Saving Ventura: Rebuilding the Glassman
(See updates below!)
On Monday evening a fire started at St Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula. In two hours it swept the approx 12 miles into Ventura. Embers blasting towards the […]
Bright Friday 2017
This year on the day after Thanksgiving…
It’s Betty Belts Bright Friday
20% of our gross sales (online and in-store)
will be donated directly to
Food Forward, Ventura County Chapter
Why we […]
Happening In the Hood: Surf Story Artist Exhibition
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!
Nov. 10, in DOWNTOWN VENTURA at Iron & Resin
You’re invited to an incredible night of SURF ART via the SURF STORY PROJECT
True Value
The community of sea-inspired jewelry lovers is vast, tightly knit, and passionate. Being a part of it through creating Betty designs has brought delight […]
Betty Cause Days: Hurricane Harvey Rescue
Imagine that the world around you drowned. Your possessions, home, property, neighborhood, your whole town– under cold, dark water.
This is the devastating reality for those who’ve suffered and survived Hurricane Harvey that hit Texas this past week.
The powerful storm swept away the lives of thousands […]
Why Mermaids Cry
Millions of tons of pollution in oceans and beaches around the globe, endangered costal wildlife, alarming rising temperatures of the Earth and her precious waters… that’s why mermaids cry…
More than just one of our flagship sea glass designs, the
We don’t do Black Friday… and here’s why.
(Originally published 11.22.17)
Why we created Bright Friday and the No More Black Friday credo
Every year, we choose to raise the bar on the first “shopping day” of the Holidays, by holding a Betty Belts Cause Day (one of many over the years benefitting various […]
Feelin’ Fresh in Fall
Like the local waters here in Ventura, a beautiful swell of awesomeness has come and taken our little ocean-inspired biz on a great ride.
This growing wave of success is all because of you!
The love and […]
Revisiting Purpose
Getting back to the core, that’s what this post is about. For some of you, the Betty B. story of making things with dignity in Bali is a somewhat old one…
But for others, you may have only recently been welcomed into our Ocean Ohana– […]
Sister Betty Bees
The bee is more honoured than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labours for others.” –St. John Chrysostom
To truly live the life of a Betty from the heart, is to practice the daily wisdom that we are One with the Earth, the Ocean, and […]