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Wear Your Zodiac Sign and Constellation with These Hand-Stamped Astrology Necklaces

Stacey Bowers

Find your own zodiac sign and constellation necklace in my new zodiac jewelry collection. Each pendant is hand-stamped letter by letter and star by star in my North Little Rock, Arkansas, studio.

Find your own zodiac sign and constellation necklace in my new zodiac jewelry collection. Each pendant is hand-stamped letter by letter and star by star in my North Little Rock, Arkansas, studio.

Consider these hand-stamped constellation necklaces as star charts you can wear close to your heart…

Wear your zodiac sign proudly and cleverly with a celestial astrology necklace that displays your sign’s name alongside the constellation of your zodiac sign. Each constellation and zodiac sign is stamped by hand, letter by letter and star by star. You can see a little difference in the size of the dots that represent the stars, where there are bigger impressions for larger stars and smaller ones for smaller stars in each constellation.

These zodiac constellation pendants will make you want to get out your telescope and take up star gazing if you haven’t already.

Pendants measure approximately 7/8 inch across and hang from 18-inch chains. The silver zodiac constellation necklaces are made with polished aluminum pendants and sterling silver chains. The gold constellation necklaces are made with brass pendants and gold-filled chain.

Each pendant is stamped by hand, so each necklace is unique and may be slightly different from the next, as is the nature of hand-stamped and handmade jewelry. Because I’m a Virgo and therefore a perfectionist, they all mostly look like the photos you see.

Find your own zodiac sign and constellation necklace in my new zodiac jewelry collection. Each pendant is hand-stamped letter by letter and star by star in my North Little Rock, Arkansas, studio.

Find your own zodiac sign and constellation necklace in my new zodiac jewelry collection. Each pendant is hand-stamped letter by letter and star by star in my North Little Rock, Arkansas, studio.

Each necklace comes on a cute card back, so it’s easy to gift and makes a perfect birthday gift or gift for a pal who can tell you your sign just by talking to you for 30 seconds.

You can choose your astrological sign at checkout. Choose from:

Aquarius: January 20 - February 18

Pisces: February 19 - March 20

Aries: March 21 - April 19

Taurus: April 20 - May 20

Gemini: May 21 - June 20

Cancer: June 21 - July 22

Leo: July 23 - August 22

Virgo: August 23 - September 22

Libra: September 23 - October 22

Scorpio: October 23 - November 21

Sagittarius: November 22 - December 21

Capricorn: December 22 - January 19

Find your own zodiac sign and constellation necklace in my new zodiac jewelry collection. Each pendant is hand-stamped letter by letter and star by star in my North Little Rock, Arkansas, studio.

Find your own zodiac sign and constellation necklace in my new zodiac jewelry collection. Each pendant is hand-stamped letter by letter and star by star in my North Little Rock, Arkansas, studio.

Zodiac constellation necklaces are hand-stamped in North Little Rock, Arkansas. If you like my zodiac jewelry, check out the rest of my handmade jewelry in my shop page! I’ve also got a collection of zodiac necklaces with funny phrases to suit each sign, or you can customize each pendant with your own funny or inspirational phrase or word. Click here to see my inspirational and funny phrase zodiac jewelry collection.

Bang-Up Betty is snarky, funny, and feminist handmade jewelry created in Little Rock, Arkansas. You can shop Bang-Up Betty jewelry and gifts online at www.bangupbetty.com or in person inside Stifft Station Gifts located in Little Rock. Stifft Station Gifts is our headquarters and gift shop!

Send a Thoughtful (and Maybe Snarky) "Care Package" to a Friend

Stacey Bowers

We’re all smiles with this example of a completely customizable care package to cheer up your friends while they’re social distancing. In this Level 2 Care Package, you can mix and match Bang-Up Betty stickers and pins and pick from two Lee Lee Arts…

We’re all smiles with this example of a completely customizable care package to cheer up your friends while they’re social distancing. In this Level 2 Care Package, you can mix and match Bang-Up Betty stickers and pins and pick from two Lee Lee Arts and Design greeting cards with a handwritten message for your loved one.

Brighten someone’s day with a thoughtful “care package” that’ll bring a smile to their face. Whether your best pal is feeling down, going through something rough, or just deserves a special surprise, an unexpected gift is sure to cheer them up! It will definitely let them you know care about them.

We’re all thinking about and missing our loved ones right now. I’ve been getting so many thoughtful requests from people wanting me to make custom jewelry with empowering phrases for their pals who are taking isolation a little hard; for moms who are struggling to work and suddenly have to homeschool their children; for friends who have suddenly found themselves out of work. I thought it would be nice (and, yeah, maybe kinda funny) to create these “care packages” that make it fun and easy for you to send something special to whoever needs a little extra love right now (even if that person is you, I won’t judge).

With three tiers of care packages from $5 to $33, there’s a care package to fit every budget, and I also added an option for you to add one of these beautiful illustrated cards by Lee Lee Arts and Design to an order if there is something else on the Bang-Up Betty jewelry site you see.

Found the perfect gift and want to send a personal note with it? Add one of these illustrated greeting cards by Lee Lee Arts and Design to your order, and we’ll hand write whatever you like inside of it to send to someone special. You can take your …

Found the perfect gift and want to send a personal note with it? Add one of these illustrated greeting cards by Lee Lee Arts and Design to your order, and we’ll hand write whatever you like inside of it to send to someone special. You can take your pick from the “Love You To Death” or the “Get Your Happy On” card, and you’ll be prompted at checkout to tell us what you’d like your note to say.

With a Level 1 Care Package ($5), you get your pick of one (1) Bang-Up Betty vinyl decal to send with your choice of greeting card by Lee Lee Arts and Design. You’ll be prompted at checkout to select your card and sticker and to leave a note that I’ll hand write inside your card. For the shipping address, please be sure to put the name and address of the person you’re sending this sweet care package to or it’ll end up at your house! Maybe you want it there, and that’s fine. Self care is great!

Choose your card: Choose from “Get Your Happy On” or “Love You To Death” design

Choose your vinyl sticker: You get your pick from our entire vinyl sticker collection! See our shop to look at all of them. They include these stickers: Nasty Woman; Hands Off; Smash the Patriarchy; Don’t Tell Me To Smile; Witchy Bitch; I Believe in Science; Scratch the Patriarchy; Not Your Honey; I Wanna Dance With Somebody; Rainbow Unicorn; Strange Bird.

With a Level 1 Care Package, you get your pick of one (1) Bang-Up Betty vinyl decal to send with your choice of greeting card.

With a Level 1 Care Package, you get your pick of one (1) Bang-Up Betty vinyl decal to send with your choice of greeting card.

With a Level 2 Care Package ($20), you get your pick of one (1) Bang-Up Betty vinyl decal to send with your choice of one (1) Bang-Up Betty enamel lapel pin along with your choice of greeting card. See the list above for pin and sticker choices.

This example of a Level 2 Care Package has a dark sense of humor with the Don’t Tell Me to Smile feminist skull sticker, Mercury Is In Retrograde enamel pin, and Love You To Death Greeting Card.

This example of a Level 2 Care Package has a dark sense of humor with the Don’t Tell Me to Smile feminist skull sticker, Mercury Is In Retrograde enamel pin, and Love You To Death Greeting Card.

With a Level 3 Care Package ($33), you get your pick of one (1) Bang-Up Betty vinyl decal and one (1) custom stamped mantra cuff along with your choice of greeting card. You can customize your hand-stamped mantra cuff bracelet up to 30 characters, and it comes in brass and aluminum for those who are picky about colors.

I tried to really capture my love of The Golden Girls with this example of a Level 3 Care Package. I made a custom mantra cuff bracelet that says “Thank You For Being A Friend” and pair it with the Strange Bird parrot sticker and the Get Your Happy …

I tried to really capture my love of The Golden Girls with this example of a Level 3 Care Package. I made a custom mantra cuff bracelet that says “Thank You For Being A Friend” and pair it with the Strange Bird parrot sticker and the Get Your Happy On card.



Handmade Matching Puzzle Piece Necklaces to Send to Your Missing Puzzle Piece

Stacey Bowers

Whether you’re just really into working puzzles or you’ve got a special person who is your missing puzzle piece right now or all of the above, this handmade bronze puzzle piece necklace will soothe your soul. You can order just one necklace with one…

Whether you’re just really into working puzzles or you’ve got a special person who is your missing puzzle piece right now or all of the above, this handmade bronze puzzle piece necklace will soothe your soul. You can order just one necklace with one bronze puzzle piece or get a matching one to send to your missing puzzle piece person to brighten their day.

I’ve been working a lot of puzzles lately. I’ve also been really missing having a beer at a bar with my best friends and missing their smiling faces when they come to visit me at work at Stifft Station Gifts. It’s been a weird few weeks for everyone. Tomorrow marks 4 weeks of self-isolating for me and it’s also my business anniversary, which I usually celebrate with a big party with cake and drinks somewhere pretty where we can all get together and joke/marvel at how I’m still keeping it together, but this year the whole party has to be online (minus whatever dry-as-hell cake I bake in the toaster oven to improperly celebrate at home).

One way I’ve found myself connecting with people without physically connecting with them is through games. I’ve done several games of online bingo (public and private, join this group if you want to be in the know about my bingo games) to have fun and joke around and give things away to friends far and wide. I've been majorly failing at that drawing game in the House Party app (all line drawings are penises, sorry not sorry). I’ve been making my husband resent me by being a strategic asshole at Scrabble and Uno (also sorry, not sorry). And I’ve been getting a lot of therapy from working puzzles since I guess therapy is canceled too these days.

These necklaces are Inspired by all of the puzzles I’ve been working while self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak and all of the friends I miss and who I feel are my missing puzzle pieces right now. I took two fitting pieces from my favorite puzzle, a bunch illustrated birds with smug faces, and cast them by hand to make this bronze jewelry.

These necklaces are Inspired by all of the puzzles I’ve been working while self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak and all of the friends I miss and who I feel are my missing puzzle pieces right now. I took two fitting pieces from my favorite pu…

These necklaces are Inspired by all of the puzzles I’ve been working while self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak and all of the friends I miss and who I feel are my missing puzzle pieces right now. I took two fitting pieces from my favorite puzzle, a bunch illustrated birds with smug faces, and cast them by hand to make this bronze jewelry.

Whether you’re just really into working puzzles or you’ve got a special person who is your missing puzzle piece right now or all of the above, this handmade bronze puzzle piece necklace will soothe your soul. You can order just one necklace with one bronze puzzle piece or get a matching one to send to your missing puzzle piece person to brighten their day. I’m making them solid and with this pretty Art Deco pattern, and they also come on 18-inch or 20-inch chains, so there’s some versatility. When you buy one necklace for a pal and one for you, you get a discount off the set.

Thank you for supporting small businesses in the safest ways possible right now. I could go on about what a (not fun) rollercoaster ride this has been for every small business owner, but I’ll save that for another post because puzzles and friends are more fun to talk about.

If you can, join me for my online Bang-Up Bettyversary Friday, April 10, as we virtually celebrate seven years of snarky and sassy handmade jewelry made in Arkansas. Invite your missing puzzle piece so you can both play in the giveaways and maybe win some handmade jewelry or a feminist pin or something else. Or maybe send them something sweet from my site to brighten their day.

If you can, join me for my online Bang-Up Bettyversary Friday, April 10, as we virtually celebrate seven years of snarky and sassy handmade jewelry made in Arkansas. Invite your missing puzzle piece so you can both play in the giveaways and maybe wi…

If you can, join me for my online Bang-Up Bettyversary Friday, April 10, as we virtually celebrate seven years of snarky and sassy handmade jewelry made in Arkansas. Invite your missing puzzle piece so you can both play in the giveaways and maybe win some handmade jewelry or a feminist pin or something else. Or maybe send them something sweet from my site to brighten their day.

Online Bang-Up Bettyversary Party to Celebrate 7 Years of Handmade Jewelry and Snark

Stacey Bowers

Celebrate from the safety and comfort of your own home during this online anniversary party for Bang-Up Betty with giveaways and discounts on handmade jewelry all day.

Celebrate from the safety and comfort of your own home during this online anniversary party for Bang-Up Betty with giveaways and discounts on handmade jewelry all day.

I’m throwing a party at your place this week. Bang-Up Betty is celebrating seven years of stamping snarky jewelry and designing fun gifts and apparel in Little Rock, Arkansas! Usually there is cake and pin the horn on the unicorn, but since we're playing it safe and staying home this year, we're bringing the giveaways and discounts (arguably the best parts) safely to you via the internet. Mark yourself as "going" to this online celebration so you'll get notifications for our giveaways and discounts April 10! And George Meowchael might stop by and say hello.

Thanks for continuing to support small businesses in the safest ways possible during the COVID-19 outbreak! Use code HOMEBODY for free shipping on orders over $35 at www.bangupbetty.com, and custom necklaces and mantra cuff bracelets are 20% off or more right now. You can also always select free pick-up at our local Little Rock location inside Stifft Station Gifts.

How the giveaways and discounts are going to work: I’ll hop onto the event page throughout the day to post the giveaways and discounts. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the United States to win a giveaway. Giveaways not associated with Facebook. Other rules will be stated in the individual giveaways.

Usually we have cake and pin the horn on the unicorn at Bang-Up Betty birthdays. Here are cupcakes from years past! Maybe there will be an announcement about lapel pins on Friday ;-)

Usually we have cake and pin the horn on the unicorn at Bang-Up Betty birthdays. Here are cupcakes from years past! Maybe there will be an announcement about lapel pins on Friday ;-)

Can I take a moment to reminisce about my Bang-Up Betty birthday party from two years ago? Ok, cool. Because I worked all day long the day before the party making a UNICORN-SHAPED cake with my niece Lilla for the party. And when I wasn’t looking Betty the cat (RIP, baby) jumped onto the counter and ATE WHOLE CHUNKS OUT OF IT. I miss his furry antics. He loved cake. And bread. Who could blame him?

Anyway, come to my online party and celebrate with me! It doesn't feel like I’ve been making jewelry for seven years, but I have. It’s come a long way. And I’m excited to be rolling out lots of new jewelry designs soon.

Here’s the event page again if you missed it: https://www.facebook.com/events/693674498107084/

Sweet and Snarky Jewelry Made in Arkansas for Your Valentine

Stacey Bowers

Matching “My Person” hand-cast bronze friendship necklace set from my spring, Valentine’s Day mini collection.

Matching “My Person” hand-cast bronze friendship necklace set from my spring, Valentine’s Day mini collection.

Maybe I’m a little biased, but I think handmade jewelry is the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. From a jewelry designer’s perspective, it’s so fun to work with people to create something perfect and unique for their loved one. When I’m designing jewelry for myself, of course I’m going to add a pinch (maybe more) of humor to the mix. Then I throw it out there and hope you like it and retreat quickly in case you don’t (Please don’t throw rocks at me over a boobs necklace). So here’s me throwing out a mini-collection of spring and Valentine’s Day handmade jewelry I’ve been working on. I hope you like it.

Every piece of jewelry in this collection was molded by hand by me and kiln-fired right here in Arkansas, complete with gold-filled chains or ear wires that are made in the USA.

Wear a small handful of your favorite thing around your neck with these hand-cast bronze heart charms that say either BOOBS or BUTTS and hang from an 18-inch gold filled chain that ends in a spring clasp. Bronze heart charms measure approximately 5/…

Wear a small handful of your favorite thing around your neck with these hand-cast bronze heart charms that say either BOOBS or BUTTS and hang from an 18-inch gold filled chain that ends in a spring clasp. Bronze heart charms measure approximately 5/8 inch across and are hand-stamped letter by letter. Each piece is handmade, so letter placement and finish will be slightly different per piece. If something else that’s 5 letters or less strikes your fancy better than these, shoot me a message at stacey@bangupbetty.com and I’ll make it work!

A purrrfect gift for the cat lover in your life, this hand-cast bronze cat face charm has just the right amount of sparkle with two cubic zirconia eyes and a set of adorable whiskers to boot. Each cat face pendant is handmade and will differ slightl…

A purrrfect gift for the cat lover in your life, this hand-cast bronze cat face charm has just the right amount of sparkle with two cubic zirconia eyes and a set of adorable whiskers to boot. Each cat face pendant is handmade and will differ slightly from all the others, so each piece is unique. Chain is gold-filled and ends in a spring clasp; it measures approximately 16 inches but can be longer upon request. Mrowr.

Just a sweet little sentiment for your ears…These hand-cast broken heart earrings are hand-stamped with the words FUCK OFF, one on each earring. Handmade bronze charms measure approximately 5/8 inch from top to bottom and are hung with gold-filled e…

Just a sweet little sentiment for your ears…

These hand-cast broken heart earrings are hand-stamped with the words FUCK OFF, one on each earring. Handmade bronze charms measure approximately 5/8 inch from top to bottom and are hung with gold-filled ear wires. Each pair of earrings will vary slightly from the rest, as is the nature of handmade jewelry.

Whether you’ve got a partner in crime or you want both of these Fuck Off broken heart charms all to yourself, we can accommodate…These handmade broken heart charms are hand-stamped with the words FUCK OFF, one on each heart half. Handmade bronze cha…

Whether you’ve got a partner in crime or you want both of these Fuck Off broken heart charms all to yourself, we can accommodate…

These handmade broken heart charms are hand-stamped with the words FUCK OFF, one on each heart half. Handmade bronze charms measure approximately 5/8 inch from top to bottom. Each will vary slightly from the rest, as is the nature of handmade jewelry. This piece comes EITHER as one necklace with both charms on it OR two necklaces with one charm each on them as a friendship necklace set, so please read carefully when you select your version at checkout. Chain is gold-filled and 18 inches long, ending in a spring clasp.

A combination of lucky symbols with the horseshoe and the four-leaf clover give this handmade bronze charm necklace double the lucky charm.This hand-cast bronze horseshoe and four-leaf clover charm is made from a vintage type block. The charm measur…

A combination of lucky symbols with the horseshoe and the four-leaf clover give this handmade bronze charm necklace double the lucky charm.

This hand-cast bronze horseshoe and four-leaf clover charm is made from a vintage type block. The charm measures approximately 5/8 inch across and hangs from an 18-inch gold-filled chain that ends in a spring clasp. Each charm will vary slightly, as is the nature of handmade jewelry.

A little something for you, a little something for your person…These hand-cast broken heart charms are hand-stamped with the words MY PERSON on each charm. Handmade bronze charms measure approximately 5/8 inch from top to bottom and are hung from 18…

A little something for you, a little something for your person…

These hand-cast broken heart charms are hand-stamped with the words MY PERSON on each charm. Handmade bronze charms measure approximately 5/8 inch from top to bottom and are hung from 18-inch gold-filled chains. Each heart charm will vary slightly from the rest, as is the nature of handmade jewelry. This listing is for a set of TWO matching friendship necklaces.