Hugging Dogs' Ashes ​(In Huggable Nappers)

Blaze - RIP Buddy -
​(In your Huggable Napper)
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​When my friend, Sally, lost her beautiful, elderly Dalmatian, Blaze, she wanted to keep his ashes.

I had an idea for a way she could keep them in a "huggable" pillow-type item I called a Napper.

I hired another friend, Marylou, to sew my design... and this is what we came up with.

Sally loved it!

Inside is cozy... the fabric is silky... and this is where we zippered in the bag of Blaze's ashes.

And here's the backside:

And yes, of course, I made one for each of my girls, Dancer and Mocha. (Jetta died years later and I was not able to make one for her.)

​Here's Dancer's:

​And Mocha's:

​I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how much comfort I got, while grieving, from holding and snuggling with these Nappers, with my girls' ashes inside. I felt like they were with me... 

Here they are, "resting" in a chair in my room. I will have my babies with me 'til the day I die.