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The Mushroom Death Suit – almost ready for use

by | Feb 7, 2016 | Funerals

We’ve reported before on unique ways to dispose of someone’s body after death.  However, a friend found a new one that already has people lining up to use it – The Mushroom Death Suit.  The brainstorm of Jae Rhim Lee, it’s a burial suit that contains mushroom spoors. ...

Dinnerware made from your loved one’s ashes!

by | Jan 1, 2016 | Funerals

Last week, I wrote about glass art that can be fused with ashes from a deceased loved one.  This week, I came across something even more bizarre. Chronicle Cremation Designs has launched a range of custom ceramic dinnerware glazed with the cremated ashes of dead loved...

Have you thought about an at-home funeral?

by | Dec 29, 2013 | Funerals

Until the end of the 19th century, when someone died, it was the norm to keep the body at home where the family would take care of the deceased loved one until his or her burial.  But as the funeral home industry grew, the number of at-home funerals declined and...