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.

Paper Clay Handmade Urns: DIY Techniques, Drying Time, and Making a Secure Closure - Funeral.com, Inc.

Paper Clay Handmade Urns: DIY Techniques, Drying Time, and Making a Secure Closure

Grief can make ordinary decisions feel unfamiliar. After cremation, families often find themselves holding a temporary container and asking questions they never expected to ask: How do we keep this...

DNA Jewelry Explained: How ‘Genetic’ Keepsakes Are Made and What Families Should Know - Funeral.com, Inc.

DNA Jewelry Explained: How ‘Genetic’ Keepsakes Are Made and What Families Should Know

After a death, families often find themselves balancing two kinds of needs at once: the practical tasks that keep moving forward, and the emotional need for something steady. A keepsake...

Can You Mix Cremation Ashes Into Tattoo Ink? Safety Risks, Infection Concerns, and Safer Alternatives - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Mix Cremation Ashes Into Tattoo Ink? Safety Risks, Infection Concerns, and Safer Alternatives

After a loss, a memorial tattoo can feel like a promise you carry on your skin: a name, a date, a line of handwriting you don’t want to lose. Lately,...

Cremation Ash Glass Art: How Ashes Are Infused Into Glass (What Artists Need From Families) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Ash Glass Art: How Ashes Are Infused Into Glass (What Artists Need From Families)

The first time a family sees a temporary container of ashes, the feeling is often surprisingly quiet. There may have been decisions, paperwork, phone calls, and a blur of logistics—and...

How to Delete or Deactivate a Threads Profile After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete or Deactivate a Threads Profile After Someone Dies

After someone dies, their phone can feel like a quiet room that keeps lighting up. A notification. A memory prompt. A comment from someone who didn’t know yet. For many...

Abandoned Cemetery Restoration Laws: Permissions, Liability, and How to Help Without Causing Damage - Funeral.com, Inc.

Abandoned Cemetery Restoration Laws: Permissions, Liability, and How to Help Without Causing Damage

It often starts with a discovery that feels personal: a forgotten family plot behind a treeline, a churchyard no longer maintained, or a handful of stones in a field that...

Water‑Soluble Paper Mâché: DIY Recipes for Biodegradable Urns (Plus Drying and Mold Prevention) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Water‑Soluble Paper Mâché: DIY Recipes for Biodegradable Urns (Plus Drying and Mold Prevention)

There’s a moment that many families describe after cremation: the practical parts are moving forward, but the emotional parts are still catching up. You may have a temporary container in...

Resin Keepsakes With Ashes: DIY Options, Safety Precautions, and Mistakes to Avoid - Funeral.com, Inc.

Resin Keepsakes With Ashes: DIY Options, Safety Precautions, and Mistakes to Avoid

There is a particular kind of quiet that settles in after cremation. The appointments have happened. The paperwork is done. The container is on the table, and suddenly the question...

Printing Funeral Programs at Home: Printer Settings, Paper Choices, and a Stress-Free Checklist - Funeral.com, Inc.

Printing Funeral Programs at Home: Printer Settings, Paper Choices, and a Stress-Free Checklist

When you are grieving, even “small” tasks can feel enormous. A memorial program is one of those details that carries more weight than it should: names you want spelled perfectly,...

Community Deathcare: How to Start a Local Support Group for End‑of‑Life and After‑Death Care - Funeral.com, Inc.

Community Deathcare: How to Start a Local Support Group for End‑of‑Life and After‑Death Care

A death in a neighborhood can reveal two truths at once: people want to help, and most of us don’t know what to do. Food shows up. Condolence texts arrive....

How to Close a Twitch Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Close a Twitch Account After Someone Dies

In the days after someone dies, life can feel split in two. There is the human side—grief, stories, the quiet moments when you reach for your phone to text them...

Stained Glass Memorial Windows for Home: Design Ideas, Symbolism, and Commissioning Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

Stained Glass Memorial Windows for Home: Design Ideas, Symbolism, and Commissioning Tips

There is a particular kind of quiet that settles into a home after loss. The phone calls slow down. The casseroles stop arriving. And yet the absence stays loud in...

How to Delete a LINE Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete a LINE Account After Someone Dies

After someone dies, their phone can feel like a small, glowing room you’re not sure you’re allowed to enter. The notifications keep arriving. A friend sends a message without knowing....

3D‑Printed Urns: DIY Files, Material Choices, and How to Make a Secure, Dignified Container - Funeral.com, Inc.

3D‑Printed Urns: DIY Files, Material Choices, and How to Make a Secure, Dignified Container

There is a particular kind of quiet that arrives after a cremation. The paperwork slows down. The logistics that felt urgent become “handled.” And then, often when the house is...

Mosaic Grave Markers: Weatherproof Materials, Adhesives, and Sealing for Outdoor Use - Funeral.com, Inc.

Mosaic Grave Markers: Weatherproof Materials, Adhesives, and Sealing for Outdoor Use

A mosaic marker is rarely “just a project.” It is a way of saying a name, a story, a symbol—through color and pattern—when words feel thin. A mosaic grave marker...

How to Cancel a WeChat Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Cancel a WeChat Account After Someone Dies

In the days after a death, life can feel split in two. One half is grief—phone calls you can barely make, quiet rooms that feel unfamiliar, and the strange exhaustion...