I make several non-customized memorial gifts, some intended for sympathy and remembrance, and some simply as gifts for animal lovers that can be used as remembrances.
Every day I design, make and sell many different gift items featuring my artwork and photography—that’s how the votives came to be. People have purchased the non-customized gifts when ordering a votive or other customized remembrance isn’t possible or when they want a gift to give right away..
Love Never Ends Votive
I have the “Love Never Ends” votive at nearly every vendor event I attend, and nearly always someone will see the soft rainbows of the “Watercolors” artwork and the text and stop to buy one, tell me about a friend’s loss, or even their own. I’m happy to see the votive and design speaks to them because I designed it for just this purpose.
The Love Never Ends Votive which includes the soft rainbow shades of the “Watercolors” artwork and simple, sincere, phrase, can be a complement to other remembrance gifts such as the Love Never Ends Garden Flag which uses the same art and text.
And it can also be for any loss, humans included, or as an affirmation in difficult times.
Scroll down to read about ordering a single votive or a quantity, how I created the artwork for a pet loss CD after my own losses, and designed this votive.
- I make this votive in quantity, like six at a time, so they can be ordered in quantity, higher quantities too.
- A single votive is $25.00 including shipping.
- I can ship a single votive to your recipient with a note from you at no extra charge.
If you have an animal-related practice or business and want to order in quantity:
- I price quantities of these votives based on shipping, but typically they are $10 or $15 each at a half dozen or more.
- When ordering at least a half dozen I can customize this votive with your logo or other text at a one-time extra charge of $10.00 to set up the changes.
About the “Watercolors” background
In 2009 I joined a licensed counselor’s loving and sincere effort when, after the loss of a beloved dog, she had prepared a recording and book of inspirational readings with information and affirmations for those who have also lost a pet. As a freelance commercial artist and promotional professional I had the opportunity to illustrate this wonderful recording, and to assist the author in publicizing and promoting it.
Two years prior I had lost five cats in a little over a year, and just after she and I began working together I lost my Namir after four years of working with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and congestive heart failure (CHF). I put my heart into the illustrations.
In the human-animal bond when a human loses an animal companion the rainbow bridge story and imagery are strong. Neither of us wanted to use literal bridge imagery but wanted the soothing colors and idea of a journey through grief.
I began with the cover art in a loose interpretation of a rainbow/waterfall with mist and a path in two variations that held the prints of all the animals who had walked there. The soothing feeling of the blue-purple was intentional in the first version, but felt too somber and dark. I lightened and brightened the idea for the final version.
You can probably see where in this art the Watercolors background was born. I then picked up the pattern and application of colors I had used in areas of those illustrations and developed that into “Watercolors.”
As we finished the work on the CD I also designed my first set of Animal Sympathy Cards dedicated to Namir, and we agreed I could use the Watercolors background for my own purposes since it wasn’t a principal image in the CD design.
After 10 years and many CDs, Karen discontinued them and I’ve been using the artwork for a few of my own creations and I plan to use the cover art for my own pet remembrance endeavors. I’ve used the darker version as part of a Custom Pet Memorial Votive in remembrance of three dogs. I’ve used Watercolors as the sympathy note card that accompanies a votive and as a votive itself and a garden flag, and I’ll continue with the cover art versions, starting with small sympathy note cards, then other votive designs and suncatchers.
Order a “Love Never Ends” Votive
Order up to three premade votives at the link below.
Ordering a quantity?
Because shipping heavy things can vary a lot by distance, please contact me so I can work up a shipping estimate.
Visit Non-customized Memorial Gifts to order.
You can also read about Other Memorial Gifts, Animal Sympathy Cards and Commissioned Pet Portraits.
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