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How to Display and Preserve a Wooden Pet Memorial Urn in Your Home?

Losing a beloved pet is never easy, and finding a meaningful way to honor their memory can bring comfort and peace. One of the most heartfelt ways to keep your pet close is by preserving their ash...

Tailored Tributes: The Best Unique Wooden Cremation Urns for Your Loved Ones

Honoring a loved one's memory is deeply personal, and choosing the perfect cremation urn is an important part of the process. For those looking for something more meaningful than a mass-produced o...

Why Choose a Wood Urn for Human Ashes? Timeless Beauty and Craftsmanship

When it comes to honouring the memory of a loved one, the choice of a cremation urn is deeply personal. Each family seeks a memorial that reflects the individuality and essence of the person they h...

Honoring Irish Heritage - The Growing Popularity of Celtic Urns for Ashes

At the Steve Shannon Collection, we understand that many Irish American families' heritage and traditions are deeply woven into the fabric of who they are. Whether it’s their pride in their Irish r...

Can Beginners Learn How to Make a Wooden Cremation Urn That Looks Professional?

Starting something new can feel scary. Woodwork may look tough at first. Still, many people pick it up with time and patience. If you feel curious about how to make a wooden cremation urn, you are...

Celebrate Life with a Custom Handmade Urn

When it comes to memorials for a loved one who has passed, today many wish to personalize the final resting place, whether it be a casket or a custom handmade urn. We have been to many funeral indu...

Skunk Bath For Dogs

What To Do If Your Dog Gets Skunked – Skunk Bath For Dogs Recipe Luckily, in the six years we have had our dog, she has never been skunked. Her mama down the block has been skunked many times. I ca...

Why Choose a Wooden Urn?

As an artisan, I’ve always loved creating things with wood. In talking with some of my urn customers, many chose a wooden urn as a memorial for their loved one for the same reasons as I love wood. ...

How to Make Wooden Urns

I make wooden urns frhow to make handcrafted wooden urnsom a variety of different wood species: Black Walnut – light to dark chocolate brown in color with a straight and wavy grain, large burls a...

What to Do With Cremation Ashes

While casket burial has traditionally been the most common, more people are choosing cremation for themselves and their loved ones. By the year 2017, it is expected 50% of people in the U.S. will b...