Your wish that your loved one should be cremated with their favorite keepsake at a funeral home in Bronx, NY is understandable. Humans have been cremating their dead with various types of elaborate ornaments and objects for thousands of years. But funeral home directors are unlikely to allow for your loved one to be cremated with any object. Here are things you can do with your loved ones' keepsakes instead.
You Can Keep The Jewelry And Wear Them With Pride
If your loved one had jewelry that had a significant meaning to him or her, you can wear it yourself to remember them. You don’t have to wear the pieces exactly how your loved one wore them. Instead have a jeweler make them over by bringing new life into the old jewelry, or modernize them, or even create a new one. You can take two necklaces and mix their different elements together to create a new piece that you can wear everywhere you go. It’s all up to you.
How To Breathe New Life Into Old Jewelry Pieces
Pendants can make great rings depending on their size and design. Your jeweler can also repurpose a ring into a pendant so that you can wear it on your neck. Another great idea is to combine pearls to other pearls to achieve a whole new look. A skilled jeweler can also take diamonds from your loved ones' pendant and turn them into earrings. There is no limit to what you can do with various pieces of jewelry.
Your Loved Ones Keepsakes Can Be Repurposed Into Cremation Keepsakes
Cremation keepsakes are objects that you can use to hold a small portion of your loved one’s ashes. A jeweler can add the ash to molten glass as it is formed into jewelry or a sculpture. The ash turns bright white as the glass hardens. You can also have a jeweler add the ashes into your loved one’s keepsake jewelry when turning it into new jewelry. Having keepsakes that hold your loved ones ashes can help calm you and ground you.
Create A Commemorative Art With The Keepsakes
If the keepsake is dried flowers, you can create a work of art that you can put on display to commemorate your loved one’s life. If it’s jewelry, you can build a shadow box for displaying all sorts of jewelry, badges, rings, ceramic sculptures, and even certificates. People not comfortable displaying items that their departed family member used to own can turn them into new items. For example, ceramic figurines can be broken and used to create art similar to mosaic tiling.
Give The Keepsake To A Close Relative Or A Friend
Your loved one probably had friends and relatives that loved them just as you do. Give them the keepsakes you don’t want to keep and they will cherish them for the rest of their lives.
We can give you a few suggestions about what to do with keepsakes when you come to inquire about our cremation services in Bronx, NY. Our friendly staff have years of experience on all matters concerning burials and cremation and can answer your questions with compassion.