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Shooting Star Memorial Jewelry: Smile and Wave Goodbye

Looking to the heavens at night, one cannot help gaze at the endless number of stars. It’s comforting and healing to feel that those stars are somehow a symbol or sign that a loved one is looking back or watching over us. Those stars are also a symbol of divine guidance. A five-pointed star represents the Star of Bethlehem, while a six-pointed star represents creation. Inspired by shooting stars, we’ve put together a collection of star themed urns and memorial ideas.

gold star urn necklace

Because of this belief, shooting star memorial keepsakes are popular options for those looking to find a meaning behind a person’s death. Inspired by the mystical sight of a shooting star, mourners can select from star urn necklaces that are discreet enough to wear for any occasion, yet special enough to have on every day.

silver star urn necklace

Another memorial keepsake along the lines of stars and shooting stars is garden stones. These all-weather stones can pretty enough to put indoors and sturdy enough to place in a garden outdoors. One possible verse that can come with this type of stone is “Perhaps the stars in the sky are loved ones letting us know they are near by guiding us through the night.”

Stars in the Sky Memorial StoneFinally, full-size urns and keepsake urns are also available for your loved one’s cremated remains.

Urn Garden Cremation Urns

Beautiful Wood Cremation Urns

We have a new line of wood cremation urns at Urn Garden. The natural beauty and warmth of wood is an excellent choice for families that plan to keep the ashes in the home or secure at a columbarium or niche at the cemetery. The style below is actually painted pine and has a vintage vibe to it. If your loved one ever said, “just put me in a pine box”, this urn might be the solution…

Pine Box Wood Urn

Simple hand painted details with a secure lift off lid that could be permanently sealed with any household adhesive.

If your tastes run a little richer and want more flair, this gorgeous black and gold trimmed urn may be more your style.

Our attractive full-size adult urn is solid birch wood, hand-painted by our talented artists in striking black and gold accents. Antiqued brass feet and loads from the top by lifting the lid.

Celtic Knot Keepsake Urns

Irish Celtic Cremation Urns for Ashes

Irish traditions run deep even after loved ones pass away. As cremation becomes a more popular, economical and convenient option for many Irish families, so does having a portion of their loved one’s ashes preserved in a Celtic knot keepsake urn.

celtic glass vial for ashes

For less than $200 one of our customers was able to create an Irish themed keepsake collection for their loved one.

celtic cross cremation urn jewelry USA

Our metal Celtic keepsake urns are sculpted and cast using the ancient lost wax method, then hand painted and trimmed in Celtic knots and brilliant Austrian crystals, which some believe have a power of their own.

Celtic Starburst keepsake cremation urn

Perhaps one of the most notable symbols in Celtic history, they are also called mystic or endless knots. You cannot see a beginning or an end, which symbolizes the endless and timeless nature of a person’s spirit or an uninterrupted life cycle. Celtic knot cremation urns honor one’s Irish heritage by featuring the delicate twists and turns of the knot as well as incorporating other Irish symbols such as shamrocks and various shades of emerald green.

Irish Spirit Celtic Cross Keepsake Urn

Keepsake urns are mean to hold only a small amount of cremated remains, from as little as one cubic inch on up. Some families divide a loved one’s remains into several keepsake urns for kin to take home. They can also be used as a keepsake memorial after the remaining ashes are buried or scattered.

Celtic knot keepsake urns are beautiful enough to display in a designated location in one’s home or can be placed away safely in a memory box or hope chest.

Celtic Cross Cremation Urn

Many of the styles shown here are smaller, if a full size adult urn is needed, one of our most popular styles is the Celtic Cross that can accomodate engraving names and dates if desired.

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Silver Stars and Golden Clover Memorial Jewelry

We recently had a family that purchased several pieces of urn jewelry as a memorial to honor the memory of their loved one. Nature themes were prominent, like the clover urn necklace.

Gold Four Leaf Clover Urn Necklace

and  silver star urn necklace.

Star Pendant Urn Necklace
Star Pendant Urn Necklace

Urn Garden Cremation Urns

RIP, Ronald Howes Sr., Inventor of the Easy Bake Oven

Millions of young girls – and at least some boys – baked their first cookies, cupcakes and brownies because of Ronald Howes Sr.

Howes was a lifelong inventor whose creations ranged from high-tech defense weaponry devices to electrostatic printers, Mr. Howes built an impressive resume that will always be best known for the enormously popular toy that he fathered nearly a half century ago: the Easy-Bake Oven.

At Kenner, one of Mr. Howes’ first jobs was to reformulate Play-Doh to remove some potentially dangerous chemicals in the colorful modeling compound. Mr. Howes also had a hand in creating a modern version of the Victorian era Spirograph.

Sign the family’s guest book.