The Fleur de Lis symbol has appeared on countless coats of arms, flags, architecture, and remains an enduring symbol of France and New Orleans. The Fleur de Lis literally means “lily flower” and the symbol is a stylized interpretation of a lily. Urn Garden has modernized the famous French icon into a piece of memorial jewelry.
We love the orange alabaster stone for carving. Softer than marble, the beautiful brilliant orange stone is rare in the mineral kingdom. Alabaster forms close to the earth’s surface and is quarried all over the world, including the United States.
The Urn Garden artists have transformed slabs of alabaster stone, accentuated the natural translucency and veining of the stone, and created a unique, beautiful art piece cremation urn.
orange alabaster cremation urn
alabaster sculpture image from francoise-marie.com
For the golf lover, our solid walnut, made in the USA cremation urn is a fitting tribute. Bronze medallion features classic golfers hitting the links. This urn can be personalized with engraving.
Our Sand Blast Golf urn is sculpted by an award winning American designer. The golf urn statue has been sculpted using the ancient lost wax method and then recreated in great detail using cold cast resin with bronze filler for the look and feel of solid bronze. The Golf sculpture is mounted on a solid maple wood urn. This solid wood urn is also available in a dark finish.
Jeff Sass wrote about his experience at a memorial tribute for a friend of the family.
It was a true celebration of a life, and an evening filled with much more laughter than tears. There were probably 400 people in attendance, and a heavy presence of both law enforcement professionals and leather clad bikers, two seemingly disparate communities, yet my friend’s dad was clearly beloved by both.
To say it was inspirational would be a gross understatement.
I think I learned many things last night, but the one thing I want to try harder to focus on is to celebrate life now. I want to celebrate my life and all that I have to be grateful for, and I want to celebrate the lives of my children and my family and all the people that I love. I don’t want to wait for the memorial.
Jeff Sass is the proud dad of ZEO (Zach, 22, Ethan, 20 and Olivia, 18). He is also a seasoned entertainment and technology exec and active social media enthusiast. See more of Jeff’s writing at Dadomatic.
Guardian Companion Urn
One of our most secure urns, the Guardian Companion Urn is a double capacity urn designed for placement in a niche or columbarium.
Niche design by Wolf Designs
The compact design of this urn makes it ideal for niche spaces less than 12 x 12, with two separate compartments in the urn to store ashes. Gorgeous white and celadon onyx with 22k gold plated brass accents make this urn a natural beauty. The Guardian Double Cremation Urn can be customized with appliques or engraved brass plates to personalize and identify the urn.
For our loved ones that were born in the month of August, a good starting place for planning a memorial theme is the August birth flower, the gladiolus.
Striking beauty, from the Latin word “gladius,” meaning sword. Glads symbolize strength and moral integrity.
If you don’t know the loved one’s favorite color, you could draw on the colors the Peridot gemstone. Peridot is the August birthstone and is mainly green, with golden yellows and brown inclusions. The color of summer.
Ancient Egyptians called peridot “The Gem of the Sun” because it was supposedly too bright to be visible in the sunny Egyptian desert. Legend also suggests that peridot can glow at night and it’s now believed that Cleopatra´s emeralds were really fine, dark green peridots.
Drawing on the color of peridot and the color of summer, Urngarden.com has green and gold urns at a tremendous savings for families.
Check out this unusual idea for a simple, elegant floating glad floral arrangement.
If your loved one was fond of purple, The Moonlight Bohemian Cremation Urn might be the tribute you are looking for. Rich color and detail, The Moonlight Bohemian is a blown glass urn with a lid that opens from the top and can be permanently sealed if desired.
Blown Glass Cremation Urn
August birthdays could pair purple gladiolus, candles and pictures with this urn at the memorial service for a beautiful display.
Glads are easy to grow if you are considering a memorial garden, or just a special flower planting dedicated to your loved one. We thew some down in the garden this year and were pleased with the results. We want more!
My dad likes the show Deadliest Catch. In a phone conversation the other day, he asked me if I’d ever seen the show. No, but I’d seen news feeds and knew that one of the captains had died suddenly.
He went on to to describe the season finale, Captain Phil’s memorial service. Dad knew that we sold motorcycle tank urns, and went on to describe the customized urn that was designed.
Deadliest Catch, Phil Harris Urn
Well, evidently Phil’s untimely death made for some great t.v., because I found pages and pages on a Deadliest Catch discussion board. I had no idea it had such a following. And the urn design by the Killer Paint Company? A huge hit with the fans.
We were thinking about going to the lake this weekend, and evidently so our some of our friends and family. We’ve had several calls lately from all over the country asking questions about water burial. They want to go to the lake, off the dock, maybe in a boat.
We’ve been cultivating the beauty of fresh flowers as a cool respite from this summer’s heat. The fragrance and delicate beauty have been a bright spot in challenging world.
Wreaths and flower petals are a simple and beautiful touch to an ash scattering ceremony, whether it’s at the lake, on the shore, or at sea.
An inexpensive wreath can be made with daisies, the April birth flower.
This might not be the best choice for a water burial, but I do love this wreath created with succulents.
