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The Memorialist: Common Small Pet Memorial Options: Pet Markers

Author: Burton Fletcher
Publication Date: 2006-01

We offer numerous pet memorial options from small- to full-scale memorials. Most folks will desire a small pet memorial, so that is the focus of this article.

We offer two primary choices: engraved rock and lawn markers.

Engraved rock can be found on our website at http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/keep_stones.asp; and http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/Kinter.asp.

My own pet memorial can be found on our pet memorials section at http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/pet_memorials.asp; http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/PetMemorial.asp.

Pet memorial crosses can be found at http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/NewMemorialProducts.asp, and a larger solar cross and solar angel is also found on our Articles site at http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/morearticles.asp.

Common smaller granite lawn markers that we sell are as follows:

Size
Length x Width x Height
Gray Black Mahogony Details
6” x 12” x 1” $99.00 Not Stocked Not Stocked Smooth top NOT POLISHED; sawn cut and chamfered edges
6” x 12” x 2” $112.00 $124.00 $128.00 Polished top; sawn cut and chamfered edges
6” x 12” x 3” $122.00 $134.00 $138.00 Polished top; sawn cut and chamfered edges
8” x 16” x 2” $150.00 $161.00 $163.00 Polished top; sawn cut or rock pitched sides; chamfered edges
8” x 16” x 3” $160.00 $172.00 $174.00 Polished top; sawn cut or rock pitched sides; chamfered edges

8” x 16” Bevel $180.00 $192.00 $196.00 Polished top; rock pitched sides; 2" front and 4" back
12” x 24” x 4” $350.00 Not Stocked Not Stocked Polished top; rock pitched sides

Shipping—

Above price does not include shipping. All packages are shipped via UPS or FedEx ground delivery. Next Day or 2nd Day Air is available upon request. Call for pricing.

Shipment of orders will occur within 2 business days of receipt. Complicated designs, including porcelain photographs, will take longer.

Engraving –

Stone inscriptions are stencil carved, sandblasted, and then stained with black lithochrome. Unless instructed, black granite inscriptions will not be stained.

Above pricing includes 1 stock image, engraving, stained lettering, and a border for stones 8” x 16” and larger. These prices include up to 45 characters.

For stones requesting frosted panels add $20.00.

Inscriptions—

Call to request images and fonts. Surcharges may apply for custom images.

Other options include the full assortment of sizes and range of monuments used to memorialize people.

Porcelain and etched photographs are now common on pet memorials and humans too. See, http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/ArticlePorcelain.asp and http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/PorcelainPhotographs.asp for articles on our porcelain photographs.

Oil paintings are another alternative addressed on our website at http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/OilPainting.asp.

We have a wide assortment of etchings on our website under monuments. See, http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/monuments/Etching/Etching_Section.asp; and http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/ArticleFletcher.asp.

Whether with etchings, porcelain photographs, or oil paintings, the original picture is returned undamaged.

For those with grandiose memorial plans, we can build the shape and likeness of your pet from nose to the tip of the tail. For a sample memorial of an elephant, see http://www.ValdostaMemorials.com/articles/UnusualMemorial.asp.

As we tell folks, if you can imagine a memorial design in marble, granite or bronze, we can probably build it! Memorialize your pets who give you reward in your life with love and affection. After all, it is the right thing to do!


About Burton Fletcher:  Burton Fletcher, with over 20 years’ business experience, owns USAMonuments.com.    He has published articles on memorialization in newspapers and trade associations, including the Monument Builders of North America, International Cemetery and Funeral Association and YB News, a national publication read by more than 10,000 funeral home owners.   He is a licensed memorialist who designs, builds, ships and installs across the United States and Canada.   Burton is the founder and president of the Georgia Monument Builders Association.   Reach Burton at 229.245.8858 or e-mail to Burton@USAMonuments.com for all your memorial needs.   © Burton Fletcher 2006 All Rights Reserved.

© Burton Fletcher 2006 All Rights Reserved.

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