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.

Keeping Ashes at Home: Pros, Cons, Safety, and Cultural Considerations (Australia + Beyond)

Keeping Ashes at Home: Pros, Cons, Safety, and Cultural Considerations (Australia + Beyond)

There is a particular moment that arrives after cremation—sometimes quietly, sometimes all at once—when a family realizes the question is no longer “What happens next?” but “What do we want...

Can You Keep Cremation Ashes at Home in Poland (and Europe)? Legal Basics & Practical Tips

Can You Keep Cremation Ashes at Home in Poland (and Europe)? Legal Basics & Practical Tips

When a cremation is over, grief often gets quieter but more complicated. The practical questions show up in ordinary moments: Where should the urn stay tonight? Is it okay to...

What to Do With Cremation Ashes: 15 Meaningful Options From Keepsakes to Stones, Reefs, and Scattering

What to Do With Cremation Ashes: 15 Meaningful Options From Keepsakes to Stones, Reefs, and Scattering

After a cremation, there is often a quiet moment that feels surprisingly heavy: the moment someone hands you the temporary container and asks, gently, “Where would you like the ashes...

Engraved Urn Nameplates and Plaques: Wording Ideas, Materials, and How to Order the Right Fit

Engraved Urn Nameplates and Plaques: Wording Ideas, Materials, and How to Order the Right Fit

There is a particular moment many families recognize: the urn has arrived, the house is quiet, and suddenly the questions become very practical. Where will it go? What should it...

Memorial Reefs Explained: How Eternal Reefs and Reef Memorials Turn Ashes Into a Living Ocean Tribute

Memorial Reefs Explained: How Eternal Reefs and Reef Memorials Turn Ashes Into a Living Ocean Tribute

There are some memorial decisions that feel straightforward—choose a date, write an obituary, pick flowers that would have made them smile. And then there are decisions that feel bigger than...

Angel Urns for Ashes: Popular Designs, Materials, Prices, and How to Choose an Angel-Themed Memorial

Angel Urns for Ashes: Popular Designs, Materials, Prices, and How to Choose an Angel-Themed Memorial

When a family starts looking for cremation urns for ashes, the first instinct is often practical: find something the right size, in a material that will last, that feels appropriate...

Red Cremation Urns: Meaning, Best Materials, and Beautiful Styles for Adults, Keepsakes, and Companion Urns

Red Cremation Urns: Meaning, Best Materials, and Beautiful Styles for Adults, Keepsakes, and Companion Urns

Choosing an urn is rarely just a “shopping” decision. For many families, it’s one of the first moments when grief turns into something practical: a plan, a place, a way...

Cremation Necklace Guide: Types, Materials, Seals, and How to Choose the Right Urn Pendant

Cremation Necklace Guide: Types, Materials, Seals, and How to Choose the Right Urn Pendant

In the days after a cremation, families often discover that the hardest decisions are not the big ones. The service may be complete. The paperwork may be signed. And yet...

Keepsake Urns: How Mini Urns Work, What They Hold, and How to Choose One

Keepsake Urns: How Mini Urns Work, What They Hold, and How to Choose One

After a cremation, grief can feel strangely practical. You may be holding a temporary container and facing questions you never wanted: where will the ashes rest, what feels respectful at...

Choosing an Urn Material: Metal vs Wood vs Ceramic vs Biodegradable (Pros, Cons, Care)

Choosing an Urn Material: Metal vs Wood vs Ceramic vs Biodegradable (Pros, Cons, Care)

When families begin comparing cremation urns, it’s rarely a purely “shopping” decision. It’s a way of answering a tender, practical question: what will hold this person’s memory in a way...

What Happens at a Cremation Service: Ceremony Options, Timeline, and Etiquette

What Happens at a Cremation Service: Ceremony Options, Timeline, and Etiquette

If you’ve never attended a cremation service before, the uncertainty can feel heavier than it should. Families often imagine they’re supposed to “know” what happens—when to show up, what to...

Can You Fly With Cremated Ashes? TSA Screening, Documents, and the Best Travel Containers

Can You Fly With Cremated Ashes? TSA Screening, Documents, and the Best Travel Containers

There are trips you pack for with excitement, and there are trips you pack for with a quiet kind of courage. When you’re traveling with cremated remains, you’re not just...

Keepsake Urns Explained: Sizes, Filling Steps, Costs, and Sharing Ashes

Keepsake Urns Explained: Sizes, Filling Steps, Costs, and Sharing Ashes

There’s a moment many families remember with surprising clarity: the day you bring cremated remains home. Sometimes they arrive in a temporary container that feels more practical than personal, and...

Cremation Jewelry 101: Necklaces, Rings, and Charms That Hold Ashes (Plus Filling Tips)

Cremation Jewelry 101: Necklaces, Rings, and Charms That Hold Ashes (Plus Filling Tips)

There’s a moment many families recognize, even if they don’t talk about it out loud. The cremation is complete. The paperwork is done. The calls and texts slow down. And...

Roadside Memorials: Meaning, Laws, and Safer Ways to Remember a Loved One

Roadside Memorials: Meaning, Laws, and Safer Ways to Remember a Loved One

There are losses that don’t stay neatly inside a home, a church, or a funeral chapel. Some losses live out in the world—in the exact place where a life changed...

Engravable Cremation Urns: Engraving Methods, Pricing, and Where to Buy

Engravable Cremation Urns: Engraving Methods, Pricing, and Where to Buy

There is a moment many families describe in almost the same words: the practical decisions are finally done, the immediate rush of paperwork and phone calls quiets down, and then...