Brief guide to cremation urns, jewelry and keepsakes. Educate yourself about options for keeping ashes of your loved one or beloved pet in your home or close to your heart.
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What are my options for keeping ashes of my loved one or beloved pet?
1. What are my options for
keeping ashes?
Brief guide to cremation urns,
jewelry and keepsakes
2. Urn Capacity
Urns are measured in cubic inches
1 cubic inch=1 pound
E.g. 150 pounds=150 cubic inches
3. Urns come in a variety of sizes:
Keepsake Urn (for small amount of ashes)
Sharing Urns (for sharing ashes among family members)
Pet Urn (variety of sizes)
Individual Urn (for the ashes of one person)
Companion Urn (for the ashes of two people)
5. Cremation Jewelry
Cremation Urn Jewelry: holds a tiny
amount of ashes in an urn-like
compartment
Cremation Glass Jewelry: fuses molten
glass with ashes to create a stunning
'Galaxy' effect (only 1/2 tsp. of ashes
needed to create a piece of glass jewelry)
6. Cremation Glass Keepsakes Can Be:
Ornament
Paperweight
Pocket Heart
Rubbing Stone
Sculpture
Tabletop Heart
Note: only 1/2 tsp. of
ashes needed to
create a keepsake