Honestly, I didn’t want to write about pet memory boxes, I feel to young for the job. Just over two years ago, I was the family baby, with two older sisters. Today, I’m the older sister to Madison. Emma and my Mom had been looking for a way to save Katie’s personal effects since she passed away. Just last month they found the perfect solution! Sadly, Emma is not here to write about it. Since I knew Katie for almost three years it is up to me to handle this post.
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Early in October Cades & Birch contacted Emma about a review. After looking over their website, she was thrilled to finally have found the right product to keep Katie’s memories in. She ordered the pet memory box, and was looking forward to seeing the finished product. Unfortunately, it arrived the day after she passed away. Emma did bookmark the site, making it easy for me to find.
Pet Memory Boxes
They have several wonderful options for pet memory boxes on their Etsy website. Each box is personalized as you would like, and made to order. Emma wanted Katie’s AKC name, call name, and a short quote on the top, along with the dates. She also chose to have Katie’s photo burned into the wood. Didn’t it come out nice?
The Size Of The Box
The box is not too big, but not too small. The outside measures 8.5” long. 6” wide, and 7.25” tall. Inside box dimensions are 7” long, 4.5” wide, and 6” tall. If you want to keep your pet’s ashed in the box, it will hold ashes for pets up to 180 lbs. Memory boxes are not sealed for ashes, but you may keep them in another container in the box.
Katie didn’t have a lot of personal items, but we still needed a good place to keep them. When a dog in our family passes away, Mom keeps that collar and tags forever, and it is never worn again. She also had Katie’s German passport, paw print, fur samples, and some other items.
I put everything in the box, and there was more than enough room. Being in the box means we can always take them out to look at them if we want to.
Pet Photo Options
We love the photo on the front of the box. The space is for a 4×6 photo. Cades & Birch offers four options:
- Burn the photo into a piece of wood, which is what Emma chose for Katie.
- Burn the photo onto white wood to keep the original photo color, see the second photo in the picture.
- The photo can be put onto a round ceramic disc.
- You can use your own photo at home, insert it yourself right behind an acrylic cover.
Other Options
If you want to keep all your memories a deep, dark, green secret, they even include a little lock and key for the latch on the box. I guess it might keep our cat burglar out of things!
Along with choosing what you would like engraved on the cover, and the photo options, there are also the stain options or wood options depending on what type of box you order. The pet memory box looks great on display in your home, and all your memories are right inside the box.
Mom is working on a box for Emma. I think we may need a large trunk and not a box for all her personal effects, but Mom says a box like Katie has will work fine. We are thinking of a darker stain for her box since she was so dark as a puppy. It may take some time because Mom gets to upset when she tries to think of the text for the box. Never in a million years did we think Emma pretty much found her own box, but we know she would want her memories to be in a Cades & Birch pet memory box. When we get that box finished, we will share it with you, but it may be a while.
The Giveaway
Cades & Birch has a lot of different products for pets and for the home. My mom is crazy about so many of their fun items. Because not everyone is in need of pet memory boxes, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to be used for any of their products! Simply enter through the giveaway widget below.
No purchase necessary. Giveaway is open to 18 and over continental US residents only. Giveaway will run from Thursday, November 15, 2018 through Sunday, November 25, 2018 at 12:00 AM ET. One (1) winner will be randomly selected by Rafflecopter and notified via email. The winner will have 24 hours to claim their prize; failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the prize. Participants must read and agree to Rafflecopter’s and My GBGV Life Privacy Policy before entering and participating in this promotion. Facebook does not sponsor, administer or endorse this promotion. Prize is provided by Cades & Birch and My GBGV Life is not responsible for prize fulfillment.
I really like the pet memorial boxes. I have 3 seniors, all with serious health issues. These are beautiful keepsakes and I know it’s something I will end up needing.
Sadly, every living being passes at some point. Enjoy your seniors while you have them, and when the need arises, these boxes are great.
That sure is a nice product, they do are really classy job.
They are even better when they arrive than they look on the website.
it is a sweet idea to keep your memories in a box… once we will have one too for Easy, but the mama is not ready yet, his collar is till under her pillow…
My mom wants one for Emma asap, but she can’t pull herself together enough to get it ordered yet.
I might order the memory box for a friend
It would make a great gift for someone who has lost a pet.
That is a gorgeous box. It’s a nice way to keep all those memories together.
It is exactly what Mom and Emma needed for Katie’s things, and now we need one for Emma’s things.
I would love to order the Personalized Pet Memory Box with Name and Quote or Poem, so nice…
It really is a beautiful way to keep memories from a lost pet.
That is a lovely box for Katie.This is what I would order for my Riley Personalized Pet Memory Box with Name and Quote or Poem
I’m sure it would turn out just as nice and you would love it.
The box is a great idea. I have a dear friend who lost his dog buddy Bentley and I would give it to him,
I think anyone who lost a pet they loved dearly would love a personalized box.
I really like the Personalized Pet Memory Box with Photo – Dog Memorial. I have had 3 dogs pass in the last 5 years, and need a box for ashes.
Sadly, we are not far behind with two losses in just over two years. We will put Emma’s ashes in a container in the box.
Love the memory box.
My mom was so happy when she saw these on the Cades & Birch site. They are perfect.
i like the urn boxes but i dont need one now, and it would make me sad to get one before i needed it. i love the elevated feeders, i have one and need another one for my other gal.
We would not get one unless one of us had passed, but they do have so many cool items for pets that are still with you, and also household stuff.
Our next door neighbor’s dog, Mario, is soon to pass,. He is in doggie hospice at his house. We would like one for them for his family memory. That is so sweet and timely for you to post this Bailey! Mario is the biggest labra-doodle we have ever seen and he is 14+ years old. He can’t run with us anymore, but he calls us when he is carried out to do his business, and we call him when we go out.
Chablis & Elbe
That would be a truly sweet gesture. Poor old fellow, I heard Katie could not walk out on her own her last day or so.
Lovely. We have one for Little Bit. We visit it often. What a great giveaway.
Have a fabulous day. ♥
It is nice to have all the memories there when you need them. Love the name Little Bit.
Lovely. Take as long as you need to find to perfect box for Emma. XOXO, Sparkle
Mom just can’t narrow things down right now, as much as she wants a box. I think it will take her some time.
Those are a lovely way to remember our fur babies ?
They are so beautiful and practical.
The pet memory boxes are lovely. It’s difficult to find nice containers for memories and / or cremains. I love that some of my pets have been returned in wooden boxes, but they are not big enough to hold other memories. Thanks for letting us know about this option
Mom wanted something she could put things in and take out whenever she wanted to, and something that didn’t hang on a wall. These are beautiful and perfect.
The boxes are nice for keeping the personal items.
My mom feels better having Katie’s things in their own special place finally.
The box is just beautiful and has lots of room to store lots of treasured memories.
Thank you. We are quite impressed with the workmanship.
That is a lovely memorial box. I keep my Rainbow pets’ memories on a shelf in my office. This would be a great idea.
We wanted a special place where they would be safe and we could see them whenever we wanted to. The box is perfect.
That is a beautiful, beautiful box and I think the idea is great. The only reason I am not entering is I think that someone who recently had a furbaby pass should win (((hugs)))
It is open to anyone, in case you want to reconsider. You can order some of the other beautiful household products with the gift certificate.
Such a beautiful keepsake…Mama would love to keep Dory’s special keepsakes in a lovely memorial box like Katie’s..
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
I think Dory would love that. The hard part is choosing the wording and the photo, but it is good to figure it out according to my mom.
This is such a wonderful idea. Whenever we lose one of our dogs, I have random things all over the house that I can’t part with but never know quite what to do with either.
We are working with Cades & Birch as well, but chose different items. We hope to receive them and share about them soon.
We look forward to seeing Emma’s special box as well, but we know how tough it is for your Mom to figure it all out right now. It has to be perfect. ♥
I think she will be waiting a bit to finish Emma’s box because it is all too fresh for her. It will be fun to see what you chose.
I like the Personalized Pet Memory Box with Photo – Dog Memorial. Thanks!
That is beautiful – I can tell that they are a great company. … but I can only imagine how hard it was to write this review. Hugs.
My mom and Emma were so excited about it, and then Emma left us and it has been so difficult, but she would still be thrill Katie will have a place for her things, and Emma will too when we figure out the text and photo.
I keep my memories in a bowl on the shelf in my office. We rescue seniors and hospice pups so it’s filling up. I think I’d get the ornaments with names and years on them and hang them above the bowl. I would like to see them there.
That would be a nice idea. We had Katie’s items in a bowl on our kitchen island, but Mom said they were gathering dust, so they went into a bag, then into the cupboard to stay safe. It’s great they finally have a good place to be.
I just lost my beloved Jack and he is in the generic box they send home with ashes..
Our dear Emma is in a box, in a velvet bag. Mom just can’t bring herself to do anything more with Emma’s things just yet, but we will get her a box like Katie’s soon.
That is a beautiful place to keep memories of our ones that have passed.
We don’t want all the memories on display, but we don’t want them in cupboard. This is a great way to keep them were we can see them when we want.
The memory box.
Very beautiful memory box.
It is just what my mom was looking for.
Pawfectly beautiful ?
?gentle nose nudges ?
We agree. It is a perfect spot for memories of Katie.
What difficult timing to receive this box, but it is very lovely. It’s definitely worthy of holding the cherished possessions of a much cherished pet. Thanks for sharing.
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
The timing was good and bad. We are sad Emma never got to see it, but we know she will love her own box when Mom can get it together enough to order it.
I would love to have the memorial box. When our family loses a precious furbaby we are devastated and this would be a perfect way to memorialize them and keep our most precious mementos of the wonderful unconditional love they gave us!
The boxes are wonderful!
I like the Personalized Pet Memory Box with Name and Quote or Poem
So many wonderful items on the site. I would say the memorial boxes are my favorite. Since we have no children our fur babies are our children!
Love these