Keepsakes with Ashes

Inspiration for Keepsakes with Ashes

Keepsakes created with a small amount of ashes can be a lovely way to keep a loved one close to you and to feel a continued connection with them. There are many choices, from necklaces and cufflinks to paperweights and pebbles. We have brought together some ideas, we hope you will find something that feels right for you.

Memorial Jewellery

There are a number of wonderful artisans throughout the UK that create beautiful memorial jewellery, from rings and earrings to lockets and cufflinks. For some people, touching a pendant or a stone that has a loved one’s ashes can bring a feeling of connection and comfort. 

For further inspiration for memorial jewellery, please go to our Inspiration page for Memorial Jewellery with Ashes.

Glass & Resin Art

A unique piece of artwork created from glass or resin infused with ashes can be an uplifting and permanent tribute to a loved one. Smaller glass items can be created, such as paperweights, robins and blown glass sculptures.

Stones & Pebbles

Artisans can create glass, resin or stone pebbles, handcrafted with a small amount of ashes or a lock of hair. They can be used as paperweights, placed in a garden or at a graveside, or are a lovely, tactile reminder of your person to hold as comfort at a difficult time.

As well as stones and pebble ashes memorials, a stone memorial can be created in the shape of a teddy bear.

Keepsakes Inspired by Nature

Flowers from a funeral or celebration of life, or petals from a favourite bloom, can be incorporated in to keepsakes such as photo frames, pebbles, and keyrings.

Vinyl records

Music can bring a unique sense of connection with a person, time or place. So a favourite vinyl created with a loved one’s ashes can be a particularly sentimental keepsake.

Memory Boxes

Memory boxes can keep special mementos together in one place such as handwritten letters, photos, jewellery, and other little keepsakes.

Find Further Helpful Information

If you would like further information and ideas about the final resting places for ashes, please go to the whiteballoon section for Final Resting Place for the Ashes.

For information about planning a funeral or celebration of life, please go to Planning a Funeral.

Find Suppliers in the whiteballoon Community

To find suppliers of keepsakes with ashes, please go to Personal Touches & Keepsakes.