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Each life is a story. We believe that every urn can and should be able to tell that story, using graphics, pictures and text. With our exclusive Keep The Memory® line of cremation urns, we make it easy for our customers to design a tale of love that they can see every time they look at the urn.

Choosing the Perfect Image

When a person passes on, it is quite common for the grieving friends and family members to bring photographs of a loved one. This is a wonderful opportunity to cry, laugh and share memories of the person throughout their life. This common part of the memorial process is what made us think of the Keep The Memory®

The concept of 3D printing is so popular right now that it might almost be a buzz word. Want something that is not available in stores? Just 3D print it! The truth is quite a bit more complicated, as we have learned over years of experience. The process and the people making it happen are vital to the result. Virtually anyone with some extra money can buy a 3D printer. It is the mixture of design skill, technical understanding and attentive customer service that helps us ensure the perfect 3D printed custom urn every time.

Why Is the Urn-Making Process So Important?

Every 3D printed urn we make is totally original in some way, but we have tailored our approach to an art form, so that we can make our high standards easy to repeat. The predictability of our processes is what allows us to offer reasonable certainty that we can pull an urn idea right out of someone’s

Building something worthwhile calls for many different skills, which often reside inside different people. Our customers have ideas that they want to turn into an entirely custom cremation urn, using the 3D printing capabilities of In The Light Urns. We are constantly refining our skills and services so that we know precisely how to recreate a thought or an image into a 3D model, and then create an urn to look just like it. Working with our lead designer, Krystal Cassano, the process relies on customer input and feedback all the time. In this way, our client acts like a chief visionary, helping to guide our skilled design team to generate the perfect cremation urn.

The Concept of 3D Printing

For people who are accustomed to manufacturing the old-fashioned way, 3D printing is really a revolutionary method of printing a custom item. When a regular printer prints a picture onto paper, it places layers of colored ink in a particular way according to the file that has been

Many people going through grief find themselves lost in the darkness, looking for a beacon to guide them back to the path of light. Lighthouses are a popular symbol for memorials. They signify the road that those who have passed will take to find the light of the world beyond Earth. At In The Light Urns, our lighthouse urns become a symbolic representation of all of a family’s memories. For the bereaved, the constancy of the lighthouse serves as a reminder of the person they lost, who will always beckon to them.

Iconic Lighthouses

Almost everyone seems to have an image in their minds of a traditional lighthouse. There are certain lighthouses though, that will always stick out among the rest. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is one of them. Painted in the memorable swirling stripes of black and white, the lighthouse stands 208 feet tall–the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States. Heading to the northeast, the Portland

The death of a loved one tends to bring out a lot of confusion and even conflict among family members. In fact, research shows that 75% of us have not had any end of life discussions and 45% of us die without a will. This may lead to delays in a memorial service and selecting a final resting place for a loved one’s ashes. These tips help families minimize disagreements, decide on a time to say goodbye, and  help identify an urn that will be ideally suitable.

Has your Family had Conflict When Coming Together on the Death of a Relative?

It should come as no surprise that families do not always agree on everything. This can create difficulties and even open arguments at any time.  Especially when grief affects everyone’s ability to decide. After a loved one has passed, the family gets together to determine what kind of plans they would like to have for a funeral or memorial service. The entire process of planning and

There are millions of people in the world who struggle with low vision every day. For many, learning how to read in braille, and requesting reading materials in braille, makes a significant difference in their ability to communicate with the world around them. However a person comes to have low vision, braille is a language they can use to assist them. Why do we offer braille urns? By offering urns with custom printing in braille, In The Light Urns supports greater accessibility for people with diminished sight.

What Is Braille?

Braille is a language composed of raised bumps set in a pattern to represent a letter, punctuation mark, number or word. Each one is known as a “braille cell.” Each cell has the potential to have six raised bumps, two columns with three rows. The number and position of the dots tell the reader what the character is supposed to represent. There are two types of braille, known as

The world of cremation urns is changing, and In The Light Urns is leading the charge. People want urns that perfectly fit the personality of their loved ones. They may not be as satisfied with just any traditional cremation urn. As a result, the rule of the day is innovation, and we have got it in spades. Check out some of the most engaging, off-the-wall and impressive urns we have available. Is the urn you want among them, or would you take a step into the future and design your own? The choice is yours.

Hobbies and Talents

You can go pretty much anywhere to find a wood urn that has a picture of a common hobby attached to the top or the front. While this is a representation, we are not convinced that it is always truly representative. Many of our customers want the real thing, and that is what we strive to deliver. As such, we feature

When memorializing a loved one, family members want a cremation urn that is going to be truly unique. They want something that will represent and honor their loved one for an eternity. With an outstanding variety of cremation urns and memorial products here at In The Light Urns, we have added yet another option of customization to give our customers a further personalized experience. Through additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, we are able to design an urn that is ideal to what the customer wants. Whether they choose a design that is completely custom, or a style more traditional on a lovely base, they get the customer satisfaction that comes with knowing they are creating a fantastic custom design that will honor their loved one perfectly.

How Does Additive Manufacturing Work?

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People looking for urns and keepsakes to hold the ashes of their loved ones sometimes feel stuck in their search. They often think that they cannot find the representation that fits just perfectly. This is why we at In The Light Urns are constantly innovating, looking for new techniques that will delight customers and create a more appropriate reminder of times gone by. A new development in printing creates the ability to print on materials that would not sustain printing before, two-dimensional or with texture for those who desire it. Check out these new selections, with more to be available soon.

Personalized Cremation Jewelry

It is one thing to place a printed photo into a photo urn, or into a locket. It is an entirely different matter to attempt to print a picture directly onto a piece of jewelry or other material. A printed picture that is attached to steel or placed in a locket may become lost or be too small to see clearly. Technology is radically improving

When people start to plan for their final rest, they often look to tradition and family experience to get ideas for how they may want to plan a memorial ceremony. However, with the dramatic increase in the popularity of cremation since the 1950's, many people cannot rely on memorial ceremonies of family members and friends to set a precedent. Just a couple of generations ago, cremation was quite uncommon in the U.S. It will become the norm in just a few years, which means that there are a lot of families out there who need guidance and even basic instruction on the best ways to hold a memorial ceremony. Hosts often know that memorial ceremonies are more open than a traditional funeral and burial, but they want more information. That is the goal of Gail Rubin and Susan Fraser, with the new print book,