If you’re reading this article, it means that there are several reasons and motives behind it. Let’s take a look at them, shall we?
• I just lost my pet and I want to find out what photo pet urns are all about.
• My pet died, I cremated it but I don’t want to store its remains in an ordinary urn; I want something more than that.
• I know of photo pet urns from a general perspective, but I was looking to seek some guidance regarding their purchase and availability.
• I don’t have the financial resources to buy a photo pet urn, but I’d like to make one on my own. Is there a way?
In this article, all aspects of photo pet urns that are stated above in the form of queries and general statements will be discussed. Take a good look through the appended passages because you may find something that relates to you in one way or another.
* Photo Pet Urns – A General Perspective:
Photo pet urns are a way of expressing your grievances that are followed by the loss of your beloved pet. Let’s admit it, if you were in the shoes of a person who had been associated with a pet for many years, and just went through its untimely death, what would you feel? Of course, you’d feel more than just a mere shade of sadness. Shards of pain will pierce through your heart at the mere thought of those times that you spent with the animal.
Hence, you want to honor it, commemorate its loss, and remember it from a close perspective. You cremate the pet and want to store its ashes in a photo pet urn. The urn will be placed where all members of your family, or you, can easily see it from day-to-day basis. This way whenever you’ll look at the urn, you’ll feel a sense of closeness and warmth to the long lost pet of yours. Also, your guests and family members will be looking at the photo urn, and they’ll participate in expressing their grief for the animal’s death. Doesn’t that sound relaxing and soul soothing?
* Things to Look For When Buying a Photo Pet Urn:
Before buying a photo pet urn, you need to go through some specific steps – they’ll lead you to making the right decision. First of all, consider the place where the urn will be placed. If it’s a common area where a lot of people walk over, they’ll have a chance to look at the photo of the animal.
It also means that the photograph has to be of high quality and in a good pose. If you never took your pet’s picture/photograph, don’t post the photo of its carcass on the urn. It’s a bad idea and the picture of the dead animal will look gross. You may be looking at it from a different “angle”, but others won’t.
Other factors include the weight, personality and type of your pet. These aspects lead to the selection of the appropriate urn because every animal relates to different weight and form category. If it was a horse, it means that you’ll have to go for a bigger photo urn. If it was a cat or a hamster, the size will decrease as well.
You can place an order for a photo pet urn, on the internet or at one of your local pet memorial shops. Go for whatever option suits you financially and quality wise.
Small Guide to Help You Prepare Your Own Pet Photo Urn:
• If you’re good at sketching then you can sketch a picture of your pet on your own. Granted that you didn’t have a photograph to paste inside the urn’s frame, the sketch option seems feasible. If you’re not good at drawing or painting and you don’t have a photograph of your pet, go to an artist who excels in live animal drawing.
• If you want to emboss the picture on a wooden pet photo urn, then place the sketch or photo on the surface of the urn and trace everything carefully. The wood’s surface will come up with an impression of what you tried to trace on it.
• Buy sandpaper and wood engraving tools to get started on your venture.
• You can also use heating tools to burn your way on the wood’s surface. Go for any option that works best for you.
Once you’re done, spray the urn with an even layer of spray paint. Let the urn dry and you’ll eventually have a decent photo pet urn in the end. In case you don’t want to engrave anything, just create slits on the urn and slip the right sized pet photograph through it.