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Mother’s Day Competition

Mother’s Day Competition Want to treat your mum to a fabulous Devon Cream tea at @GlazbrookHouseHotel on us? Enter our Mother’s Day Competition. We’re on the hunt for a mother and daughter to feature in our new brochure. If you and your mum/daughter would like to have your hair and makeup professionally done, be photographed […]

Where would you Celebrate the life of your loved one?

Competition Time To enter our competition all you need to do is fill in the form below with your name, email address, where you would like to celebrate the life of your loved one and why. We will select 10 suggestions at random on the 1st August and email you to get details of where […]

Companion Ashes Jewellery

Companion Ashes Jewellery Companion Ashes Jewellery is a fantastic way to keep the ashes of two or more sets of your loved one’s ashes with you forever. You might want a pendant with Grandma and Grandad’s ashes, or Mum and Dad, or two pets. Whoever you want to cherish we can create a unique and […]

Embassies in the UK contact details for travelling with ashes

Embassies in the UK – Contacts for travelling with ashes

Embassies in the UK – Contacts for travelling with ashes THE LONDON DIPLOMATIC LIST Alphabetical list of the representatives of Foreign States & Commonwealth Countries in London with the names & designations of the persons returned as composing their Diplomatic Staff. Representatives of Foreign States & Commonwealth Countries & their Diplomatic Staff enjoy privileges & […]

What is a Water Ceremony?

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What is a Water Ceremony? We are asked ‘what is a water ceremony’ almost every day so I thought I would put together an explanation. Please please ask any questions that you have that I haven’t covered in the comments underneath and we’ll always do our best to answer them. A water ceremony is simply […]

Flower Symbolism for Water Ceremonies

Flower Symbolism for Water Ceremonies Flower Symbolism for Water Ceremonies. Using flowers can add a very special element to your ceremony. You can add different flowers simply because you like them. Or you might like to add flowers because they mean something symbolic to you, your family or your beliefs. Flowers can be a central […]

Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday everyone. So if like me you’re still full from the pancakes yesterday you’re not alone! Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day is when many countries with a Christian population celebrate. Traditionally you would empty your larder of all the goodies before you embarked upon Lent. You can see the almost literal translation in […]

Birthstone by Month – what is the right birthstone for your month?

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Birthstone by Month What are the birthstone colours by month? Birthstone by Month. If you know the month of your loved one then you might like to choose to put their ashes into an appropriately coloured stone. It can make this difficult choice easier for some people. Choosing a colour for your memorial jewellery can […]

Family Business Of The Year 2019 – We Are Shortlisted!

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Family Business Of The Year 2019 South West Shortlisted for Family Business Of The Year 2019!! What a wonderful way to kick-start the year although the news has meant that sticking to a dry January might be a bit tricky! I am absolutely thrilled that we are shortlisted for this prestigious award. It means so […]

What to do with Cremation Ashes

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What to do with cremation ashes. You have the ashes now what? Let us help you choose the right thing for them and for you.

Silver memorial jewellery sealing: How To Guides.

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Silver memorial jewellery sealing: how to fill and seal your memorial jewellery. See our step by step guide to filling and sealing your silver memorial jewellery. Here is a short video that shows you how to fill and seal your silver memorial jewellery. It will take you through the five steps to putting your loved […]

Bespoke Jewellery Made in Devon

Bespoke Jewellery Made in Devon. We’ve found an amazing jeweller right here in Devon. Fee has been making fantastic jewellery for years and has now produced an exclusive range for us here at Scattering Ashes. Not only does she make beautiful jewellery but she also teaches jewellery making too so she really knows her stuff! […]

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day Mother’s Day. We’re offering £10 off every Vermeil Gold Heart this week and delivered FREE next day as long as your order is placed before 12pm. We want to celebrate all those amazing mums who may no longer be with us but have left their lasting legacy with us. Just one day a year […]

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It’s time to do something with the ashes now Mum

Bereavement: when to scatter the ashes Bereavement: when to scatter the ashes. We receive a significant number of calls from a daughter or son who have rung asking about how to do something with with their Dad’s/Mum’s ashes. In general they ring with a good heart and want to scatter the ashes somewhere significant but […]

Memorial jewellery what type is best for me?

Memorial jewellery what type is best for me? Choosing which type of memorial jewellery is best for you will depend on a few factors: Do you want to send the ashes to a jeweller? How quickly do you want or need it? Is it a present? Do you want to see the ashes? Do you […]

BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show on Spreading Ashes

BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show. Rich has just been on the Jeremy Vine show if you want to listen he’s about 20 minutes from the end. Great piece and what a lovely group of people. #scatteringashes Following a complaint from a lady in Plymouth Richard was asked by the Jeremy Vine show to come […]

Scattering Ashes Teapot

Scattering Ashes Teapot – our wonderful maker Annie has made us this absolutely stunning teapot and we LOVE it!! Annie is another one of our extremely talented makers who can design an urn that is 100% biodegradable so that you can commit your loved one’s ashes into the water. She makes our gorgeous Suitcase Urn […]

Up-cycled Jewellery – Meet Your Maker Series

Up-cycled Jewellery Up-cycled Jewellery. We are really lucky to live in a place where there are so many talented makers. From jewellers to carpenters, to wood-turners to glass makers…and they’re all really lovely people too. People who really care about what they do and how they do it. Lots of people say they care, but I’ve […]

Caring for Cremation Jewellery

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Caring for Cremation Jewellery Gold and Silver Cremation Jewellery It happens to all jewellery and no one likes to talk about it. Yes, tarnish. Tarnish effects precious metals such as sterling silver and gold. Over time, all sterling silver and real gold will tarnish, regardless of where it came from. This doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with your […]

Sympathy Presents – a way to show you care.

Sympathy Presents We know that it can be hard to talk about bereavement. It is the time when you really want to show that you care, that you are there and will continue to be there. When someone close is grieving it can sometimes be hard to get the words right. There is lots advice from […]

Ashes within Memorial Glass

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We will turn your loved one’s ashes to glass making an eternal memory that you can keep with you always. We work with a brilliant team of specialised artists who will create a fabulous memorial glass item for you. How does it work? If you choose to place ashes to glass we will send you an […]

Ashes into Jewellery

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Ashes into Jewellery We want you to be able to cherish your loved one so we have worked with artists and suppliers to offer you something that you can wear every day or on special occasions. We are always looking for new and interesting ways to put your loved one’s ashes into jewellery. If you have […]

BBC Open Source

BBC Open Source The BBC have a brilliant radio programme called Open Source, they transmit it live from their news rooms – there are several – and feature news as it’s happening live from all over the world. On Thursday 14th July, alongside all the Teresa May appointment furore, there was a piece from Japan about sending ashes into […]

Devon Life

Devon Life piece We’d love you all to rush out now & buy a copy of this month’s (July) Devon Life, not only does it have loads of really great ideas about things to do in Devon but it has a rather lovely article all about us in it!!! We’ve been featured in the Made in […]

Handmade Wood Urns

Handmade Wood Urns The sun has gone to our heads and we’re offering a 10% discount off all our Dartmoor wooden urn range whilst the sunshine lasts! Simply type in SUNSHINE16 into the coupon code to get 10% off a fabulous wooden urn. Handmade in Dartmoor in Devon Our natural wood urn range are all handmade in solid […]

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No ashes? Memorial Glass Stories

No Ashes? We often speak to people who don’t have the ashes of their loved one. Perhaps they felt rushed into scattering all the ashes straight away, perhaps family tensions meant that they were unable to get any of the ashes, perhaps they’ve done something with the ashes and yet still feel that what they […]

Cremation Bead Bracelet

Cremation Bead Bracelet We’d just thought we would share this with you, our extremely talented glassmakers have worked with our talented jeweller and have created this wonderful memorial piece. Our customer saw the pandora style charm beads and asked if we could create a bracelet with her loved one’s ashes. Once the beads had been […]

Bespoke Stone Memorials garden sculpture

Meet your Maker – Kate Semple – Bespoke Stone Memorials

Meet your Maker – Kate Semple – Bespoke Stone Memorials It is truly humbling to do what we do, not only do we get to speak to some of the most amazing customers every day but we also get to work with some of the most talented and genuine artists in the UK. The people […]

South Devon Business Excellence Awards

South Devon Business Excellence Awards We’ve been nominated as finalists for this year’s most innovative business in the South Devon Business Excellence Awards! To say that we’re feeling a bit excited is a bit of an understatement! As a completely independent family firm based in Dartmoor in Devon we are feeling very humbled to be nominated. Richard set up […]

Christmas Sympathy Gifts Ideas for your loved ones

Christmas Sympathy Gifts We know that Christmas is one of the most difficult times of the year for those of us who are grieving the loss of someone that we love. Whilst it is so good to be with friends and family at this very special time of the year it will bring into the […]

Meet Your Maker – Annie Leigh – Bespoke Urns

Annie Leigh Biodegradable water urns handmade, handpainted and completely bespoke. Our talented artist Annie Leigh hand makes these amazing urns using a papier-mâché technique gradually building up the shape and then hand painting it with exquisite designs. You can choose from a range of different ideas: for the classic English lady or gent what about […]

10 Ways of Keeping Ashes at Home

Keeping ashes at home The crematorium have rung your funeral director to say your loved one’s ashes are ready for collection. The funeral home pop a lovely letter in the post letting you know that they have the ashes and will keep them until you are ready to collect them. What do you do? Your […]

#National Poetry Day – internment psalms

To celebrate National Poetry Day we are are posting some of our favourite ones for using at an ashes internment or scattering. Christian Text for when ashes are interned or scattered Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the […]

#NationalPoetryDay – A Poem for a Sea Lover

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Richard came across this poem when writing a blog post about the explorer Frank Wild and was stunned by just how beautiful it was. If you are wondering about the words to say when scattering the ashes of an old sailor or seaman, or anyone really who loved the sea – you could do a lot […]

National Poetry Day – Poems for an Ashes Ceremony

To celebrate National Poetry Day we’re sharing some of our more famous poems that you might consider using for an ashes scattering ceremony: National Poetry Day Classic Poems: poems for bereavement Do not go gentle into that good night By Dylan Thomas, 1951 or 1952 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should […]

#NationalPoetryDay – a Haiku for scattering ashes

Two November girls scatter his ashes at sea; sad wild waves thunder. For those not familiar with the term Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, Japanese haiku have been traditionally composed in 5-7-5 syllables, so 17 in total. When poets started writing English haiku in the 1950’s, they adopted this 5-7-5 form, now […]

#NationalPoetryDay – Scattering the ashes of a cricket fan

At Lord’s: A Cricketer’s farewell It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk, Though my own red roses there may blow; It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk, Though the red roses crest the caps, I know. For the field is full of shades as I […]

#NationalPoetryDay – Light-hearted Poems

To celebrate National Poetry Day we’re sharing some of our more light-hearted poems that you might consider using for an ashes scattering ceremony: We quite like this one – especially if you have opted for a scattering at sea – I must go down to the sea again By Spike Milligan I must go down […]

#NationalPoetryDay – Solemn or Wistful Poems

Solemn/Wistful Poems Miss Me But Let Me Go When I come to the end of the road, and the sun has set for me I want no rites in a gloom-filled room, why cry for a soul set free? Miss me a little but not too long and not with your head bowed low. Remember […]

#NationalPoetryDay – Life Affirming Poems

Life Affirming Poems To celebrate National Poetry Day here are a few ‘life affirming’ poems we thought you might like to use for an Ashes Scattering ceremony: Not, How Did He Die, But How Did He Live? Not how did he die, but how did he live? Not what did he gain, but what did […]

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Every year I am shocked by just how fast Christmas approaches, I have no sooner put away my flip-flops when I’m asked where we’re going to spend Christmas Day, last year my mum surpassed herself by asking me the Thursday before the August Bank Holiday! It’s nice to feel wanted and Christmas is such an important time of the […]

Making a Will

Making a Will Making a Will. There was yet another thought provoking article article in the family section of the Guardian yesterday, a woman who has no children talks through the process of making a will. We all find this process difficult, staring your demise in the face and making confident decisions about what will […]

Bespoke Memorial Glass - a lasting tribute when you don't have the ashes

Bespoke Memorial Glass – Meet your Maker

Bespoke Memorial Glass by Jenny Ayrton Bespoke Memorial Glass. We are extremely proud to be working with Jenny as she is a local rising star who is helping us to provide lasting tributes for those who have no ashes to scatter. We often gets calls from people who want to do something with their loved one’s ashes […]

Handmade Dartmoor Urns

Dartmoor Urn: Handmade in Devon Natural Burial Urns The lovely Beth hand makes all her vessels in the beautiful coastal town of Dartmouth in Devon. Walking with her dog she collects natural materials and earth pigments which she incorporates onto the surfaces of the urns. The landscapes of her walks inspire both textures and images on […]

Bespoke Memorial Jewellery

Bespoke Memorial Jewellery Bespoke Memorial Jewellery. Do you have an idea of what type of memorial jewellery you want but can’t find it anywhere? We’ve teamed up with one of Devon’s leading jewellers and he is working with our amazing glassworks to create completely unique works of art for you to wear and keep your loved […]

Handmade Wooden Urns

Handmade Wooden Urns Handmade in Devon Completely handmade here in Dartmoor, Devon, by our talented craftsman Simon, our wooden urns have been especially designed to look natural and rustic in your home. Simon crafts them in solid oak from wood that shows off it’s natural character and beauty. They are all hand finished either with Danish oil, […]

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