My late husband was a masterful woodworker, so we had half his ashes placed in a rosewood box that he had started and that my sons finished. The other half we placed in another box Richard had made, to be scattered from an airplane piloted by my eldest son on the first anniversary. When the time came, however, logistics presented themselves: propeller backwash, etc. We ended up renting a boat and consigning his ashes to Santa Monica Bay (sh). But perhaps the BEST urn I've seen was for a good friend of ours who happened to pass just a month before Richard: a wildly creative, hilarious, and light-up-any-room kind of guy, his ashes appeared at his memorial in an Andy Devine cookie jar. Absolute perfect for him.
I love all of this! The airplane idea was stellar. Too bad you weren't able to follow through. That reminds me of something I saw on the internet where you can have ashes put into fireworks and do a show for friends and family. I think that's for wealthy people lol. But still an amazing idea.
Love the cookie jar. It's so great to be able to push convention aside and just do what feels good.
My late husband was a masterful woodworker, so we had half his ashes placed in a rosewood box that he had started and that my sons finished. The other half we placed in another box Richard had made, to be scattered from an airplane piloted by my eldest son on the first anniversary. When the time came, however, logistics presented themselves: propeller backwash, etc. We ended up renting a boat and consigning his ashes to Santa Monica Bay (sh). But perhaps the BEST urn I've seen was for a good friend of ours who happened to pass just a month before Richard: a wildly creative, hilarious, and light-up-any-room kind of guy, his ashes appeared at his memorial in an Andy Devine cookie jar. Absolute perfect for him.
I love all of this! The airplane idea was stellar. Too bad you weren't able to follow through. That reminds me of something I saw on the internet where you can have ashes put into fireworks and do a show for friends and family. I think that's for wealthy people lol. But still an amazing idea.
Love the cookie jar. It's so great to be able to push convention aside and just do what feels good.
Love this post 😍. So you!