Life in the Garden

Matters of Life and Death

memorial ideas

Urn Talk: St. Francis of Assisi Pet Urn

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We’ve created a cast metal urn to honor St. Francis and bless the sweet creatures he protects, and has become one of our most requested pet urns. This urn can serve as a pet urn or keepsake urn for animal lovers, holds pets weighing up to 55 pounds.

St. Francis Pet Urn

Saint Francis of Assisi is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment, and Italy. It’s customary for Catholic churches to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of October 4.

St. Francis statue urns are available in a satin bronze finish, as well as pewter and copper finish. Lined bottom to protect furniture. Urn can be personalized with a brass nameplate on the base.

Urn Garden Pet Urns

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Crystal Lake, IL
Jeff Hornagold loved Nascar, baseball, spending time with family and friends….and his job at UPS, where he worked for 20 years as a driver.

Hornagold died last Tuesday from lung cancer. As a memorial tribute, his friend and co-worker Michael McGowan, made a final delivery in his UPS truck, transporting the casket with Hornagold’s body from the funeral home to the church where memorial services were held on Saturday.

McGowan says he plans to keep a picture of Hornagold in his truck until he retires so that they can keep riding together.

Tip to TT, story here.

Making a Memory Jar

My friend the artist known as “Sooz” is making a memory jar. Last week I dropped in and snapped a few photos of her creation.

Soozie is an artist and sadly, one of the early members of the Widows Club (1998). 10 years later she’s made a major career change, had a child in mid-life and about to complete her master’s degree to teach- what else? Art!

While experimenting for this piece, she tried taking a smaller surface, covering it in glue and rolling the surface in beads.

Not what she had in mind.

This is the look. The bolo tie adds an interesting dimension. Now, show me how to work it.
memory jug

Tools of the trade. Jar or jug, junk, and white silicone. That gun looks a little unwieldy.

memory jug

But Sooz handles it like a pro.
memory jug

Using mostly flat trinkets to adorn the surface of the jar, working in small areas, letting it dry, repeat. Depending on your coverage area, this is not an afternoon project.

Love it!