{ "id": "good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain", "sku": "good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain", "title": "Good Friends Are Like Stars Engraved Keychain", "slug": "good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain", "price": 23.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "engraved-jewellery", "category_label": "Engraved Jewellery & Keychains", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "22 g", "images": [ "https://engravedgifts.net/dropship-images/engraved-jewellery/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/main-good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.net/dropship-images/engraved-jewellery/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain-2.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.net/dropship-images/engraved-jewellery/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain-3.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.net/dropship-images/engraved-jewellery/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain-4.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.net/dropship-images/engraved-jewellery/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain-5.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.net/dropship-images/engraved-jewellery/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided black stainless steel pendant, 1.4 inches across with a 1.2 inch ring, engraved on one face with the stars message and on the other with two stick figures and \"I've got your back\".", "description": "The gift you keep meaning to buy\n\nThere is a particular kind of friend who is hard to shop for. Not because they are fussy, but because the usual gift categories do not fit. Flowers feel like an apology. A candle is fine but forgettable. A big expensive present can make things awkward, especially if money is tight for one of you. What you actually want is something small that says, without a long speech, that you think about them.\n\nThat is the gap a friendship keychain fills. It lives in their pocket or their bag, so it gets seen most days rather than sitting on a shelf. And because the message is already engraved on it, you do not have to find the words yourself, which, let us be honest, is the hard part.\n\nThis particular keychain uses a well-known line about friendship: \"Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they're always there\". Turn it over and the mood shifts slightly. The drawing shows a smiling stick figure holding up the body line of a frowning stick figure beside it, and the engraving reads \"I've got your back\". Soft on one side, a bit cheeky on the other.\n\nWhat the listing says about how it is made\n\nThere are two broad ways to put words on a metal keychain. One is printing, where ink sits on the surface. The other is engraving. The listing describes this keychain as engraved on both sides. It does not say which engraving method is used, so we do not either.\n\nBeing engraved on both faces means you get two different messages in one object. The photos label the stars side as the front and the stick figure side as the back.\n\nThe body is listed as high quality stainless steel, described as durable and long-lasting. The photos show a black finish on both the pendant and the ring. The item weight is listed as 22 g.\n\nSize is the other thing worth paying attention to. The round pendant measures 1.4 inches across and the ring is 1.2 inches. Look at the size photo to judge how that sits against your own keys.\n\nWho this suits\n\nThe obvious answer is a best friend, and that is the main audience. But the message is broad enough to stretch further than that.\n\nIt works for the friend who moved away, where the line about not always seeing them does a lot of quiet work. It works for a sister or a cousin you are close to. It works for a colleague who became a proper friend somewhere along the way. The listed age range is adult, and a small metal item on a ring is not one for young kids.\n\nIt is also a good option when you want to give something meaningful without the price creating an imbalance. If your friend is saving for a house and you turn up with an expensive present, they can end up feeling obliged. A keychain sidesteps that entirely. The value is in the message, not the receipt.\n\nWhere it does not suit: if you want a name, a date or an inside joke engraved on it. This item is sold exactly as shown in the photos, with fixed wording and fixed artwork. Nothing can be added. If a name on the metal is the whole point of your gift, this is not the piece for that.\n\nChoosing between options\n\nIf you are weighing this up against other small friendship gifts, a few points help.\n\nThink about whether the gift gets used. Mugs get used, but only at home. Jewellery gets used, but only if it matches what your friend already wears. Keys get picked up every day by almost everybody.\n\nThink about material. Read the material line rather than judging by the photo. This one is listed as high quality stainless steel, durable and long-lasting.\n\nThink about the message. Some friendship quotes are so generic they could be about anybody. This one is specifically about distance and absence, which is why it suits the friend you do not see often enough. If your friend lives five minutes away and you see them constantly, the stick figure side with \"I've got your back\" probably carries more meaning for your situation than the stars side does.\n\nThink about when you are giving it. Birthdays and Christmas are the common ones, and both are listed occasions along with Thanksgiving. It also works for going-away parties, graduations and the moment where somebody has just been through something rough and you want to show up without making a fuss.\n\nLooking after it\n\nThe listing gives no care instructions, so these are sensible defaults rather than anything from the maker. Wipe it with a soft dry cloth. If it gets wet, dry it straight away rather than letting it sit.\n\nKeep it away from harsh cleaners. Since this is a keychain rather than a piece of jewellery, there is rarely a reason for it to go near water at all.\n\nAvoid abrasive polish on the black finish.\n\nWhen it is not in use, the black bag it comes with is a good place to keep it.\n\nA note on what you are buying\n\nWorth repeating because it causes the most confusion. This is the Good Friend Like Stars version. One piece, one keychain, supplied with a black drawstring bag. The wording and the design are already applied and cannot be altered. What you see in the product images is what arrives.\n\nIf you want matching keychains for two people, order two. There is no twin pack, and the number of pieces is listed as one.\n\nThe short version\n\nA friendship keychain works because it is small and it ends up in a pocket rather than on a shelf. This one is black stainless steel, engraved on both sides, 1.4 inches across the pendant with a 1.2 inch ring, and listed at 22 g.\n\nOne side is about friends being like stars you do not always see. The other has two stick figures and \"I've got your back\". It comes with a bag, so it is ready to hand over.\n\nBuy it if you want something small for a friend and you do not want to make a production out of it. Skip it if you need a name or your own words on it, since the design here is fixed.", "llm_summary": "The Good Friends Are Like Stars Engraved Keychain is a round black stainless steel keychain engraved on both sides. One side reads \"Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they're always there\". The reverse shows a smiling stick figure holding up the body line of a frowning stick figure beside it, with the line \"I've got your back\". The pendant is 1.4 inches in diameter with a 1.2 inch ring, and the item weight is listed as 22 g. It is a single-piece item supplied with a bag, which the photos show as a black drawstring bag. It is the Good Friend Like Stars design, themed around friendship, with a round shape and white lettering on black. The design is fixed, it is sold exactly as photographed, and no engraving service is offered. The steel grade and packaged dimensions are not listed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Engraved Gifts Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://engravedgifts.net/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/", "canonical_url": "https://engravedgifts.net/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain/", "json_url": "https://engravedgifts.net/api/products/good-friends-are-like-stars-engraved-keychain.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }