45 RPM Record Stack Urn – Honoring Uncle Al: Music Lover’s Legacy

This past month, we gathered to celebrate the life of our Uncle Al...music lover, storyteller, and all-around original. For his memorial, we created a custom version of our 45s Record Stack YURN, personalized just for him. Jamaica designed a custom label featuring some of his quirky sayings and the title of a funny song he wrote years ago. It felt like the perfect way to honor both his sense of humor and his lifelong love of music.

We set the piece on his memory table at the cemetery committal, surrounded by photos, a few of his favorite things, and plenty of stories being shared. To help remember him with a smile, I also made custom stickers with his best one-liners and handed them out to friends and family.

For his closest loved ones, we went a step further—creating individual ceramic 45s with the custom label on one side and the lyrics to his original song on the back. These keepsakes were a fun way to remember him always.

His record stack urn was entirely hand-built, with each horizontal line carefully carved to give the look of a stacked collection of vinyl. We’ve love the Record Stack pieces we've done previously, but the process is labor-intensive. We’re currently developing a mold for the Record Stack YURN that will allow us to bring this design into our production line. This shift will help reduce costs, speed up production time, and make this meaningful design more accessible to other music-loving families, while still allowing for personal touches like custom labels and Record keepsakes.

It was an honor to create this YURN and keepsake collection for someone who meant so much to our family. We can hear Uncle Al saying, "Far out and beyond!".

Custom Guitar Urn with Wings – A Unique Tribute to Aunt Jamie

Over the last couple of years, our teenage son has quietly been learning the ropes of our urn-making process—watching, listening, getting his hands in the clay, and developing his own creative voice. When we lost our dear Jamie, his Aunt and Rob's sister, it hit us all hard. But for him, it sparked something deep: a desire to create something meaningful, personal, and full of heart. With guidance from us and a whole lot of intention, he brought a new vision to life—a heartfelt variation of our Guitar Picker YURN, now with wings.

He wanted to make something just for her, something that honored who she was: bold, sparkly, and totally original. Jamie had that rock-n-roll energy—she loved animals, horror movies, stickers, glitter, music, and laughing loud. Pink was her color, and life for her was always full of personality and punch. Just a few months before we lost her, she went with him to his first concert with his favorite band—his birthday surprise—and that night will always be one of his most treasured memories. So he built this memorial piece with wings to help it soar, adding touches like her signature, plus a special guitar pick and custom stickers that Jamie’s daughter—his cousin—had made and shared at her memorial service. Every element meant something and represented Jamie's spirit.

We’re proud of what he created—not just as a beautiful tribute to Jamie, but as a step forward in his own journey. This piece gave him space to process, to remember, and to contribute something real. In his words, "it just felt right."