Today’s jewelry show features mourning jewelry from the Victorian age.

Ruby & Diamond Skull Mourning Ring

Vintage Mourning Jewelry

Plaited hair woven into the eternity/infinity symbol..serpent style! These styles are very collectible and I recently talked with a funeral director in Ohio who collects the hair art. Would the community come out for an exhibit on Memento Mori….at the funeral home?

And then we have the modern designs that blend the ancient symbols of circles, wings and feathers and leaves the skulls and scales in the past:

Eternity Urn Necklace

Infinity Urn Pendant

Winged Urn Necklace

There’s not many choices for urn bracelets, so it’s exciting when a new style becomes available for families that want it. We’ve been working this week on our new collection of urn jewelry, bracelets and matching urn pendants.

Eternity Urn Bracelet

The circle is an ancient symbol of Eternity. Beaded leather and 14 K yellow gold combine for a contemporary urn bracelet design. Our urn jewelry blends the simplicity of the Eternity symbol that discreetly holds a trace of cremation ash, lock of hair, or other small loving memento. Comes with full instructions and necessary tools for filling. Available in sterling silver, and 14K gold.

Eternity Urn Necklace

Our neighbor pointed out all the butterflies in the ‘hood, and I started counting how many I would see fluttering about. Too many, I lost count.

A symbol of earth and air, butterflies often remind us of a sense of freedom and oneness with nature that many of us yearn for. We’ve got several fine art urn styles in the Garden that captures the spirit of the butterfly lover.

Cherry or Solid Oak Wood urns with a bright cloisonne butterfly emblem. The wood surface can be engraved with names and dates, or a brief verse or sentiment.

Porcelain Butterfly Cremation Urn. This fine art urn captures the free spirit in creamy crackle finish, finely detailed with hand-painted butterfly species.

Or my favorite, the Butterfly Cloisonne Urn, which is also available in a double “companion” urn size.

We even have a sterling silver urn necklace in the butterfly style. The urn jewelry discreetly holds a trace amount of ash, lock of hair, or other small loving memento.

Butterfly Urn Necklace

Infinity: Without end.

The precise origin of the infinity symbol ∞ is unclear. It’s possible that it is inspired by older religious/alchemical symbolism. For instance, it has been found in Tibetan rock carvings, and the infinity snake, is often depicted in this shape.

In Chinese culture, today is one of the luckiest days ever: 8-8-8.

The timeless symbol can be found in our Infinity Urn Necklace, and is our most popular selling style of cremation urn jewelry.

Nutty week in the garden: Friday Yoga was a gift. The best. My teacher has introduced a style of seamless breathing that helps quiet the mind and relax the body. I find myself using it when I start to feel anxious. Usually I picture a figure eight as I concentrate on a smooth inhale and exhalation. Today, as we focused on the breath, this image came to my mind.

I used the shape of the Infinity urn pendant to guide my breath. Sounds crazy, but today the mind was unusually active. I decided I must have this urn necklace in gold. Not to use as an urn, but to remind me to breathe.
Today’s tip for better living: Stretch your side body!