Artist Designs Unique Pet Keepsake Memorial Boxes

Brea, California (PRWEB) April 22, 2008–Peternity.com, a place that helps people to honor the memories and lives of their pets, is featuring a stunning new line artistic custom pet keepsake memorial boxes that combine woodworking mastery with photo image printing skills. As memorializing pets grows in popularity worldwide, people are seeking more creative ways to preserve the memories of loved their ones. Therefore artists like David Cran of Square Dot are stepping up with innovative yet practical offerings such as artistic keepsake boxes to either hold a pet’s ashes, photos, collars, toys and other pet mementos. His keepsake boxes are works of art with a photo image imprinted into the wood using an exclusive dye process so it will not fade over the years.

When a pet dies, most veterinary clinics offer clients cremation services through private crematoriums. Prices vary but the average costs are between $75 and $350, depending on the size of the pet. Should the family choose to receive the pet ashes back from the crematorium, they must decide on private burial of the ashes outdoors, preservation of all or some of the ashes for an indoor urn, or the popular option of using a portion of the ashes to spread outside in nature.

Pet keepsake memorial boxes are created in nearly life sized pet portrait and art images and finished in semi-mat. Crafted to sit on a table, be kept in a special place on a shelf or mantle or to hang on a wall, the corners of each keepsake box are held together with tiny, expertly designed finger joints. Measuring 8" X 10" X 3" the boxes are hand made out of nearly indestructible birch plywood and the lids are held on by four screws. These boxes are also made from biodegradable farmed trees and can be buried.

Award-winning artist David Cran is an artist based in Seattle Washington who is recognized as the leading expert on stochastic spot color separation, also known as "indexed" color separations. He has developed an expertise at design and color separations matched by only a few. A 30 year veteran of design and print for the fine art print and textile industry, Cran's techniques are used on Peternity.coms latest pet keepsake box product line.

Peternity.com also offers hand crafted, unique pet urns as well as engraved stone pet memorials and pet grave markers in marble, genuine river rock, cultured river rock, cultured slate, black granite and bluestone. The pet memorial markers are hand selected and laser engraved, and range from $55 to $410. Pet ash urns can be purchased in ceramic, leather, or precious woods. Dog urns start at $98 and range up to $300 while hand turned precious wood urns for pet ashes come in mahogany-bloodwood for $400 or poplar-bloodwood for $600. Velvet pet cremains pouch's can be purchased for $5.00-$7.00 and are a helpful way to store ashes inside of an urn.

Peternity.com provides grieving support via website links to pet loss information and pet loss counseling websites to help them say goodbye to their beloved pets. This is particularly helpful for parents assisting children with the loss of a pet. Peternity.com guests can create virtual pet memorials to share with family and friends, including a written tribute and photographs that honor their pet's memory in the pet memorials section of the website.

Peternity products are shipped via UPS, USPS, DHL and FedEx, depending on the artist creating your product. Turnaround time is 2-3 weeks for personalized, engraved and embroidered items, while all other items should be received in 1-2 weeks.

The Peternity.com shopping cart is set up to ship to the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Canada. For international shipping, Peternity can quote shipping for specific countries and payment is made through PayPal. When shipping to Canada Peternity offers two UPS options: affordable standard shipping which takes three business days, or UPS Worldwide Express which will deliver in one to three business days.

About Peternity.com (www.peternity.com)
Peternity was founded in 2003 as a place to help people honor their pets for eternity. The website provides custom pet memorials, pet artwork and products including pet memorial stones and grave markers, pet cremation urns, garden statue pet memorials, pet memorial headstones, pet keepsake boxes, pet portraits, glass art, burial boxes, custom engraved glasswork, and more.

Headquartered in Brea, California, Peternity is located at 417 Associated Road #A104, Brea, CA 92821. For more information call toll-free (877) PET-PEACE (738-7322); Email sales@peternity.com; or visit the website at http://www.peternity.com or the Peternity Blog.

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