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The wrinkled flag of the USA draped onto a blue velvet surface and the text "Memorial Day - Remember and Honor"

Memorial Day

05/21/2026
In 2011 the traveling version of the Vietnam War Memorial came to my town for...
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Stars in the Sky

05/21/2026
A friend’s mother died, in commemoration, the family found a program where you pay money...
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New Project

Memorial Day flags Story

05/21/2026
37,000+ flags planted on the Boston Common in commemoration of each person who’s diedwhile serving...
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Piano keys adorned with a white rose

Woven Fiber Casket

05/07/2026
A group of cousins spent summers together playing beside a river under a huge willow...
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Arm reaching out in golden field

Tributes from Loved Clothing

05/07/2026
I make tribute pieces from the clothing of loved ones. Several clients have had me make...
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New Project

Community Responses

05/07/2026
Among all of the thoughtful commemorations I’ve been hearing about in response to the tenth...
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Reef Balls

05/07/2026
“A reef ball is a designed artificial reef module which mimics the structure and function...
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Mosaic Mirror

05/07/2026
One example of mosaic scrapbooking is a mosaic memory mirror, which I made for my...
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Arm reaching out in golden field

Buttons

05/07/2026
There are a number of buttons on Etsy that say various versions of “I’m grieving.” You...
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Windshield Sticker

05/07/2026
On the back windshield of a van, I saw an oval-shaped decal with the shape...
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