Unique personalized sympathy gifts express timely thoughtfulness to a bereaved person. They become treasured mementos of the life of a loved one who has passed on.

There are a number of ways to personalize a gift. You can incorporate a photo, have an item engraved, or use a particularly meaningful item to the griever.

An original poem can be created to celebrate and commemorate the special times you shared, or to highlight a particular achievement accomplished by the departed loved one.

Engraved Items

There is almost no end to the items one can have engraved to express sympathy in the loss of a loved one.

Items of jewelry such as lockets, charm bracelets, and various styles of pendants such as crosses can be meaningful mementos of a deceased loved one.

Photo frames can be engraved with names, dates and phrases and adorned with designs that evoke special times shared with the loved one.

Ornaments for the holiday tree or centerpiece are very popular and can be particularly meaningful since holidays are a time when grief is amplified.

A variety of shapes and styles of plaques, or garden stones can be engraved with names, dates and expressions of remembrance.

Men’s accessories like cufflinks, necklaces or accessory boxes make memorable personalized sympathy gifts, and flower vases, glassware, portfolios and journals all can be engraved as well.

Other Personalized Gifts

Candy jars, key rings and canvas art can be personalized to reflect the joys and wisdom imparted by the loved one who is no longer with us.

Poems written for the departed one or for the survivors make wonderful personalized sympathy gifts and can be incorporated into frames, artwork or books to use as gifts.

Scrapbooks created based on the life of the deceased are healing both to create and to receive. This idea can be applied as a gift created by a friend or family member, or as a project for the mourning person to complete as the healing process begins.

Personalized wooden and glass sculptures reminiscent of special interests or passions of the deceased make elegant sympathy gifts that keep on giving. Hand-making personalized gifts makes them particularly special and communicates love and caring with the gift of your time and creativity.

Wall hangings are a wonderful idea for personalized gifts in memory of a loved one, and photo quilts , while taking much more time to create, are unmistakably personal and long lasting.

For the person who appreciates body art, a gift certificate for a personalized permanent tattoo could be the perfect sympathy gift.

Many people who would never have thought of this type of memento have acquired memorial images of butterflies, dragonflies, roses or other images representative of things that delighted their deceased daughter, son or spouse.

Giving a personalized gift to a griever is a thoughtful way to memorialize someone who was deeply loved and will be sadly missed.
It shows that additional thought and time has been invested in the choice of the gift as well as the production.

Public Personalized Sympathy Offerings

Memorial gardens, statuary and plants are specialized personal sympathy gifts, and most often are placed in the home or garden of the surviving family members.

However, park benches, trail signs or special tree plantings can be placed in other areas with special permission.

Whatever your decision in selecting a personalized gift to express your sympathy, I know that your grieving friend or family member will be especially blessed by your thoughtfulness and love.

Author Bio: Karen Grisham is the editor of www.comfortyourheart.com with a professional practice in Mental Health Nursing for 15 years. She has chosen several personalized sympathy gifts to help you express your sympathy message.

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