Wear your deceased loved one as jewelry

[Kevy Baby]

I heard about LifeGem on the radio the other day. This is a company that takes the ashes of your loved one and makes a diamond out of it.

The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.

They range in price from $2,700 to $25,000 (for the diamond only) and are available in a clear, blue, green, yellow or red colors.

This just struck me as odd.

[Nephythys]

My kids and I joked about doing that-

Rose is wearing the ring- someone says "nice ring"- Rose says "thanks, it's my mom"- they repond "oh, it's your mothers?" - and Rose says ""no, it's my MOM"

[katiesue]

The victorians were all into death jewelry. A lock of hair in a locket or actual photos of the loved one in their coffins. So I guess it's not that odd.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by katiesue

The victorians were all into death jewelry. A lock of hair in a locket or actual photos of the loved one in their coffins. So I guess it's not that odd.

Or having your picture taken with the recently and dearly departed. That said, I still think it's rather odd. I saw something on television some time back and thought, whatever, but not for me.

[Alex]

It doesn't strike me as any odder than putting them in a felt lined box, burying them and putting a plaque above it.

I personally wouldn't do either the jewelry or the burial.

Lani has instructions to do whatever makes her feel best but that it is fine with me, should nobody show interest in a use for my body, to just leave me out in the street for consumption by wild bears (likely to take quite a while, though, in the Bay Area suburbs; I wonder if turkeys scavenge carrion).

[AllyOops!]

Good golly, with all the people I've lost in just a few years span, I'd look like some chinsy, postmortem Liz Taylor tribute. "Why,This is my best friend around my neck, my boyfriend on my wrist, my Grandpas on my fingers and my canines on my ankle. Envious much?" Turning the people I loved with all of my heart and soul into shimmering topazes seems.. wrong. I wonder if they could offer me a "lose 3 people get the fourth free" coupon.

Ally the prim reaper. Me in a faux-fur lined, pink hood and crystal-studded sickle combo actually seems..fitting.

Alex, my late Grandpa always used to say, "when I die, I don't want a fancy funeral. Just shove a bone up my ass and let wild dogs drag me down the street". No lie. Sadly, when planning his funeral at the mortuary, they offered no "wild dog" package, so my Grandpa got a lovely, traditional Catholic funeral instead. But thinking of that always makes me giggle.

[mousepod]

I've told Heather that if I go first, I want her to cremate me and stick me in a Sea Urn (a biodegradable container that dissolves in water). When the time is right, I want her to take the money she might have spent on a funeral and hire a fireworks cruise boat at WDW for all of my friends who care to go. When everyone is ooh-ing and ah-ing over the fireworks display, she'll discreetly drop the urn into the water.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I've told Heather that if I go first, I want her to cremate me and stick me in a Sea Urn (a biodegradable container that dissolves in water). When the time is right, I want her to take the money she might have spent on a funeral and hire a fireworks cruise boat at WDW for all of my friends who care to go. When everyone is ooh-ing and ah-ing over the fireworks display, she'll discreetly drop the urn into the water.

That's pretty cool, but in the Rivers of America, they'd never notice.....

[Capt Jack]

Im really 50/50 on the gem thing. then again Im not huge on ashes sitting around in my safe awaiting disposition either. not to mention I so dont see myself as a diamond kinda guy.
kinda falls into that 'creepy but morbidly interesting' niche that I so love.

I like the sea urn idea alot better though. Gonna have to check into that for sure.

[Not Afraid]

I'm just going to wait until I have a whole crop of various ashes and make one giant bling.