About a week ago I posted “Ten Things We Use When Embalming”. And just like previous posts that touch the sacred cow of embalming, I was burned (mostly by other funeral directors). Here’s an example: Wow. Okay. Um … I get it. I put myself out on facebook, twitter and my blog and […]
Sometimes we just need some reminders that we’ve all been inches from death on multiple occasions. Here are some happy reminders:
Today’s guest post is written by Adrienne Crowther, Founder and Owner of Shine On Brightly: As cremation rates continue to soar, we see more and more of the same old urns on every shelf, and on every website. Not all cremation urns are the same……although most of the mass-produced urns look the same! Here are five […]
This from Geyser of Awesome: If you’re looking for an awesome rainy day or ‘It’s way too hot to go outside today’ activity, why not have a go at Barbie doll mummification? It’s all kinds of morbid, geeky fun. Heather and her daughter Izzy started with a trip to the library and some research to create […]
This from Oddity Central: La Pascualita or Little Pascuala is a bridal mannequin that has “lived” in a store window in Chihuahua, Mexico for the past 75 years. That is quite a long time for a bridal gown shop to retain a mannequin, but then the dummy has a rather strange history behind it. La […]