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5 Things You Can Do with Scattering Urns after Scattering Ashes

Once the ceremony of spreading ashes is complete, people often realize they’re left with a scattering urn without an idea of what to do with the urn. Whether you’re in...

Our Recipe for Choosing a Cremation Urn Successfully and Avoiding 6 “Oops”

Mistakes happen. The chocolate chip cookie is a great example. It was created in 1930 by accident. But choosing a cremation urn for a loved one’s ashes is a choice...

Heart Keepsake Cremation Urns Honor the Heart’s Powerful Dimensions

The early Egyptians realized the connection between the heart, life, death, and eternal life. Today across cultures, the heart symbolizes love. The powerful, yet gentle symbol of provides a source...

Spirits: How Do World Religions View Spirits and Afterlife?

In Part I, "Spirits: Are They Near?" we took a look at experiences of people who have communicated with spirits. In this Part II of II, we take a look...

Where Do Urns Go in a Cemetery?

Scattering the ashes of a loved one can often lack the finality or sense of permanence we receive from funeral sites and cemeteries. For many people, the decision to keep...

Wooden Cremation Boxes and Cremation Urns

If you gain distinct pleasure in the natural beauty, warmth, and grain of wood, you’ll appreciate a variety of woods represented in the range of wooden cremation urns and boxes. Each...

How to Plant a Tree with Cremation Ashes

Do a little research, plan ahead, and create your own memorial planting from scratch. All you need is a biodegradable urn and a sapling of your choosing.

What is a biodegradable urn for ashes?

Biodegradable urns are a unique choice, especially for those who want to be remembered for their love and stewardship over planet Earth with all of its magnificent natural wonders. Biodegradable...

Memorials, Cremation Containers, Death and Design: Part I

The goal of design involves seamlessly blending function with form. Not surprisingly, designers exploring death come up with ingenious ideas. How can death be addressed through imagination, reality, and applied...

5 Issues to Consider: Religion and Cremation, Part II

As the choice of cremation rises, so do the issues and conflicts around cremation. this blog, we look at five issues that arise where religion and personal conscience intersect with...

The American Way of Death

In 1837 a new technology, called the Daguerreotype, allowed a bereaved family to memorialize their dead in a lasting homage. Though viewed as macabre today, families sometimes elected to have...