Pet Memorial Ideas: When Their Little Paws Leave Footprints on Your Heart

Your best friend, your fur baby or your reason for being, your pet probably made a difference to you that nobody can understand.

It’s Completely Normal to Hurt

I wish I didn’t have to write this, knowing that you’re reading it and missing your friend. I wish I could tell you that the pain goes away but actually, I worry that if the pain went away when we lose someone so precious, they wouldn’t have meant so much. The pain reminds us how important they were and how much they meant to us. But I promise you we do get used to the pain and we learn to live with it. It won’t feel so bad soon and you’ll get to remember the good bits again.

Your pet was family. It’s 100% normal to feel lost. When you can no longer come home and stroke them you can feel panic and some people find it helps to have a keepsake or memorial. I want to give you some pet memorial ideas as a source of comfort.

Comforting At-Home Pet Memorial Ideas

Here are some ideas that don’t need to cost a penny but the time spent making and using them can help

• • Photo Display: Make a special area with your favourite three pictures and maybe their collar. You can use paint sample pots to paint frames from a charity shop/Goodwill and repurpose a candle holder for the collar
  • Candle Ritual: Light a candle at a time of day that was special for you together such as when they usually went for a walk or had cuddles
  • Garden/Plant Marker: Plant something special, using a personalised marker for the spot. You can often ask for mature plants on local sites like NextDoor or Craigslist.
  • Nikki’s Favourite Etsy Pet Memorial Ideas

    

Lasting Keepsake Jewellery

If you’d like something you can carry with you each day you could think about a piece of jewellery with their inclusions. Here at Tree of Opals offer pieces with your pet’s cremation ashes, fur or tail hair and can even include something different like their collar or nose print engraved on something like a tie clip or earrings.

We take care of your preceious incluseions and you can visit my pet memorial jewellery here