Creating a Custom Urn for Your Pet - Five Simple Steps

When you have a pet, whether they are a dog or cat, they become an integral part of your family. It's no surprise then, that when they pass away, you feel a deep loss. It's completely normal for families to grieve the loss of the family pet and it's become less taboo for the families to create beautiful and unique custom urns to memorialize the special member of their family. When you decide to look at custom urns for your pet, there are five simple steps to follow to end up with the perfect pet memorial.

1. Set a budget. When your pet dies, it's easy to get carried away when purchasing burial and cremation services, especially when looking at custom urns. Take the time to assess how much you can realistically spend on an urn and stick to that number.

2. Research artists and sites. You want to find an artist that understands the aesthetic you're looking for and who you feel you have a good rapport with when discussing custom urns. Many times, you can find an artist on a cremation urn website, so take the time to look at a few sites before you make your decision. Make sure you feel comfortable with the business and the owners of the business before deciding on which company to work with.


3. Come up with a design. When it comes to custom urns, developing a design that you like can be a very therapeutic process. Take the time to think about what type of custom urn would best suit your pet. Do you think wood would be the best material? Perhaps you'd like to have the urn sculpted in your pet's likeness. Decide what aspects of the custom urn are important to you and how you would best like to represent your pet.

4. Request a quote. Once you have ideas for a design, you can request a quote from a company that offers custom urns on their site. They will get back to you with a cost on making your design a reality.

5. Sign off on the final design. Once you've picked an artist to help create your custom urn, they will contact you to finalize the design plans. A good artist will work with you to make sure that your vision is realized so that your pet's memorial is something you are completely happy with once it's created.
Melody Jamali is the Founder and President of ( Une Belle Vie ), a Colorado company dedicated to bringing choice of cremation to public light. Their company offers the widest selection in decorative urns for cremation and includes a wide collection of resources designed to help families and friends in their time of need. From tool for the grieving to informative articles about planning, support and other uplifting thoughts, Une Belle Vie is a company dedicated to helping your celebrate the life of the one you love - on your terms.