My Pet’s Ashes Starry Night Pendant: Review

I’ve been putting off writing this post about My Pet’s Ashes for a bit. This is because, to be honest with you, I still struggle badly with the fact Sally isn’t here anymore, even though it’s been a while since she went over the rainbow bridge to her final resting place.

The fact that I have to wake up everyday and she’s not there to greet me hurts. In fact, just writing this intro has me in floods of tears. Pet bereavement can be so difficult.

You may have seen this pendant on my Instagram, as it arrived last year. However, at the time I was struggling badly with my vision. I am actually picking up some new contacts next week which should help. As such we decided to leave this post until the new year and then, as January does, it hit me with everything it had.

So here I am near the end of February, crying my eyes out and hoping to share with you this beautiful piece of jewellery.

My Reasons.

Before I delve into the review I wanted to go back many years.

Over 10 years ago now I told my parents, when Sally dies I want to turn her into a diamond, after having read about it in a magazine. After all, that’s what she was.

However, it became obvious that wasn’t going to happen. These kinds of pet memorials cost thousands of pounds and I wasn’t too keen on the cheaper yellow colourings.

So when the time came I did some looking around. However, what worried me was that there was very little information out there about these sorts of companies. Yet I was to send them something so precious to work with, some of Sally.

That was when I was put in touch with this company and after a long talk with Karen on the phone, I knew I had found the person I could trust.

My Pet’s Ashes.

My Pet’s Ashes are an award-winning company who help create bespoke jewellery to help you remember your beloved pet.

They offer so many services from offering support, advice and information for those who are going through bereavement, to selling pet urns, memorial jewellery and a huge range of items to help you bury, scatter ashes or memorialise your loved pet.

If you are recently going through a loss of a pet, please do head over to their website and sign up to their newsletter. It offers a good guide to dealing with the loss of a pet and it is all free.

One thing you should know about My Pet’s Ashes is Karen knows what it is like to lose a pet. In fact, the company was made in dedication to her cat. It has become a place to share her story via the blog and help teach people to deal with their loss and start celebrating the life they had with their pet.

This all came across so clearly in my chats with her. She understood, she knew, she cared. Not just about me, but about my pet too. I knew that Sal’s ashes would be treated with the utmost respect and care. This is perhaps the part of the process that meant the most to me, knowing that Sal was in good hands.

The Process.

Speaking of the process, let’s go a bit more in-depth.

If you decide to have your beloved pet cremated, it is legal in the UK to send up to 50g of ashes via Royal Mail. My Pet’s Ashes need just a small amount of ashes to create your piece of jewellery once you have used a pet cremation service.

You will be sent everything you need to dispense, package and send from My Pet’s Ashes and they will, of course, return any ashes not used within your jewellery to you.

As your jewellery is made you will receive email updates, the first being when the ashes arrive right up to the dispatch of everything to you.

If at any point you are worried or concerned you can get in touch as well. Karen is always willing to talk to people before ordering, during or after.

In fact, I was really thankful for the phone calls and I hate speaking on the phone. However, it made me feel at ease with the process every step of the way.

Starry Night Pendant.

I will admit that fate had a hand in how this necklace turned out.

It was at my parents I filled the form in as neither Ash nor I could face spooning out some of Sally ashes. However as I filled it in, both Ash and my Dad piped up that surely I should be going with teal rather than blue. Of course, they were right. Fate played its first hand.

Then when it arrived back with Karen from the jewellers, the sparkle hadn’t been added. Leaving it with a satin lustre, which I instantly fell in love with and asked for it not to be changed. In fact, you will now find on the website you can choose between a satin lustre or sparkle finish! Fate played its second hand.

You may notice from some of the pictures as well that you can have engraving added around the edge. This will cost you an additional £9 – £27 depending on the number of characters you want including.

Personally, I had “Always in My Heart” added on.

The Starry Night Pendant comes in at £275 for this version (a mini one can be bought at £250). This includes being made in the colour and finish of your choice. Additions such as engraving and longer length necklaces can be added at extra cost (it comes with a 20″ chain as standard).

All the Starry Night Pendants are handmade in Devon by Fiona.

My Thoughts.

I find it hard to put into words what this process and the necklace means for me.

Your pet’s ashes are such a special thing and you want to trust the people handling them implicitly, something which is hard for me. However, I found through the whole process I felt comfortable and confident in everything that was happening.

I felt not only that I was cared about, but Sally was as well.

We had some of Sally’s ashes which weren’t used returned with my necklace and I will be going back to My Pet’s Ashes to buy one of their small heart cremation urns to keep this in and give it to my parents so that they can keep some of Sally’s ashes at home.

Most of all I want to thank My Pet’s Ashes for their care and understanding. You made such a precious item extra special thanks to your attitude and love.

I would without a doubt recommend this company to all pet owners going through such a painful process, no matter the sort of memorial you are looking to buy.

To find out more about My Pet’s Ashes and all they do, please visit their website and remember if you are just looking for some advice on grieving for your pet their blog and newsletter are free to browse / sign up to.

While I was given the necklace used in this post all thoughts and feelings are truthful and my own.

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