeletethey do have a nice collection ! But my favorites are these two : http://best-beads.com/cz-beads-52/table-cut/table-cut-ovals.html and http://best-beads.com/cz-beads-52/pressed-beads/drops/34521.html
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of Czech pressed glass flowers and leaves. I use a lot of green Czech pressed glass leaves it seems.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance o enter your giveaway.
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Oooh, thanks for the chance to win. More importantly thanks for helping me find a source for these, now my favorite:
ReplyDeleteClear with Oil Half Coating Bottom-drilled Cones Pressed Beads. Love all those peacock beads to though :). ali(dot)mccarthy@hotmail(dot)com
My favorite beads from the Best Bead would be the flat Lampwork beads!!! They are absolutely beautiful and would be a awesome addition to a necklace or even earrings.....LOVE IT!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite bead is the blue short dagger with oil spots!
ReplyDeleteThey are all stunning. Also thanks to introduce me to their shop! I am living in germany therefor the shipping cost for a lot of beads from the us are way too high for me. But from czech the shipping is really affordable and their beads are so beautiful! They definitely have won a new customer :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are the picasso balls, especially the deep blue and royal red.
Thanks for the chance to win such beautiful beads :)
saraccino (at) gmail (dot) com
So many pretty things!
ReplyDeleteI think my favourite of the ones I looked at was the Marble-stone Short Daggers Pressed Beads, but it was really hard to choose.
Thanks for the awesome contest and the link to the awesome site.
tyshalae (at) gmail (dot) com
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My favorites beads from the Best Bead are Diamonds Pressed Beads 9x8mm but all things form ther site are so nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance o enter your giveaway.
agillion(dot)pl(at)gmail(dot)com
Best regards from Poland :)
I love them all......... Wish I could win them coz for me living here in India , I only get to see them on the screen in front of me ..... never in reality!!
ReplyDeleteIt's tough to pick just one, but I think the table cut squares. They have some fantastic finishes. Just love them!
ReplyDeleteWow these beads or wonderful. How do you choose? Oh well, I spotted the Peacock Red with Oil Spots. Red is my favorite color. I already know what I will do with them. Pray, pray, pray.
ReplyDeleteFor Beautiful beads.
mrobin49@bellsouth.net
The 8mm orange with marble stone bicones picasso special cut beads are my absolute favorites, I rarely see these beads offered and the colors are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHello well I would have to say my fav. would be the flower pressed beads they are adorable and with snow still on the ground here in kentucky, my longing for spring has drawn me to these adorable beautiful little flower beads. However that doesn't mean I didn't think the rest of your selection wasn't drop dead gorgeous. I am a bead hoarder. lol....Thank you for this chance bye for now and Happy beading
ReplyDeleteI love the Lampwork beads with the lil' roses! Just so beautiful are the Pink Handmade Round Lampwork Beads 10mm-- "Spring" is in the air!
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inspiredbyjesus@yahoo.com
There were way too many to choose from, but Violet With Silver Handmade Flat Circle Lampwork Beads 20mm, were my favorite that I saw today. Tomorrow may be something different. ^_^
ReplyDeleteReally love the peacock beads but looking at the site have to say that my favorite is the Gustav Klimt Style Handmade Flat Circle Lampwork Beads 20mm. Thanks - I would love to win a selection of these beads.
ReplyDeleteI love Vintage Handmade Czech Glass Button with Gold Decoration Art.vb291-10!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the red short dagger with oil spots. It is always so much fun to put a pop of red in your beading projects. All of the beads are wonderful and look well made. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
ReplyDeleteVLL1974 (at) gmail (dot) com
What beautiful inventory The Best Beads have! I love working with drop beads and the blue in these beads are beautiful, which makes them my favorite:
ReplyDeleteBlue Top-drilled Drops Pressed Beads 6x9mm
Hi....thanks a lot for chance to win such beautiful beads.. My favorities beads from de Best Bead are flowers and hearts peacock ones and would love to make something with those..My email is maritza_madrid@hotmail.com
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I have to say I love all of them! LOL I do love the daggers for sure. this one is adorable for sure Multicolored with Oil Spots Leaves Peacock Pressed Beads Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI Love 30pcs Oil Short Daggers Peacock Pressed Beads 16x5mm!!!! So unusual and beautiful. Of course, I love all of them. so hard to pick a favorite.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity, and I'm happy to learn of this site. I love the clear with copper half coating bottom drilled cones. They'd be fun to try. evelynedeen@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteOh if only I could buy the blue table cut Picasso beads. They have a lovely blue inside that tickles my blue-loving heart.
ReplyDeletehttp://best-beads.com/cz-beads-52/pressed-beads/p-b-rounds/14002.html these are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI simply adore their flowers, particularly the large ones. They would go so well in some of my wire-work pieces. I like the grey peacock flowers, too, but I LOVE those red flowers!
ReplyDeleteMoonstone Leaves Pressed Beads are my favourite :)
ReplyDeleteVery difficult to pick a favourite. Everytime I clicked to the next page, I would find another one to add to my wish list. I tend to be drawn to certain colours, so to pick one, it would be the blue and brown lantern pressed beads (14mm x 11mm).
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win some gorgeous czech glass beads.
I really love the Czech Glass Beads seed beads, i work with them a lot and they would be very usefull.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win
wow these are like potato chips hard to decide but if anything I like the flower ones how cute. ty
ReplyDeletehttp://best-beads.com/cz-beads-52/fire-polished/12898-100.html are my favourite i think :)
ReplyDeleteThe sandy colored Czech glass triangular leaves are my favorite. They are so unusual. I am also a fan of any of the peacock beads - I love using the peacock daggers.
ReplyDeleteLike many before me in the comments, I had trouble picking just one. But, in the end, this is the one I chose for my favorite: Multicolored with Oil Spots Leaves Peacock Pressed Beads. I love the multicolors and the shape. Great beads all around!
ReplyDeleteWow I love their web site and the prices are great. It was hard to pick just one for a favorite but I will have to say that my favorite button is the Vintage Handmade Czech Glass Button With Silver Decoration Art.Vb066-10. However, I have been searching for the double holed squares and I will definitely have to buy some of them- the green with clear lines and the dark grey are on my wish list. Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love the black oil spot peacock leaves. they would be so much fun to play with! Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOooh, such a lovely bunch of beads. It's really, really hard just to pick one! After pondering for a while tho, I think I have to pick the "Black with Oil Spots Short Daggers Peacock Pressed Beads 16x5mm", I just love the shifting of colors over the black base color! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this giveaway, and I love it that you opened it up for international readers ^^
What wonderful eye candy at Best Beads! I love the blue round handmade lampwork beads! Thanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love the Moonstone Donuts Fire Polished Beads 4x7mm. Moonstone is one of my favorites!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore the Blue with Round Oil Spots Short Daggers Peacock Pressed Beads!!! I have been coveting them for some time now! Need to just bite the bullet and buy some, but I can never just buy a few beads at a time, it ends up with a huge box and hubs just gives me the eye....just what you need...more beads!!!!
ReplyDeleteLilac with AB Half Coating Faceted Rounds Fire Polished Beads are the prettiest by far for me. Love the likeliness to crystals. My email is hellokittylover35@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love them all ;) But I think my choice is: Preciosa Twin Hole Ovals Czech Glass Seed Beads 25g Pink - I need to get some twin beads someday, they give you so many possibilities... and the color is amazing :)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Poland!
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