There are many ways to preserve and create memories of little ones that have passed away. Here are some ideas. Some of these things are free for bereaved parents in NZ and some are not. Forever Present does not endorse any of these.
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Features Forever www.featuresforever.co.nz/www.featur esfor ever. co.nz / 'We offer a very unique service to capture your loved one's features forever as a life-long keepsake for you and your family to share. A life cast... a tangible reminder of a wonderful life that existed here in this world. ' Based in Auckland.
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Timesnap https://www.facebook.com/Timesnap-Angel-Casts-Wellington-656640751090349/https://ww w.fac ebook .com/ Times nap-A ngel- Casts -Well ingto n-656 64075 10903 49/ 'Timesnap's angel casting service is available in the Wellington & Hutt Valley area and provides free hand and/or foot castings for angel babies. We can visit you at a funeral home, hospital or at your home to take the impressions and will hold your casts until you're ready to collect them.'
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Angel Casts www.angelcasts.co.nz/www.angelc asts. co.nz / Angel Casts create beautifully detailed hand and feet stone replicas of a baby or child who has left their parents arms too soon. These 3D stone casts provide bereaved families with a tangible memory of their wee angel. Being able to hold your child's hand again, long after they're gone, can offer comfort and healing for many parents. This is a free service for Hamilton families and neighbouring areas.
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Melody Art and Designs www.facebook.com/MelodyArtDesignswww.facebo ok.co m/Mel odyAr tDesi gns Creating unique word art keepsakes for remembrance. Based in New Zealand.
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Sketchy Gifts www.facebook.com/SketchyGiftswww.facebo ok.co m/Ske tchyG ifts A photo can be turned into a sketch on paper or canvas.
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Carly Marie https://www.facebook.com/CarlyMarieProjectHeal/https://ww w.fac ebook .com/ Carly Marie Proje ctHea l/ Name artwork on the beach.
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Where Hope Blooms https://www.facebook.com/wherehopebloomseternal/https://ww w.fac ebook .com/ where hopeb looms etern al/ Special memorial portraits for 'boys and girls that lived only months, weeks, days, minutes, hours, or never even took a breath. '
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Cube-U www.cube-u.co.nz/www.cube-u .co.n z/ 'Cube-U.co.nz specialises in unique 2D and 3D crystal cube imaging, using good quality crystals, we will transform your photo into a beautiful custom made gift, capturing that moment you wish to cherish and keep forever. All crystals are presented in a gift box.'
Posted April 5, 2015 at 4:39 AM
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Beary Memories www.facebook.com/bearymemorieswww.facebo ok.co m/bea rymem ories Custom made teddy bears with names and dates. These can be made with a void in the back for ashes or similar to go into.
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Jako Nappies (Nelson NZ) www.jakonappies.comwww.jakona ppies .com Repurposed Teddy bears made out of baby clothes /blankets with names embroidered
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Bell Bears bellbears.weebly.combellbears. weebl y.com 'We can create a personalised bear for your lost one. Each one is handmade, and personalised with the information you have provided for us. We do weighted bears for babies and little ones who have grown wings.... We can make your Bell Bear out of an item of clothing from your loved one, or incorporate a treasure from your loved one.'
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Angel in my Arms Dolls https://www.facebook.com/angelinmyarmsdollshttps://ww w.fac ebook .com/ angel inmya rmsdo lls Hand-made dolls for bereaved mothers, fathers, and loved ones of babies.
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Remembrance Bears NZ https://www.facebook.com/remembrancebearshttps://ww w.fac ebook .com/ remem branc ebear s Hand made bears: 'I would like to offer families who have suffered the loss of a child, a remembrance bear to help you celebrate the first missed birthday of your child.'
Posted January 19, 2015 at 7:37 PM
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Glover Memorials www.glovermemorials.co.nzwww.glover memor ials. co.nz 'These memorials are made from granite and marble samples, and come in various colours. The pieces are only 10cm x 6cm or 6cm square, but big enough to put a name and a date on. We will donate all the materials and time, and ship it to your address free of charge. Also be patient with us; we get very busy and we do these when we have spare capacity and a few to do. To arrange this, email [email protected] with your childā??s name and a date. Please include your name and an address we can send the plaque to.'
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Resting Angel Love (Australia) www.facebook.com/pages/Resting-Angels-Love/465597033496132www.facebo ok.co m/pag es/Re sting -Ange ls-Lo ve/46 55970 33496 132 'I have created special personalised memorial products for families that are suffering that horrible heart ache of losing a child. My aim is to help other parents fill a very small part of the emptiness they feel in their hearts and to remember all Our Beautiful Angels'.
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Timmy Smith Jewellery timmysmith.co.nz/timmysmith .co.n z/ Legacy personalised jewellery.
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Heart In Diamond New Zealand www.heart-in-diamond.co.nzwww.heart- in-di amond .co.n z Diamonds made out of hair or ashes.
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My Angel www.myangel.co.nzwww.myange l.co. nz Large range of cremation jewellery to hold ashes.
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Love Loops www.loveloops.co.nzwww.lovelo ops.c o.nz Rings of silver or gold with special names and dates stamped on them.
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Image Photo Engraving and Name Necklaces www.tabithajewellery.co.nzwww.tabith ajewe llery .co.n z A range of jewellery and keepsakes where you can have a photo engraved.
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Small Print www.smallprint.com/www.smallp rint. com/ Finger prints, handprints and foot prints in silver.
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KJ Designs (Cambridge NZ) www.kjdesigns.net.nzwww.kjdesi gns.n et.nz Jewellery to help commemorate, remember and honour a life that ended to soon, a life that never got to be, or someone we have lost. www.facebook.com/KobyJames.designs [email protected]
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Finger Prints www.fingerprints.co.nz/www.finger print s.co. nz/ Pure silver pendants imprinted with your loved one's fingerprint, foot or handprints, name or artwork.
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Raspberry Jelly www.raspberryjelly.co.nz/www.raspbe rryje lly.c o.nz/ Raspberry Jelly ~ Hand Stamped and Birthstone Jewellery made right here in New Zealand. Handmade Personalised 'Jewellery created to tell a story, each as unique as the person it is made for. Each piece is lovingly handcrafted into heirloom quality, to keep part of the story alive for generations to come.'
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Remembrance Spheres www.remembranceglass.co.nz/index.htmlwww.rememb rance glass .co.n z/ind ex.ht ml Enclose the ashes of your loved one into a hand-blown glass Sphere, or Touch Stone providing you with an object of beauty to treasure forever
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Flame Art www.flameart.co.nz/mem_beads.htmwww.flamea rt.co .nz/m em_be ads.h tm 'Memorial Beads are a beautiful keepsake of your deceased loved-one. Flame Art Memorial Beads are hand-formed into an appealing wearable glass bead in New Zealand using Italian glass. Ash from cremation can be incorporated into the bead,sealed internally and either visible or shielded from view with coloured glass.' Beads can also be made of hair.
Posted April 5, 2015 at 4:45 AM
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Huggable Hearts NZ https://www.facebook.com/HuggableHeartsNZhttps://ww w.fac ebook .com/ Hugga bleHe artsN Z 'Huggable Hearts is a free service to parents who have had an angel baby. An angel baby is one that is sadly lost prior to birth or after birth. We produce heart shaped mementos in various materials. These are sewn & filled with rice/polyfill to the weight recorded for the angel baby.'
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Earth Mama Angel Baby earthmamaangelbaby.com/earthmamaa ngelb aby.c om/ 'The Healing Hearts Comfort Kit is a caring bereavement or baby loss gift for a grieving mother. Filled with natural herbal products to soothe an aching body and an aching heart. Seeds of Hope are easily sown, organic herbal calendula seeds to nurture hope and caring. Also a candle.'
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Words on Wax www.wordsonwax.co.nz/www.wordso nwax. co.nz / Personalised commemoration candles.
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