Creative Funeral Service Brainstorming

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Kyle Struempf under Cremation Service, Funeral Home, Grieving
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These days, there are more and more people choosing to embrace uncommon and unique ideas for their loved one’s funeral. In doing so, the bereaved take steps in healing by creating a fitting send-off to the deceased. Keep reading for creative funeral home and cremation arrangement ideas.Powder Springs, GA funeral home and cremation

Reuse Funeral Flowers  

Often, there are more funeral flowers than the family knows how to use. Even when they want to keep them all, there just isn’t space. But, it’s a shame to throw the flowers away, especially with the sentiment attached to them. Consider the following ideas:  

  • Disassemble and rearrange into small bouquets to give to guests. 
  • Hang and dry upside down in a spare room or garage, strip petals, and create potpourri.  
  • Pluck flower heads, dry, and deseed for planting the following spring.  
  • Select flowers and plants from various arrangements to plant in the ground in a personal garden.  
  • Donate to a church, hospice, or retirement home.  
  • Leave them on the gravesites of other loved ones, veterans, or randomly chosen burial plot.  
  • Donate to another funeral procession—discuss with your funeral director about this.  

Give Away Books and Art  

If your passed loved one was an avid read or art collector, bring pieces to your Powder Springs, GA funeral home gathering to gift to close friends and families. This is a lovely personal touch and memento for grieving loved ones.  

Personalized Casket  

Was your loved one’s favorite color as green or yellow or red? Why not have a casket in that color? There are coffin makers which specialize in colorful, uniquely designed, and patterned caskets to make for a more personal tribute. In fact, there are even some companies that allow custom designs. Another idea is to have guests write farewell messages and decorations on the outside of the casket with pens, paint, and crayons.  

Ash Scattering Gathering

Powder Springs, GA cremations aren’t a new tradition, but what to do with the ashes can be tailored to the deceased’s personality. Was he a keen swimmer? Was she a passionate music lover? Beachgoer? Bring loved ones together at a location—a lake, music festival, beach, etc.—and have each person scatter ashes in memoriam. Note: be sure to check on local laws and regulations regarding the scattering of ashes.  

Dress Code

“Anything but black” is becoming a more popular request by family and friends for Powder Springs cremations and funeral home services. Here are a few examples of dress code requests for farewell gatherings:  

  • All guests wear the favorite color of the deceased.  
  • All guests wear a silly hat.  
  • All guests wear adult-sized onesies.  
  • All guests wear specified rock band t-shirts.  

At Davis-Struempf Funeral Home & Crematory, our compassionate staff wants to help you create the most personalized funeral and cremations services in Powder Springs, GA for your deceased love done. Please call us at (770) 944-2900 or visit us at 1975 East-West Connector, Austell, GA 30106 to get started. It will be our honor to serve you during this difficult time.