Gillian's Ashes

 This one was for my cousin, who passed away in August 2020 unexpectedly. The family was very shocked, and obviously devastated. I didn't know what to do to help, so I decided to make something she would have loved.

 

 

 

I got a wooden box from The Works (£4) and painted it in several layers of white. I ordered bespoke ribbon saying in Loving Memory. I got hold of some leopard print decopatch paper (£2ish, Hobbycraft) and glued it on both sides of A4 white card, before cutting out circles, forming the rose, and placing it inside with pink shredded tissue. I also cut out a picture of her looking happy, and fit it to the inside of the lid. The outside of the lid looked really plain, so I Painted and glued a wooden initial onto it, but now looking at the colours I don't think it really worked. 

I gave the box to my uncle when he visited the flat, and he didn't say anything (he was unable; the grief was very fresh), and my aunt then called in tears to thank me for it. They had lots of ashed after the funeral and they did not know what to do with them all. They had spread her between potted plants at family members' homes but there was a considerable amount left and they placed some of her ashes in the box under the rose. It was a horrible horrible time for everyone involved, and the fact the box gave my aunt and uncle a nicer way to keep her with them made the work well worth it.