The truth is, there is an essence of your loved one that lingers with the cremation ashes. While it may not be a consciousness, it is a little of their energy that stays behind, almost like someone’s perfume that lingers in the air even after they have left the room.
That is the energy that people look for and cling to when they hold on to a loved one’s cremation ashes. Whether they put them in a pendant on a chain, in a cremation
When choosing the material for a memorial, memento, award or decorative piece, glass almost always wins out over wood or metal. It’s bright, fresh, clean and long-lasting, and when it catches the light it glitters and sparkles like nothing else.
Engraving glass with words and date or a picture, turns it from something attractive into a unique piece of work that will help you remember a key moment or an important person or achievement. There are many different types of glass and several ways to engrave it.
This guide will help you decide which will best meet your needs.
Glass comes in many types and an almost limitless variety of shapes. Glass composition affects both appearance and cost. Only by understanding the differences can you pick the type and style that’s right for your purpose or application. Again, this guide will help you choose.
It also matters who does the engraving. Some engravers can only do surface engraving. Others may claim
Subsurface engraved crystal glass is being used more frequently for awards, trophies, and displays of recognition. These beautiful mementos provide an elegant and lasting way to not only preserve a moment or picture, but to do it in a way that’s both tasteful and eye-catching.
Honoring and memorializing a loved one in crystal glass is an increasingly popular application of 3D subsurface engraving. A beautiful memorial crystal with a 3D picture engraved inside is a truly special way to celebrate those we love.
The holidays are a time of gathering, for families and friends to get together. It is a perfect opportunity to share a meal, recount old stories, exchange gifts or engage in religious ceremonies. For many, the holidays can be touched with a feeling that is bittersweet, as they remember their loved ones who enjoyed the holiday and are no longer here to participate.
As the year comes to a close, it is natural to think about everything that has happened since the last holiday season. Good and bad happens to everyone, and loss is something that is felt by all. Honoring the loss of grieving families, and helping them to connect with loved ones is an important part of the season, too. This holiday season, it is a wonderful chance to remember a loved one and comfort others in their journey of grief. These 10 memorial gift ideas are perfect for the season and the people who need that comfort the most.
Today’s Halloween is made up of movies, candy, costumes, and parties. The entire holiday celebrates your favorite parts of pop culture. It is a day where we can dress up as anyone we want. You can hate it or love it, but Halloween is a celebration of pop culture far from its roots as a Holiday revering the dead. But how did a night of bonfires and offerings turn to a night of scary movies and gorging on candy corn? (If there is anyone who eats candy corn anymore).
The history of Halloween is like the seasonal aisle on November 1st, reduced, but like finding the last bag of Reese’s pumpkins half off, there’s some surprises. Halloween narrows down to three broad categories even today: Disguises, Offerings, and Stories.
The ancient Celts held a variety of seasonal celebrations. Samhain was situated between the fall equinox and the winter solstice around October 31. Named the fire feast, for the sacred bonfire in the
Tyler Fraser interviews Mike Belsito, cofounder of efuneral.com, an online platform bringing families and funeral homes together. In this episode, we learn about the benefits of efuneral.com and discover the various ways families, funeral homes, hospitals and hospice care facilities can utilize efuneral.com to ensure themselves, and those they assist, the most beneficial experience possible.
After receiving the cremated remains of a loved one, you have many options. You can keep cremains in a beautiful urn at home. You can scatter ashes in places of special meaning. You can turn cremated remains into pieces of art or jewelry.
While all good options, they lack a certain level of permanence. Future generations might want to be able to visit a spot where they can find the remains of their ancestors.
Chester French Stewart, chairman of French Funerals and Cremation in Albuquerque, tells the story of a young woman who flew from New York to New Mexico to visit the grave of her grandfather. However, Grandpa had been cremated and the remains scattered in the mountains with no record
