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Friday, July 11th, 2008One of the advantages of cremation is the luxury of time. Although many families want immediate closure, memorial services and interment can actually be planned for a later date to allow for family that may have to travel, or even better weather.
Such was the case with the Lee family. When Mary Lou Lee passed away [...]
Man’s Best Friend
Monday, July 7th, 2008Sculpted by an award winning artist, our “Best Friend” pet urn captures the love and companionship a true friend can offer. This pet urn has the look and feel of bronze sculpture, but is cold cast in designer resin and sits atop a hardwood urn. Your choice, cherry, walnut, or oak finish with personalization available. [...]
Will Kurt Cobain Ever Have Peace?
Monday, June 23rd, 2008A little late to the party, but I just found this story regarding the supposed theft of Curt Cobain’s ashes at the first of June.
From Rolling Stone:
The majority of Cobain’s ashes were spread at a New York Buddhist temple and in Washington’s Wishkah River. Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love said she kept a small amount (as [...]
Classic Style Urn Selection
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008When the family can’t agree on a urn style for the deceased, sometimes the simplest choice is the Classic Bronze cremation urn. Ancient design and clean lines of this funeral urn never goes out of style. These metal urns are available in three sizes, a full-size adult, a smaller sharing, youth or pet urn, and [...]
Hookin’ Up
Friday, June 13th, 2008There is hope for aging brains.
Law and Order’s Jerry Orbach donated his eyes.
Speaking of eyeballs, check out this eye bank ad. Creepy or cool?
The History Channel will explore cremation, the role of the medical examiner, organ and tissue donation and more during a show to air at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 20th in [...]
Meet the Artist: Timberland Urns
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Today on our Meet the Artist series we are talking with Val Grinshpan of Carvax Incorporated. Val is the creator of our popular bronze angel dog and kitty pet urns.
We’ve also just added his horse keepsake urn.
Val is a sculptor who came to the USA from Russia in 1989 during the collapse of the Soviet [...]
Chinese Firecrackers
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Ordinarily firecrackers are used in China to ward off evil spirits, especially at weddings but also at funerals. Through out China this past week, exploding firecrackers was the sound of mourners wishing safe passage for the souls of the deceased journeying to their next life.
Butterfly Garden
Thursday, May 15th, 2008We’ve had several schools call that are doing memorial gardens on the grounds. Tree dedication stones for a couple of kids that lost their dads. And today? A memorial stone to place in a butterfly garden to honor one of the teacher’s who’s lost a child.
The client didn’t want anything that looked too “cemetery-ish”.
A personalized [...]
Running for the Roses
Friday, May 9th, 2008Now available: Our new Bronze Beauty Equestrian Keepsake Urn is such a powerful tribute and so well done! Sculpted using the lost wax process, this sculpture has the look and weight of bronze and stands on it’s own as a piece of art, a keepsake urn or mounted on a full size horse urn. [...]
Confessions of a Small Business Owner Pt. 5
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Five Years of Consternation:
Revelations in the Garden: Just realized that we (me, myself and I) have been consternated for the last five years. Five Years! Who knew?
Apparently everyone around me. While sorting thru some photos snapped on mother’s camera, and some shots taken in my last season on the JOB in the last [...]
