Ways to Keep Them in Memory
These are things I've come across over the years and genuinely believe in. A funeral favour, a keepsake, an idea, a book, a community that understands. All of them are for people who have lost someone and are trying to find their way through.
A small note: some of the links on this page may earn me a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share things I would recommend to a friend.
Funeral favour
Wildflower seed paper butterfly
A butterfly cut from seed paper, printed with their name and the dates of their life. Plant it after the funeral, and when the wildflowers bloom — snapdragons, chamomile, mountain mint — their memory blooms with them. Some will come back year after year.
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Funeral favour
Forget-me-not seed packets
Fifty small packets of forget-me-not seeds, ready to hand to guests as they leave. Something to take home and plant — and every time the little blue flowers come back, so does the memory of the person you lost.
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Funeral favour
Personalised memorial pocket tokens
Small wooden coins, printed with their name, their dates, and a design that suited who they were — a lighthouse, an eagle, a sailboat, a tree. Twenty to hand out at the service. The kind of thing people slip into a pocket and find again months later, and remember the loved one.
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Keepsake
Memory tree guest book
A wooden tree that stands at the service. Each guest writes their wish or memory on a small wooden leaf and places it on the branches. Afterwards it comes home with you — full of memories of the people who loved them too.
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Keepsake
Teardrop wooden cremation urn
Handcrafted from mango wood, with a thunderstorm pattern burned into the grain — no two are alike. Beautiful enough to sit on a shelf and be looked at every day. A resting place that is also a piece of art.
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Sympathy gift
Tree of Life memorial wind chimes
Silver aluminium chimes in a rounded ash wood frame, with a tree of life at the centre — symbolic of the connection between earth and heaven. Each tube is inscribed with words of comfort. Hung by the door or in the garden, they arrive quietly — just when you need them. A thoughtful thing to bring to someone who is grieving.
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