Stone engraving and its uses

Stone engraving is a beautiful artform that allows people to have special words and graphics captured in stone. There are many uses for stone engraving and its applications are only limited by our own creativity. Engraved stones can be used as pet memorial stones, to commemorate the lives of our faithful pet companions. You might choose stone engraving to honor a loved one. Memorial stones make great centerpieces for memorial gardens and allow your loved one to be with you always. People love our elegant and timeless stone address markers. Deeply engraved stone offers a classic design to display your address. Stone engraving can also be used to create beautiful stone signs for your business. Engraved stone signs require very little maintenance and last for decades! Engraved stones make great gifts as well! Personalized garden stones add great style to "mom's garden"! Visit our website today and be creative in designing your engraved stone. When it comes to stone engraving, we are the best in the business!

Classic pet memorial stones

Pet Memorial stones can bring great comfort to those who have lost their pet companion. Through custom stone engraving it is possible to create an elegant and affordable tribute for your pet. Pet memorial stones can be simple or detailed. Some chose to simply have the pets name, while others include graphics such as paw prints, hearts, or even our detailed dog images. You can also add custom endearments to add a personal touch to your pet memorial stones. Each engraved stone is handled with great care and attention to detail, ensuring the quality of each pet memorial.

Finding the right pet headstone

When looking for a quality pet headstone, look no further than Stone Creations Northwest. Our pet memorial stones are completely custom so you can be creative in personalizing the message you want for your pet memorial. If you have questions about design or would like some suggestions feel free to view our gallery or call or email at any time. Pet memorial stones give pet owner great comfort during their difficult time of loss. Pet stones make warm and touching gifts for those who have lost a pet. We also offer gift certificates so the pet owner can create a memorial stone when they are ready. Whatever you decide we will be hear for all of your stone engraving needs.

Memorial Stones and the grieving process

Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy. ~Author Unknown

The loss of a loved one can be an extremely difficult time in ones life. The pain that we experience is both personal and unique to us. How one person grieves the loss of a loved one, can be very different in how another one grieves. There can be five stages of grief. A person may experience some of these stages or all of them at once. There is no specific order in which a person experiences these stages:

1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining

4. Depression

5. Acceptance

For more information on this process you can visit PubMed Health.

Grief is a process and it will take time. However, when you are ready, we are here to memorialize your loved one. Memorial stones from Stone Creations Northwest can give you the opportunity to have that special place in your home or landscape to visit your loved one. Memorial stones can be placed somewhere that is more personal to you than the cemetery, and you are able to surround the memorial with flowers and trees that have meaning to you, as well as to your loved one. Stone engraving creates a timeless tribute to your loved one that will honor there life for years. It will give you and those who remain comfort in having their memory with you always. 

Pet loss and grieving

Unfortunately, everyone that has a pet companion will eventually experience the old age, and loss of their loved and faithful friend. The loss of a pet is a difficult time and it is completely natural to grieve their passing just as you would for any loved one who has passed. Our loyal companions are members of the family after all. Many people grieve differently but it is important to take care of yourself. Make sure to get the proper rest and nutrition that your body needs. Ultimately, the healing process just takes time. 

It often helps people to create a special place in the home or garden to visit when your are wanting to remember your pet. Pet memorial stones are a great tribute to commemorate the life or your faithful and loving pet companion. Pet owners who have recently lost their pet, can customize the message they want to remember their loved one by and make it timeless through engraved stone. Pet memorial stones can be placed in the home, or outside in the garden or landscape. Flowers, or a special tree can be planted to create a beautiful and elegant memorial garden to accentuate you engraved stone memorial. Pet memorial stones, combined with this special place, can give closure to those experiencing loss and can help in the healing process. 

Create your own personalized garden stones

Personalized Garden Stones

Creating your own personalized garden stones has never been easier! We have over 400 hundred highly detailed graphics in our design catalog to choose from. From wildlife to flowers and critters to hearts there is something for everyone. After choosing a design you can choose your own font and add your own text! Our expert designers then artfully fit everything onto your personalized garden stones. Each engraved stone is natural so every single piece is unique and truly one of a kind! Whether looking for something to place in your garden or landscape, or trying to find a special and personal gift, creating your own personalized garden stone is the perfect fit! Personalized garden stones are extremely thoughtful and the recipients are always blown away! We are confident in the exceptional craftsmanship of our detailed stone engraving and often hear that our personalized garden stones exceed our customers expectations!

Quality Memorial Stones

When looking for custom Memorial stones, look no further than Stone Creations Northwest. We engrave each stone with great care and exceptional artistry. Stone engraving is an art, and from the very beginning, we said we wouldn't sell a single stone until we had perfected the engraving process at each and every step. When creating Memorial stones for your loved one that dedication to quality is never more important. We feel that to create a high quality tribute to your loved one, every step of the stone engraving process must be handled masterfully and with great care. This process begins with stone selection. We carefully handpick each of our stones to promote the best results.  We then artfully design each stone and use the entire engraving surface in an elegant and balance way. We deeply engrave each of our Memorial stones to ensure that your loved ones memorial is a lasting one. After engraving the stone we fill it with an industry standard memorial grade paint. Each step of the stone engraving process is important, and it is by this process that we are confident that you will see the difference in our Memorial stones.

Timeless Pet Memorial Stones

At Stone Creations Northwest we understand what a difficult time the passing of a loved pet is. When we started our business we wanted to provide people with high quality stone engraving to memorialize their loved one. Pet Memorial stones are an elegant and affordable way to pay tribute to life of our faithful friends. Each engraved stone is a timeless memorial to the pet that shared their life with us. Pet memorial stones are custom made so that you can personalize each stone to be personal to you. We deeply engraving each stone and take great care at each and every step of the stone engraving process to ensure that your pet memorial is of the highest quality. On our website, you can browse through hundreds of graphics, choose your own font, add your own text and order right off the internet. With free shipping in the U.S. we are confident that you will not only love our pet memorial stones, but our prices as well.

Custom Memorial Stones

We design custom Memorial Stones to capture that personal sentiment you want to commemorate the life of your loved ones. We have an extensive selection of graphics to choose from to elegantly design an engraved Memorial stone that speaks to you personally. The engraved stones that we have done for people receive great feedback! It gives people closure but also allows that special loved one to live on in memory. Stone engraving is a lasting tribute to your loved one that honors their life. Each of our Memorial stones are hand made with great care to ensure that your memorial is of the highest quality.  If you have lost a loved one consider natural stone engraving to memorialize you loved one. You may create a memorial garden or place it on a mantle. Many people even get our memorial stones in addition to a traditional headstone so that they have one closer to them. No matter what you choose we are confident that you will love the unmatched quality of our stone engraving.

Stone engraving and your landscape

Incorporating stone engraving into your landscape is an excellent way to add your own personal details and accents. Personalized garden stones can be in the form of welcome stones or engraved stone pavers. People love to have engraved stone pavers with either their favorite quote or a special scripture. These stones can then be integrated in to patios and walkways.

Custom stone engraving can add function and beauty to your garden by adding small stone markers to label your vegetables. You may also like to identify who puts the most passion into the garden with a large engraved stone. Mom's Garden, Dad's Garden and so on.

Of course we have even larger stones that make great entrances to properties and homes. Whether it be at you residence or your beach or mountain cabin nothing is more inviting than your own stone sign. You can also add function by with our engraved stone address markers.

Stone engraving is an art and we take great care at each and every step of the engraving process to you ensure that you personalized garden stone is of the highest quality. Take a moment and look through our gallery and you will see the Stone Creations Northwest difference.

The Art of Stone Engraving

Custom Stone Engraving

Stone Engraving is an ancient art. However we have come a long way since the hammer and chisel days. At Stone Creations Northwest we engrave each of our stones by sandblasting. Sandblasting rapidly erodes the exposed portions of the stone to engrave deeply and clearly. Because of the type of aggregate we use, we are able to engrave each stone with great detail. Each stone is then filled with an industry standard memorial grade paint to ensure that your engraved stone is of the highest quality. Our engraved stone products can be used for many different things. Customized your stone today and we know that you will love the quality of our stone engraving.

Stone Creations Northwest: Custom Pet Memorials

Stone Creations Northwest: Custom Pet Memorials

Custom Pet Memorials

Custom Pet Memorial Stones

Pet Memorial Stones are a great way to honor your loved pet companion. The loss of a pet is never easy and until recently there were very few resources for dealing with it. Traditionally we are not allow to grieve for our lost pet in the same way that we are allowed to grieve the loss of our other family members.  This is now changing as many people consider their pets, very much a part of the family. One of the main reasons we started our Stone Engraving company was to create timeless and beautiful Pet Memorial Stones. Each of our engraved memorial stones are created with great care and are deeply engraved to ensure that your pets memorial stone is of the highest quality. For more information on Pet Loss support visit the Washington State University Veterinary Medecine website.

Memorial Stones and Natural Burials

Custom Memorial Stones

Natural Memorial Stones are becoming very popular in the natural burial movement. Traditional burials are very costly and are not environmentally friendly. Cremation is very popular these days as it is less expensive that a burial and is considered more ecologically friendly. However, through the natural burial movement, burials are making a comeback. The Memorial Stones are natural stones and not made of polished quarried and cut granite like traditional headstones. Each engraved stone is unique and is acquired by more natural means. The casket is made of biodegradable materials and the burial plot follows a more natural landscape. Sometimes a tree is planted at the head of the burial plot. Often Memorial Stones are placed at the base of the tree. Each of our Memorial Stones are carefully created by deep stone engraving to ensure a quality tribute to your loved one.

Memorial Stones

Memorial Stones are a great way to honor you loved one. Through research in the Memorial industry we have found that around 70% of people are being cremated these days. Cremation is far more environmentally friendly than traditional burials. One thing we found though was that people still wanted a way to memorialize their loved ones. Our Memorial Stones are the perfect choice and each engraved Memorial can be personalized with your special message. People will often make these engraved Memorial Stones a center piece to a memorial garden or place beneath a tree planted in their loved ones honor. Stone Engraving is a timeless and elegant way to pay tribute to your loved one, through our hand made and personal memorial stones.

Stone signs for your business

Quality signage is important for any business. It lets your customers recognize your company and directs them where to go. Our stone signs are an elegant way to display your companies business name and address. Stone engraving provides a sign that will hold up to the elements. There are many benefits to stone signs. Stone signs will not rot like wood signs and they don't need to be repainted. They are virtually maintenance free. We use high quality memorial grade stone paint to contrast the stone engraving. A simple wash with a brush and water is all it takes to keep you stone sign looking great! Stone Signs are also great to integrate into the landscape of your company. Choose stone engraving for your next company sign!