Nontraditional Ways To Memorialize Your Loved One’s Ashes

Learn several nontraditional ways to memorialize your loved one after a direct cremation, from ash scattering to wearing your loved one’s ashes in cremation jewelry.

In the past decade, more and more families are opting for a direct cremation in Yukon, OK over other burial options. These days, families wanting to celebrate their loved ones have many more choices available to them besides placing the remains of the deceased in an urn that they place in a dark corner of their home. 

Whether you’re based in Oklahoma City, Yukon, or Edmond, Oklahoma, you have personalization options available to you to celebrate the life of your deceased loved one. From cremation jewelry to ash scattering ceremonies, find ways to celebrate the life of your loved one, not their death. 

Cremation Jewelry 

Now that the direct cremation in Yukon, OK has taken place and you know that you don’t want the cremains of your loved ones to make a permanent place in your home, you can memorialize your loved one while wearing beautiful jewelry at the same time. 

Some companies can turn your loved one’s ashes into a diamond. If you go this particular route, you should know that the entire process, from completing the order to receiving the jewelry in the mail, may take up to 10 months to complete. That’s because the jewelry making process mimics the conditions that take place towards the Earth’s mantle. 

When you order this cremation jewelry, you can select everything from the cut and the size and the color. You are also not required to use the entirety of your loved one’s ashes. For a cremation ring, most companies only require a half cup of the loved one’s remains. So if you wanted to store the remainder of the ashes somewhere else or scatter them in a certain location, you could still do that. 

Planting Your Loved One’s Ashes 

Some companies offer their customers the chance to purchase planting urns that will combine the ashes of your loved one with plant nutrients so that you can memorialize the life of the deceased with flowering plant life, like a tree. 

If this is an option that you want to pursue after the direct cremation in Yukon, OK, don’t immediately place your loved one’s remains in the ground with the purpose of creating plants from them. Ashes can stop the nutrients in the ground from getting to your plants. This can end up killing the plant. To grow plants using the ashes of your loved one, use the services of a company that specializes in this practice. 

Scattering Your Loved One’s Ashes 

One of the more popular ways to memorialize a deceased loved one after a direct cremation is to scatter their ashes at a location that was special to the deceased. Just remember to get the proper permits if you’re holding the scattering ceremony on public grounds. Also, bring bottled water with you to the site of the ceremony. Should any ashes get on your person, you’ll want the water to wash away the ashes. 

Allow Oklahoma City Cremation to help you throughout the entire direct cremation process in Yukon, OK. Call or visit our office during our business hours to see what we can do for you and your family during this trying time.