Tag Archives: Memorial Flowers



Our Weekly Tip: Create Beads from Memorial Flowers

Turn memorial flowers into beautiful beads and jewelry as a way to remember and cherish your loved one

Our Tip of the Week: Flowers are a thoughtful and traditional way to cherish lost loved ones and grieve their departures. Floral arrangements have long been a way for guests at a memorial service to pay their respects and offer … Continue reading

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Our Weekly Tip: Faux Floral Revival

Handmade memorial flowers make a personal and poetic statement

Our Tip of the Week: It’s hard to believe, but these petals are made from paper. These DIY beauties would make a thoughtful, lasting gift for someone who has lost a loved one, or set a gorgeous, personal tone for an end-of-life … Continue reading

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Memorial Idea for Ashes: Flower Heart

Scatter the ashes of your loved one beside a heart shaped floral arrangement

3 Tips for Your Own Floral Heart Ceremony: It’s not uncommon to scatter or bury cremation ashes under a favorite tree. Instead of tossing a few flower stems, SevenPonds suggests a memorial idea of placing a heart shaped floral arrangement … Continue reading

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”Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.”

-Rabindranath Tagore

More from A Rite of Passage: Memorial Music: “The Show Must Go On” by Queen Memorial Music: “Dreams Old Men Dream” by the Cold War Kids Memorial Music: “Will You Miss Me when I’m Gone?” by The Carter Family

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Healing Touches: Planning a Memorial or Funeral

Comforting, creative touches to add to your memorial planning checklist

1) Celebrate Color The traditional funeral color scheme may be black on black (maybe grey), but your loved one experienced a unique and vibrant life – so why not bring some color into their service? Why not plan a memorial … Continue reading

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Is There Anything as Enchanting as the Meaning of Flowers?

Today an old fashioned nosegay is a new way of offering sympathy flowers

I’ve always had a fascination with the meaning of flowers. Back in the Victorian days each flower had a meaning attached as a form of expressive comunication. Flowers were offered in dainty, informal, often hand-picked arrangements called a tussie-mussie, that … Continue reading

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