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Vermont Value. Cool Beads. Make it well. Use quality materials. If your customers think they got their money's worth, they will come back. That's how Vermonters think! Green Mountain Beads is committed to creating affordable, artisan-quality jewelry using only sterling silver and 14kt gold-filled components and quality beads. How to Order | Shipping | Guarantee | Color Samples | Special Orders | Sizing Jewelry Terms | Cleaning | Names | Contact Green Mountain Beads | Links If you have any questions about Green Mountain Beads, please do not hesitate to email. We will provide you with prompt, professional service. A shopping cart has been included to make browsing at Green Mountain Beads as easy as possible. We accept credit cards, through PayPal only. You may also use PayPal to make an instant transfer (cash) payment. PayPal is free, secure, and makes online shopping very easy. Directions on how to use this service are available at the PayPal website (where you will be directed at check-out). Sorry, no personal checks. You may send money orders to
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Your order will be shipped as soon as payment confirmation has been received (for PayPal, this means an email from their site confirming the transaction). All orders are sent via Priority Mail, with Delivery Confirmation. If for some reason your shipment will be delayed, you will receive an email with an anticipated ship date. International orders will require an additional shipping charge. International orders should email Green Mountain Beads prior to payment to simplify the checkout process. Green Mountain Beads Guarantee If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may return it within 30 days, IN ORIGINAL CONDITION, for an exchange or a refund of the purchase price. Email prior to return for more specific instructions. Insurance is strongly recommended, and secure packaging is required. | ||||||||||||||||
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Special Colors / Custom Orders We will do our best to accommodate you. If you would like a color that we do not normally stock, please add 10% to the item total to cover the expense of a special order. This will also add approximately two to three weeks turnaround time to your order, so please plan accordingly. If you would like Green Mountain Beads to create a custom design, please contact us. We will gladly shorten any Green Mountain Beads bracelet or necklace, free of charge. Simply return the item and tell us what you want the overall length to be, INCLUDING the clasp, and we will shorten it to your specifications. For this reason, always order larger if you're unsure....it's free to shorten. Not free to lengthen! Make sure to wrap your package well and insure it, in case USPS loses it. Sterling Silver: Finest quality. An alloy containing at least 92.5% pure silver. The other 7.5% is usually copper though sometimes other metals are used. Gold-filled: A plating by soldering, welding or other mechanical means of gold alloy of not less than 10 karat fineness, when the plating constitutes at least 1/20th of the weight of the metal in the entire article. Electroplating is not part of the process. Findings: The "hardware" used to make earrings: the headpins and earwires. Can also include the clasps on bracelets and necklaces. Green Mountain Beads uses only sterling silver and 14kt gold filled findings. | ||||||||||||||||
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Use this ecologically sound tarnish remover. Place one cup of water in a microwave-safe glass bowl. Heat to boiling. Remove from the microwave and add a 5x7 (approx.) piece of aluminum foil, torn into strips. Add your tarnished earrings, and a heaping tablespoon of baking soda. A sulphur ("rotten egg") smell is normal. Repeat if your jewelry is especially tarnished, or increase amounts to clean several pieces together. Rinse well with cool water and allow to dry. Buff gently. All Green Mountain Beads can be safely cleaned using this method. | ||||||||||||||||
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Where did those names come from? Green Mountain Beads is located in Springfield, Vermont, which has a rich history of innovation. Green Mountain Bead designs were inspired by the creativity of Springfield's notable ancestors, and these names are a way of connecting you with Springfield's heritage of ingenuity. Hartness James Hartness was one of Springfield's most famous residents. He was a prolific inventor, an industrialist, a pioneer in aviation, and became governor of Vermont in 1921. That Springfield became a machine tool center and the area became known as the Precision Valley is credited largely to the genius and daring of Hartness. He built the first airport in Vermont in 1920, where Charles Lindbergh landed in 1927-his only stop in the state after his historic trans-Atlantic flight. From 1886 to 1933, Hartness had 199 different patents. He designed and built the Turret Equatorial Telescope in 1910, which is still in operation on the front lawn of the Hartness House. Stellafane Is the name of the clubhouse originally built by the Springfield Telescope Makers in 1923. It continues to be the site of an annual gathering of thousands of amateur atronomers, where they share their passion for observational astronomy and learn more about the science of telescope building. | ||||||||||||||||
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Porter Russell Porter was an adventurer and a genius. By the age of thirty-four, he had made nine arctic exploration trips, and had climbed Mt. McKinley. His genius gave birth to the amatuer telescope movement. A graduate of MIT, he became interested in atronomy and began grinding his own optical lenses for large telescopes. With the aid of Hartness, Porter began designing and constructing a sixteen inch telescope. His enthusiasm inspired his colleagues and in 1923 they became the Springfield Telescope Makers. In 1923 he received the patent for Porter's Garden Telescope. He eventually went on to help build the 200 inch telescope in Palomar, CA. Eureka This was Springfield's original one-room schoolhouse, which opened in 1785. It is believed to be the oldest one-room schoolhouse in the state. It was moved from its original location in 1958, and designated a historical landmark ten years later. Lovejoy Fred Prescott Lovejoy started working at Jones and Lamson Machine Company, where his engineering design success soon led him to start his own company. He founded Lovejoy Tool Company in 1916, and received a number of patents on his tools and on adaptations of them. Lovejoy was also known for his extensive involvement in community activities for more than forty years. Lovejoy Tool Company continues to this day. Crown Point The Crown Point Military Road was built in 1759-60, by order of General Jeffrey Amherst, commander of the British in North America. A road through the New Hampshire land grants was needed to connect Boston to Lake Champlain for military purposes. The Crown Point burying ground is located on the south side of this road. Buried there are some of Springfield's oldest settlers. | ||||||||||||||||
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Adna Brown Adna Brown was an industrial promoter and inventor. He was responsible for, among other things, hiring James Hartness, bringing Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Company to Springfield, developing an electric railway connection to Springfield, and a number of textile related inventions. Comtu The Comtu Falls flow through downtown Springfield, along Park Street. The name, given to the falls by Indians travelling along the river, means "great noise". Skitchewaug Another Indian name, given to one of the many mountains in Springfield. It is possibly Abenaki in origin. It is also the name of an archaeological dig on the Connecticut River, known as the earliest prehistoric agricultural site in New England. It dates back to about the year 1100. | ||||||||||||||||
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Ellis Joel Ellis was another inventive genius in Springfield's history. Ellis' first invention was a steam extracting machine used in building railroads. Unfortunately, he was too young at the time to take out a patent on his invention. This was later followed by a series of inventions, including the first guitar and violin cases, toy carts, baby buggies (called "cabs"), and the first wooden jointed doll, known by collectors as "The Springfield Doll".
via email: greenmtbeads@vermontel.net via fax: 802-885-6598 (email is faster, though) via post: Green Mountain Beads 248 Parker Hill Road Springfield, VT 05156 | ||||||||||||||||
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