i have lost a lot of loved ones and dont like the idea of this Soozy. Plus when i go i wouldnt like my kids to say ...oh that ornament was my mother!  No bury the ashes or blow them to the wind

I wouldn't do it, but each to their own and depending on the deceased wishes, I don't have a problem with it if some want to do it.

No way, I believe in real regeneration not ending up as some ornament.

I'm honestly not fussed what happens to my body when I'm gone. I believe - when you're dead you're dead. my husband is paranoid about it though ............he's not bothered whether he's buried or cremated but says if I bury him up here (north) and then move back down south and leave him on his own he'll come back and haunt me.

I think he'd like me to wear his ashes in an urn around my neck . I would have a pendant made if I honestly felt it would make him feel better.

i've never heard of ending up as an ornament

Put me in the ground. Thank you!

When I saw this idea  I thought it another fad, another business plan using proven technology someone had developed to make cash. I don't have any strong feelings though, a lot of people might appreciate the idea.

Oh Soozy thats not right, hubby is a bit controlling , perhaps ......anyway tell him anything he wont know he will be dead...and he wont come back to haunt you..

Goodness I don't care what they do to me...once I'm dead I'm dead. If daughter wants to include me in one of her art and craft projects it's her call. 

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm no . Not at all.. He has a right to voice his views on what happens to him when he dies. He really hasn't asked me to do that ............he simply worries about what happens to his remains. I actually think a lot of people feel strongly about it.

I was joking when I said he'd want me to have his ashes around my neck!  I really don't think it's at all controlling if he states he wants to be near me when I've gone. It was me who half heartedy suggested the ring/pendant thing/

Personally I can't see the point....but then I don't see the point in people visiting graves either and we never even bothered collecting the ashes when my parents were cremated.

I've told my husband he can sling my body over the fence when I'm gone for all I care.

However, like most things its down to individual choice....i wouldn't do it but i wouldn't berate someone else if they did (though i wouldn't understand).

My lovely Dad once told an insurance woman who came to the door asking him about life insurance and funeral plans that he was quite happy to be buried at the top of the garden with all the dead pets.
She was completely shocked and left  

I've decided on a Humanist funeral and I found a lovely rainbow coloured coffin made of basket. I'll be contributing to the environment.

I'm with you on this .........I'm happy to leave my body to medical science or donate everything that's of use. My husband feels very differently ...........I think you have to respect peoples choices re this as it is the last  thing that they have (or should have) control over. I think it's terrible to say ........do whatever you want - once they're dead they know nothing about it.

It's not something we've ever really discussed (although we are at the moment) ....................if he wanted me to do that with his remains I would. In all honesty - I'm not arsed what happens to mine ..........he's just said he would find comfort in having me close .................I'm OK with that TBH.

Nothing to do with controlling behaviour as mentioned above ^^^^^^^^^.

Reference:Soozywoo My mother wanted her body left to medical science although she did not put it in her will or anything.  My father was appalled at the thought and opted for burial instead.

I don't fancy the ornaments made with ashes, it seems a bit macabre, IMO.

i would be happy to do that ...........however I don't feel that strongly. If my husband found it too hard to accept it ...........i'd be happy for him to do whatever he wanted . It means far more to him than me .............my view is - once you're dead you're dead ...........he has a bit more 'souls and feeling' than me. I'd be happy for him to do whatever when I'm gone.

The idea of it makes me shudder but each to their own. I don't have a problem with people doing it if it comforts them

Leaving bodies to medical science basically means the body will be used for medical students to learn anatomy on.

I watched Amadeus the other night and it just seems wrong that any human being should be disposed of without any thought. He was limed, I remember reading that as a child and thinking it was the worst thing that could happen to anybody. We should appreciate ourselves in life and in death.

I like the idea of cremation - it seems a "clean" thing to do... I know that sounds daft but I don't know of any other way to put it..

my mum says I can have her ashes made into a pair of diamond earrings! 

I quite like that idea.

When my daughter heard about it, she got all excited...  I swear when she looked at me she saw a walking diamond ring or something!

An old lady that I worked for wanted to do that: she had it in her will and her sons knew about it. But when they tried to sort it out after she died, they were told by the hospital that you have to register in advance and they decide when you die whether you would be 'of any interest'  to them.

PMSL - you can even get rejected after death

I'd never heard of it tbh, but people all have their individual views and wishes, I'd say respect those, as long as it isn't doing any harm, who cares?

I suppose it's all down to personal beliefs etc. i'M REALLY NOT SAYING THAT i'M UP FOR THIS GLASS/JEWELLRY LARK BUT ..............CREMATION AND MAKING A MEMENTO TAKES A  bit of thought doesn't it? (Sorry for the caps). I think it's all down to personal choice.

I know you can have pets made into pendants and things.

I had my granddaughter today and we went to my best friends grave, which i hadnt been for a bit. I said to her say hello to ...., she waved and blethered away . While leaving she said "bye" which she doesnt do, she usually turns her head and says bye later. When my daughter came to pick her up after work, she said she saw ...... She is only 2 years old.

If it gives you comfort I see nothing wrong with it Soozy.

A suitable end for an atheist cat


We have our cats and dog ashes in caskets in my bedroom. We don't have a garden so have nowhere to bury them.
I wouldn't want to wear them tbh - but I can't see the harm if people want to do it

No, no, no. Leave it all the way it happens. I loved my dog and I'm still missing him badly, but I wouldn't want him in any other form for all eternity.

I know this thread is totally random but 'it's good to talk'.

If you lot only knew why it sprung to mind .........................too long and too boring but - it started with a conversation with the fishmonger in Morrisons

I seriously considered having my cat stuffed. I'm sort of glad I didn't but it did cross my mind.

I mentioned this to the girl about 5 mins ago..  

she is now blathering away about what colour diamond she will make me into...  

talk of wee wee yellow   Me - "nooo...  white diamond"..    her "green diamond"..  me "nooo - white diamond"  her "BLACK diamond...  YES black diamond... that so symbolises you Mum"

Doesn;t it always!!

if my cat doesn't stop pestering me for food when he has another hour to wait, I may well consider a visit to the taxidermist 

Personally I'd want to be a diamond encrusted triple A Tanzanite ............yes I'll put my hands up .............I'm an avid viewer of Gems TV.

I want to have one of my cats stuffed.  Mr G hates her, and would prefer to stuff her now, rather than when she dies

Mr G has always been adamant that he wants me to dump his body in a bin bag on the Town Hall steps when he dies, but I might have his ashes made into a toilet seat instead so that I can think of him several times each day    I would be quite happy to think that my ashes could be made into something useful or decorative when I die, but I am going to try my very best to come back to haunt someone

I used to be!

we used to buy some stock from there for resale when I had the jewellery business.

I still have a black diamond ring we got from them...  that I then couldn't bare to part with!