Beloved Pets

In September 2006 Gina Embriadi's dog Mugsey passed away. Instead of putting him in a traditional urn, she came up with an alternative. "I didn't want to bury him cause of him being out in the cold out there. As foolish as that sounds. I was not ready not to hold him again, at all," said Embriadi. So she decided to put his ashes in a cuddly urn. "When my dog passed away I was totally devastated and I came across a photo with this dog laying on the back of my couch and that's when it hit me," she said. From then on she started her business 'Beloved Pets'. "You can have a replica that resembles them or any stuffed animal that's significant to you. It can be a personal one that you enjoy or if you have children, one that they're really close to. If they lost a beloved animal, their ashes are placed there." Gina says that each animal is special and she treats them as if they were her own. "Each one of these are passionate to me. When I do an animal, when I make a cuddly urn, I put my heart and soul into it," said Embriadi. Gina hopes, that by word of mouth, she will able to reach out to those grieving over a lost pet. http://www.belovedpetsbygina.com/ http://www.otrib.com/community/