memorial ideas
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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 […]
Ghost Bike Memorials
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Supposedly, this is the first Ghost Bike, memorializing an accident on Holly Hills Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri in 2003. It was created by Patrick Van Der Tuin who saw a cyclist hit by a car. A few days later, he and his friends locked up several bikes at locations where he knew cars had […]
Memorial Ideas-Relay for Life
Saturday, May 17th, 2008This weekend was the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life fund raiser and memorial service celebration for cancer survivors as well as those who didn’t make it. The luminarias are lit around 9:00 and it’s a beautiful glowing tribute to our loved ones that passed on.
Peggy Smith.
So moving.
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 […]
Rock of Love
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Every time my little Rock steps out he likes to pee on my beautiful bleeding heart, so, I’ve decided when the time comes I’ll mark the spot with a garden memorial stone as a final tribute.
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. […]
Back in Black
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Motorcycle Urns are back at the Urn Garden after a brief absence. We’ve had many families looking for the “Back in Black” motorcycle urn, so we’re offering a basic steel tank painted in rich red satin, silver, or glossy black enamel. Topped with a decorative chrome gas cap, our motorcycle tank urn easily loads […]
We Have Wood!
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Wood work. All week. Adding new styles to our wooden urn line. Love this beautiful high gloss burl wood chest.
And the Sonota Memory Chest Urn. Our talented engraver can personalize the wood urns with names and dates, and customize for the deer hunter or hummingbird lover.
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Mafia Funeral: A Florist’s Dream
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Inspired by this month’s issue of American Funeral Director.
Paddle Out
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008No, not this kind, although we are drying out. (Thanks to the busdriver for the image)
This kind:
The Hawaiian inspired ash scattering style at sea. So beautiful.
And on a lighter note, In the Mailbox: POSTCARDS FROM MAUI
The parents are in Hawaii and here’s a quick note from Dad, verbatim:
Hi Lenette
I’m trying to figure out how to […]
