Posts Tagged ‘purple urn’

Happy Holidays from Urn Garden

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Worst gift I ever received? A doormat from my step-mother-in-law. Delivered in a Wal-Mart sack.

Here’s my holiday gift-giving-don’t. Give an urn as a surprise Christmas gift. Bad idea.

The guy who bought the crystal urn pendant for his girlfriend. He called ahead to check the return policy in the event she was uncomfortable with his gift. She was.

Quartz Crystal Urn Jewelry

Quartz Crystal Urn Jewelry

One well-meaning lady wanted to buy this urn for her daughter’s boyfriend who’d lost his mother the prior Christmas. She just knew he’d be thrilled to find the Purple Passion urn under the tree.

She was a difficult woman.

Both clients had their bad idea jeans on that day.

Please.  Call me if your significant other specifically requests an urn as a Christmas gift. It’s kind of a personal choice, don’t assume.

Merry Christmas!

Vintage Christmas pix via Square America.


Top Selling Cremation Urns In the USA

Monday, August 27th, 2007

We’ve sampled five years of sales data and pulled the top selling styles of cremation urns across the board in the USA.

Funeral directors, I’m talking to you. Here’s what your customers are buying:

Classic Bronze, adult and 3″ keepsakes sizes.
Satin Pewter, adult and 3 ” keepsakes sizes.
Going Home, adult and 3 ” keepsakes sizes.
Purple Passion, adult and 3 ” keepsakes sizes.
and for Irish Families the Irish Rose, and our Celtic keepsake collections.

Your families want these styles, call me or call your distributor if you don’t currently offer these funeral urns. Visit Deidre Blair’s blog to get some great tips on ceremonial urn display and themed celebrations.

Thank you for letting us serve you.

The Power of Purple

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Busy busy in the garden. We’re digging out some old unfinished posts and working them over.

Tim Totten wrote an interesting post on color. We study color here in the garden as well. Last time we checked Blue was still America’s favorite hue.

Regarding funeral service, the color is changing. From darkness to light.

In the urn world, we noticed that the ladies love shades of purple. So we offered a line of purple urns and are one of the few distributors to do so. They sell well! When we expanded our line of pet urns, we wanted to offer stylish urns in blue and purple, so we manufactured an exclusive line, our True Blue and Violet Inspiration. They are one of our top sellers.

If I examine my own purchasing power, I scan the shelves on the health and beauty aisle for the purple packaging of the Aussie hair care products. My gym bag, Nikes, bedspread, hand soap, scissors…..All various shades of purple.

Love it or hate it- the symbolism of the color Purple:

Royalty and Spirituality: Purple is royalty. A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color.

Nature of Purple: Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious. Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool color it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child’s imagination or an artist’s creativity.

Too much purple, like blue, could result in moodiness. I read where purple can also symbolize mental illness and violence!

Culture of Purple: The color of mourning for widows in Thailand, purple was the favorite color of Egypt’s Cleopatra. It has been traditionally associated with royalty in many cultures. Purple robes were worn by royalty and people of authority or high rank. The Purple Heart is a U.S. Military decoration given to soldiers wounded in battle.