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Beauty from the Ashes: Heart Shaped Urns

February 6, 2018 Kim Stacey

Vintage Valentine Card

February, thanks to the Victorians (who transformed Valentine’s Day into what we know it to be today), is a month where love is celebrated; hearts and flowers are everywhere. Even here where, every February, we show off our collection of beautiful heart-shaped urns. Tell you the truth, these are some of our most popular urns – I think it’s because the ‘heart’ symbol ‘says it all’. It represents love and loyalty, but also signifies an “inner knowing of truth”. Let’s take a look.

small purple heart urn for ashes

A Gallery of Heart-Shaped Cremation Urns

Mostly small and medium sizes, these heart shaped urns are ideal to create a keepsake that will store a bit of ashes, pressed flowers, sand from a favorite beach or soil from sacred burial ground. While we’re talking about Victorians, they liked to preserve a lock of hair as a memento.  When our dog died, we saved a lock of his fur that I still have today.

red heart urn for ashesThe small hearts come in almost every color of the rainbow. Red, blue, green, and purple are family favorites.

rainbow heart urn for ashes

We’ve leaned more towards the color purple this month, because it’s a favorite choice to honor a February birthday. So, camo might seem like an odd choice for a funeral urn, but it’s actually preferred by families that favor the outdoor lifestyle. This small camo heart is perfect to create a unique mini memorial.

small blue heart keepsake urn

Other colors are available too, blue, green, and even black.

purple ocean heart urn for ashes

Our Collection of Heart-Shaped Cremation Necklaces

Jewelry that stores a trace amount of cremains are also an option to keep your loved one close to the heart. Glass and quality precious metals make up the majority of our cremation jewelry.

purple glass heart cremation jewelry

Heart cremation jewelry for ashes

heart ring cremation jewelry

Whether your taste ranges from pendants, rings, or bracelets, you’ll find them all these styles in both silver and gold when shopping for cremation jewelry. Consider when and where you will wear your jewelry in order to safeguard the ashes and the preserve the finish on your keepsake.

The Truth about February

Just 36 days into 2018 and the festive optimism of the New Year has worn off. The final weeks of winter loom ahead. It’s cold and dark; a time when our thoughts naturally turn inward. Sometimes, we think of those we’ve loved and lost – often missing them more than ever in the long stretches of the night. It’s a time when our heart can rule our head. Maybe it’s because we know the truth in what Helen Keller said, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”

vintage valentine

What’s All This about Victorians and Valentine’s Day?

One of the things I love most about writing for Urn Garden is that I get to roam the Internet exploring topics of interest to me – and (hopefully) to you, our readers. Today, Victorian Valentines caught and held my interest – after all, it was the Victorians who turned the long-celebrated holiday into one resembling our own. If you’re curious too, check out: “Valentine’s Day in the Victorian Era” and “History of St. Valentine’s Day in the 1800s”. Here’s another article, with a different ‘spin’ on the subject: “14 Really Bizarre Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards”. Enjoy!

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Perfect Small Memorial, Owl Keepsake Urn

April 28, 2014 urngarden.com

Owl

Sometimes clients are confused by the different sizes of urns that are available in the marketplace. Most are familiar with the traditional vase shapes and boxes that hold human ashes.

Small Unique Urns

But now you can get small unique pieces that are perfect for a small memorial. Families are getting more creative when selecting an urn and sometimes want to create a keepsake memento and don’t need a large full size container. As we continue our series exploring our spirit animal cremation urn collection, consider an owl keepsake urn.

owl keepsake urn

Owls have a keen sense of intuition, and those who foster these animals have a deep connection to wisdom and knowledge. If you have an owl as your animal totem, you more than likely can see what most others can’t. You can see true reality instead of illusions and deceit. Owls also offer inspiration and personal guidance to help you explore the magic of life.

owl cremation necklace jewelry for ashesOwls represent several ideals including the capacity of see beyond deception and dishonesty. More so, their spirit traditionally is the announcer or messenger of death as well as simply a life transition or change.

The Power of Darkness and the Unknown
Because owls can see in the dark, they can guide you to see beyond what is in front of you. This ability also helps them see and understand the true meaning of another person’s state of mind or actions.

small owl urn
Small Jeweled Owl Keepsake Urn for Ashes

If an owl becomes part of your life, take a look around you and see what’s changed. An owl’s spirit can help you uncover your hidden talents and potential. The evening hours are best for delving into creativity and energy.

Blue Owl adult cremation urn for ashes
Owl Adult Cremation Urn

Owls in Greek and Roman Mythology
The Goddess Athena kept an owl at her side to represent her wisdom. Other types of owls and their symbolic meanings include:

  •     Hoot owl: Moon magic and warnings
  •     Burrowing owl: Grounding and earth magic
  •     Snowy owl: Secrets and foretelling
  •     Screech owl: Watch your path carefully
  •     Barn owl: Holding secrets and valuable items in a secret or private place

In the early days of Rome, a dead owl nailed to the door of a house helped fend off evil that earlier caused havoc in that home. A hoot of an owl forewarned of an imminent death. The deaths of Agrippa, Agustus, Commodus Aurelius and Julius Caesar were supposedly predicted by an owl.

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