As February winds down we’re celebrating the month with the Amethyst, the birthstone for the sign of Pisces. This deep purple stone was associated with royalty for thousands of years, dating back to the Egyptian Pharaohs and Cleopatra. Amethyst is thought to have healing powers that keep the wearer peaceful, calm, pain free and can even help to overcome addiction.  In addition to jewelry and prayer beads, Ancient Greek wine goblets carved from the purple quartz were believed to protect the drinker from getting inebriated.

With shades ranging from translucent lilac to deep dark purple, amethyst is one of the most beautiful and favored stones in the world. If you are looking for memorial ideas, February birthdays can be honored with a urns in shades of purple.  Whimsical mermaid designs refract the light and brighten dark winter days.

Blown glass in a slightly lighter shade is the Moonlight Bohemian.

Dark shades of purple in the metal category is the Purple Fire Collection of adult, medium and heart shape keepsake, all of which can be personalized with laser engraving.

The rich amethyst color shows up again in a multifaceted glass heart pendant that doubles as a tiny urn. A small perfect memorial, cremation jewelry can be used to store a trace amount of ashes or lock of hair.

Urns for ashes are available in many colors that honor a birth month and celebrate life.

The seasons of life are so beautifully reflected in the Autumn Blown Glass Urn. The artist that creates this line of decorative urns has an style to represent each season of the year. This urn is rich with dark chocolate, earthy coppers and gold that glow in the light.  The ancient art of heating up ashes and sand to a molten level and then blowing the glass into a luminous work of art is still timeless today.

Customers that love and appreciate the art of glass sometimes worry about security of the sealing the urn. In keeping with the organic style of glass, wax can be used to seal an urn and can be purchased at an art supply store. Many of our customers in California like to use a little “quake wax” to seal the urn.

One of the most elegant styles of cremation urns is the Winter Season blown glass urn. This urn is designed for discriminating families that want a work of art to hold the ashes of their loved one.

The art of glass blowing dates back to before Christ to the Middle East using the ancient technique of heating limestone, sand, and soda ash to a molten state and then blowing and shaping the glass into vases and urns.

The Winter Season glass urn has rich shades of copper and chocolate that reflect gold light and result in one-of-a-kind color patterns and details. That’s why blown glass and crystal remain the choice for artistic funerary urns.

One of our customers emailed to explain her urn selection:

I have to buy a urn for myself before I die, or my husband will put me in a Oatmeal Can!!!!

Rich color and detail, our hand-blown glass cremation urn is individually crafted by Bohemian artisans.