Saturday, February 25, 2012

About Cremation Urns

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More and more people are choosing cremation these days.  Many choose to scatter ashes, use the ashes in memorial jewelry, or keep them in cremation urns.  Cremation urns are more than a vessel to store ashes. The style and color of the urn can also play an important role in the funeral or memorial service, and tie the service together by expressing the personality of your loved one. These urns can be made out of wood, metal, bronze, and can be biodegradable.  With so may different urns to choose from, it may be easier to start with choosing the urn color and style.

Funeral urns are available in a variety of sizes depending on the needs of the family.  Urns can be small, very large capacity as well as double occupancy.

If burial or scattering of ashes is planned, some families choose a memorial stone or marker to dedicate a patch of sacred ground, garden, or tree.

There are many options available for cremation memorials whether you need keepsake urns for a small amount of ash, a pet cremation urn or even cremation jewelry, Urn Garden can help make that difficult decision easier.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Welcome to our Creative Memorials Blog

Welcome to our blog.  Many families are departing from the traditional funeral and burial at the cemetery and creating personalized and creative memorials. Often a cremation urn that represents the deceased's personality or favorite color is selected and then either kept in the home, cemetery. Some choose to scatter the ashes at a later date or a conduct a burial on sacred ground.

For families that have never planned a memorial, the choices can be overwhelming. There are so many options.  We'll try to provide information and and ideas to create your own memorial and simplify the selection of the funeral options and burial urns so that you can let the healing begin.