Tonyshuman, I'm trying to do just that! Today is the first day that I haven't thought of her last few minutes, only the happy times. I also finally ordered her "urn". There were so many choices before and I just couldn't make up my mind, so I decided to take a step back for a while. Today and yesterday I didn't have to work, so I spent a fair amount of time looking at music boxes, and when I saw this one tonight, I decided it was just right:
https://www.sfmusicbox.com/xq/asp/TID.%7B47359C5C-4A9E-4FA3-9950-9B84DC5B1316%7D/PID.1/IID.601/MGID.2427/qx/product.htm
The size is nice, and the white is sweet and innocent like her. The flowers are pretty but also kind of cute. A lot of the music boxes in this style look a little too "formal" for me, if you will, but this one is pretty much just what I had in mind. It's also $80 cheaper than the other one I liked a lot, so that's good! It plays "How sweet it is to be loved by you" which seems appropriate
I also ordered this little hummingbird and rose figurine:
https://www.sfmusicbox.com/xq/asp/TID.%7B47359C5C-4A9E-4FA3-9950-9B84DC5B1316%7D/PID.1/IID.3032/MGID.2385/qx/product.htm
Ever since Tallulah died, hummingbirds have really reminded me of her. Every time I see a picture of one, I think of her. Pink roses have always made me think of her, so this is perfect. I plan to put it by her music box, along with her picture in a pretty frame, and a birdhouse I'm in the process of painting. I know she was a rabbit and not a bird, but delicate little birds remind me of her!
I guess I went a little overboard, but I also ordered this because it's so sweet, not sure where I'm going to put it:
https://www.sfmusicbox.com/xq/asp/TID.%7B47359C5C-4A9E-4FA3-9950-9B84DC5B1316%7D/PID.1/IID.3044/MGID.2385/qx/product.htm
As well as this music boxes to put Cinnabun's ashes in:
https://www.sfmusicbox.com/xq/asp/TID.%7B47359C5C-4A9E-4FA3-9950-9B84DC5B1316%7D/PID.1/IID.2889/MGID.2396/qx/product.htm
I was looking for the perfect urn for Cinnabun's ashes for the longest time after he died! I could never find one that was just right, so in my ceramics class 2 summers ago, I made a larger than life sculpture of him up on his hind legs sniffing the wind. I spent so many hours making it, and carved this little poem on it:
"If tears could build a staircase,
And memories a lane,
I'd walk up to heaven
And bring you home again"
I know that's a pretty common poem, but it always makes me tear up and always makes me think of him. Anyway, the sculpture was hollowed out with a little door on the back so I could put his ashes and leash and favorite toy and stuff in it. I gave it to my mom that Christmas, so I'm happy to finally have a nice urn for him! But I want to have some of his ashes too, so I bought that Peter Rabbit box to put some of them in. It plays Brahm's Lullaby, I used to hum that to Cinnabun when I was little. I plan to buy two tiny glass bottles with corks at the craft store to put their ashes in.
The company I bought these items from ships to Alaska for not too exorbitant of a price, so I don't have to ship it to anyone else first. My order should arrive in 7-9 days