Matters of Life and Death
While flipping through a magazine I found this sweet charm bracelet that is a cute way to capture the memory of a pet. I did a quick count and there’s approximately 14 tags on this bracelet. So you would have to have saved all your old dog tags over the years, or maybe you’re a pet hoarder and have tags from an assortment of pets. If you are short on tags you could substitute with other charms or trinkets and design your own personalized memorial.
This weekend was the peak of fall color here in the Ozarks. We’ve got a golden glow and the fading light can mess with your mood. Opals are October’s birth stone and is nature’s prescription to Zoloft with supposed healing powers for depression. Almost all the opals are mined in Australia and an Aborigine legend has it that the stone originated in a rainbow. They also associate the Opal with peace and love.
The modern day memory jar evolved from the old slave custom of making a memory jug to serve as a grave site memorial. We’ve showcased my friend Susan’s memory jars with a brief tutorial on the process. Creating a message in a bottle can be quite tedious and depending on the size of the jar, require an extensive collection of treasure to adorn it. Susan has switched up her technique and started using a black grout instead of the white. I love the look.
She’s embedded button covers, ear rings and pendants, old jewelry, and interesting bits of metal. These jars are so visually rich and is a good way for a hoarder to cull a collection of artifacts and recycle old flower vases and jars into a work of art. Susan works a section at a time and recommends laying out the area you plan to cover ahead of time, so that once you lay the grout down you can start applying the ornaments and keep the project moving.
More of Susan’s work can be seen here:
Funeral talk in the digital age:
Our community is celebrating the wild and gentle life of Jim Wunderle. RIP
If fall was a favorite time of the year for your loved one, Falling Leaves urn for ashes is a more masculine style that represents the changing season of life. Gun metal gray finish with contrasting silver engraved leaves makes a quiet strong statement about the spirit it honors.
Made from metal, the urn will not only provide secure storage for the ashes, it’s suitable for burial at the cemetery or attractive enough for home display. Engraved name tags and keepsake urn sizes are available to store smaller portions of ash.
Visit Urn Garden to see more styles of fine art metal urns that reflect and honor the seasons of life.
