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The pearl set
Smooth, hand-polished pearls in the color you choose. Keep some at home, share some among the family — a loss becomes something everyone can hold.
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Cremains, crafted into
memorial keepsakes.
We turn a loved one's cremains into a memorial you can hold — crafted by our hands, to be held in yours. Cremains and a binder — that's the entire recipe. Pet or person. Your colors. Your form.
The white flecks aren't pigment — that's the cremains themselves.
Why this exists
The box in the closet
After a cremation, most families are handed a box or an urn — and no good answer for what to do next. So it waits. On a shelf, in a closet, sometimes for years. It's a common anxiety, and uncomfortable to talk about.
We think there's a better answer than a box: something beautiful enough to sit out in the open, personal enough to be unmistakable, and warm enough to hold. Send as much or as little as you want — we shape it, polish it by hand, and send it home. You keep every bit of the rest. Crafted by our hands, to be held in yours.
What makes ours different
A pendant holds a pinch.
We use everything you send.
Cremation jewelry
A typical pendant holds about a quarter-teaspoon of ash sealed inside a compartment. A token — of a token.
Cremains + binder.
That’s it.
That’s it.
A Custom Cremations piece
Every piece is cremains, with just the minimum binder and pigment necessary — nothing else. Not a pinch sealed inside something — cremains all the way through, and every pound you send goes into the finished pieces.
The collection
One material. Any form that mattered.
Cremains make up so much of the blend that it works like a clay we shape by hand — not a liquid locked to one mold. These are the founding pieces; custom shapes are quoted person by person.
Memorial
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The keepsake orb
One solid, weighty piece that lives on a desk, a shelf, a bedside table. Simple and quietly beautiful — and it never has to be explained.
Games — heirlooms you play
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The chess set
Board and pieces, cast and finished by hand. The centerpiece of the line — a memorial the next three generations will gather around and touch.
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The domino set
A full set in a keepsake box — double-six standard, up to the 91-tile Mexican Train set for a big family. Game night doesn't end — grandpa still gets dealt in.
Sports
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The golf set
A dozen balls, each personalized with a name and years. Made to be kept — never lost in the rough.
Choose the color
Slate
Terracotta
Sage
Ivory
Charcoal
Every color keeps the natural white flecks — that's not pigment, that's the cremains themselves.
How it works
Four steps, and you never have to handle anything you don't want to.
Place your order
Choose your pieces and color online. We'll walk you through how much to send — and you decide how much that is.
Send — or have it sent
We mail you a prepaid USPS cremains shipping kit, or your crematory ships to us directly so it never touches your hands. Every container is logged, photographed, and sealed on arrival — one order on the bench at a time, never commingled, with chain of custody maintained from our door back to yours.
Made by hand, in Georgia
Blended almost entirely from the cremains themselves, shaped, cured hard, and polished by the founder. Weeks, not months — we tell you the date up front.
Home again
Your pieces come home finished — every pound you sent, transformed. What you kept at home never left.
Pricing
Two ways we price.
Pearls are priced purely by the weight of cremains you send — a pound is a pound, pet or person. Crafted pieces are priced for the hours of handwork they take, and each one shows the cremains it uses.
Pearls — by the pound
| Weight in life* | Cremains you send | What you receive | Your price |
|---|---|---|---|
| up to ≈ 20 lb · cats & small dogs | up to ¾ lb | a dozen pearls | $475 |
| ≈ 30 lb · beagle-size dog | about 1 lb | 16 pearls | $625 |
| ≈ 60 lb · retriever-size dog | about 2 lb | 32 pearls | $850 |
| ≈ 85 lb · large dog | about 3 lb | 48 pearls | $1,095 |
| ≈ 115 lb · giant breed, or a petite adult | about 4 lb | 64 pearls | $1,395 |
| ≈ 150 lb and up · adults | 5 lb + | 80 pearls and up — the whole-family set | $1,695 |
Crafted pieces — priced for the hours, not the pounds
| Piece | Cremains it uses | Your price |
|---|---|---|
| The layered keepsake orb — about 4″, banded in your colors | about 2 lb | $850 |
| The golf dozen — personalized with a name and years | about 1 lb | $795 |
| The domino set — double-six, 28 tiles | about 1 lb | $795 |
| The domino set — double-nine, 55 tiles | about 2 lb | $1,095 |
| The Mexican Train set — all 91 tiles | about 3 lb | $1,495 |
| The chess set — board and all 32 pieces | up to 3 lb | $2,500 |
| A full commission — designed together as one order | you choose | from $2,500 |
*Cremains run about 3.5% of weight in life — a 180 lb adult leaves about 6 lb; a 20 lb schnauzer, about ¾ lb. Piece counts are working figures, confirmed with you before anything is cast. You choose how much to send; the rest stays with you. Custom shaped pieces are quoted individually on top. USPS cremains shipping (legally required) appears as its own line at cost — typically in the $30s regionally.
Why families choose us
No one else makes this.
- Your colors. Your form. The alternatives offer no customization.
- Cremains, with just the minimum binder and pigment necessary. Not a pinch in a locket, not a swirl in glass.
- Weeks, not months. Made by hand in Georgia by the person whose name is on the business.
- Every pound you send is used. We use all the cremains you send — you decide how much comes to us, and how much stays home.
Questions families ask
Asked and answered, plainly.
What is a piece actually made of?
Cremains, with just the minimum binder and pigment necessary to hold a shape and take a polish. No fillers, no substitutes, nothing else — and every pound you send is used.
Do you take both pet and human cremains?
Yes. Pet or person, the pricing works the same way, and every order is crafted by the same hands with the same care. That's the whole model.
How much should I send?
As much or as little as you're comfortable with. "You have four pounds — send two, keep the rest" is a perfectly normal order. We'll tell you what your amount can become before you ship anything.
How does shipping cremains work? Is it legal?
Completely — the U.S. Postal Service has an official process for it. Cremains travel in the USPS Cremated Remains kit via Priority Mail Express, both directions, with tracking. We send you the kit with instructions, or your crematory can ship to us directly.
How long does it take?
Weeks, not months. Curing and hand-finishing set the pace, and we give you a real date when you order — then keep you posted while we work.
Can I get it faster?
Yes — expedited is five days, and the price doubles. That's not a gimmick: a rush order is built on the founder's own personal time, so no other family's order waits a single day longer. You get his nights. That's what the double covers.
Is this... okay to do?
We think it's more than okay — we think it's overdue. Memorials exist for the living. A box in a closet helps no one; a beautiful thing you can hold, display, and even play with stays in the middle of family life, where a memorial belongs. Meaningful, never gimmicky — that's the line we hold in every piece.
Celebrate the life.
Respect the grief.
Create something new.
Founding families
The first pieces are being made now.
We're opening a small number of founding orders — made personally by the founder, at founding prices, with a say in how this craft grows. If the box in your closet has waited long enough, start here. A person answers, not a form.