The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Cardboard Coffins: Decorating and Personalizing Tips (Paint, Photos, Handprints, and More) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cardboard Coffins: Decorating and Personalizing Tips (Paint, Photos, Handprints, and More)

In the days after a death, families often find themselves living in two worlds at once: the practical world of paperwork, phone calls, and funeral planning, and the private world...

Himalayan Salt Urns for Ocean Release: Benefits, Dissolving Time, and What to Know Before You Go - Funeral.com, Inc.

Himalayan Salt Urns for Ocean Release: Benefits, Dissolving Time, and What to Know Before You Go

There’s a particular kind of quiet that happens on the water. Even when there are other boats nearby, even when the wind is up, the ocean has a way of...

Scattering Ashes in National Parks: Permit Rules, Restrictions, and 2026 Best Practices - Funeral.com, Inc.

Scattering Ashes in National Parks: Permit Rules, Restrictions, and 2026 Best Practices

If someone you love spent their happiest days on a trail, beside a river, or looking out over a familiar ridge line, it’s natural to picture a goodbye in that...

Biodegradable Water Urns: How Long They Dissolve (Salt vs Paper and Other Materials) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Biodegradable Water Urns: How Long They Dissolve (Salt vs Paper and Other Materials)

When someone you love is cremated, the next question is rarely just logistical. It’s emotional, too—what to do with ashes in a way that feels respectful, meaningful, and true to...

Scattering Ashes on BLM Land: Bureau of Land Management Rules, Permits, and Best Practices - Funeral.com, Inc.

Scattering Ashes on BLM Land: Bureau of Land Management Rules, Permits, and Best Practices

When someone you love dies, the desire to return them to a place that meant something is often immediate and very clear. For many families, that place is public land:...

Eternal Reefs Explained: How Ashes Become Reef Memorials and Ocean Habitats - Funeral.com, Inc.

Eternal Reefs Explained: How Ashes Become Reef Memorials and Ocean Habitats

There are a few moments in grief when the world feels strangely quiet, and yet decisions keep arriving. After a cremation, families often expect the “hard part” to be over,...

Cremation Urns for Ashes: A Calm, Practical Guide to Urns, Keepsakes, and Memorial Planning - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Urns for Ashes: A Calm, Practical Guide to Urns, Keepsakes, and Memorial Planning

When someone you love dies, decisions show up before you feel ready for them. “What kind of urn should we choose?” can sound like a simple shopping question, but it...

Choosing Cremation Urns, Keepsakes, and Cremation Jewelry: A Calm Plan for What Comes Next - Funeral.com, Inc.

Choosing Cremation Urns, Keepsakes, and Cremation Jewelry: A Calm Plan for What Comes Next

After a death, families are often asked to make decisions that feel both practical and impossibly emotional. You may be arranging a service, coordinating travel, helping children understand what happened,...

Can You Shower in Ash Jewelry? What Materials Tolerate Water Best - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Shower in Ash Jewelry? What Materials Tolerate Water Best

If you’re wearing cremation jewelry every day, it’s only a matter of time before you face the most ordinary question that can feel surprisingly loaded: can you leave it on...

Can You Swim in Ash Jewelry? Salt, Chlorine, and Practical Guidance - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Swim in Ash Jewelry? Salt, Chlorine, and Practical Guidance

If you’re wearing cremation jewelry—especially an ashes pendant that holds a tiny portion of someone you love—the question “Can I swim in this?” is not really about water. It’s about...

Chain Strength and Pendant Weight: How to Avoid Common Failures - Funeral.com, Inc.

Chain Strength and Pendant Weight: How to Avoid Common Failures

When you choose a cremation necklace to wear close to your heart, the chain you select is just as important as the pendant itself. Many of us focus on the...

Types of Ash-Holding Jewelry: Screws, Gaskets, and Closure Styles - Funeral.com, Inc.

Types of Ash-Holding Jewelry: Screws, Gaskets, and Closure Styles

When families look at cremation jewelry, they are rarely shopping for “a necklace.” They are usually trying to solve something quieter and more personal: how to carry love forward in...

Cleaning Ash Jewelry Safely: What to Use and What to Avoid - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cleaning Ash Jewelry Safely: What to Use and What to Avoid

If you wear cremation jewelry, you already understand something most people don’t: the object is small, but the meaning is not. An ashes necklace can look like an ordinary pendant...

Storing Ash Jewelry: How to Keep It Secure When Not Worn - Funeral.com, Inc.

Storing Ash Jewelry: How to Keep It Secure When Not Worn

Most people buy cremation jewelry for a simple reason: it makes the day-to-day feel a little less empty. A pendant can become the “quiet companion” you reach for on a...

Travel and Ash Jewelry: Airport Screening and Packing Strategies - Funeral.com, Inc.

Travel and Ash Jewelry: Airport Screening and Packing Strategies

Travel can be hard for reasons you cannot always predict. When you are carrying grief with you, even the most ordinary trip can feel different—especially if you are traveling with...

Can You Sleep in Ash Jewelry? Comfort, Tangling, and Safety - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Sleep in Ash Jewelry? Comfort, Tangling, and Safety

When someone you love has passed, wearing a piece of cremation jewelry can feel comforting, intimate, and grounding. The idea of a necklace that holds a tiny portion of ashes...