I had a great idea for a short term idea for gravemarkers. The "shelf life" will probably only be about 3 years, at most 5. I am going to place at the foot of Granny Sally Collins Estep-Turner's grave in the Clare Barger Cemetery a gravestone. I am placing the same kind of temporary gravestone on my gggrandparents at the Granville Barger Cemetery. I took picture frames and used a wood sealer and painted them all over several times, I then took a sheet of 8 x 10 pretty paper and typed on the computer the info... then laminated the paper, put it in the frame behind the regular glass. DO NOT use plexiglass.....the man at the Hardward Store said that plexiglass yellows and looks awful after awhile. SO I am taking a chance on the glass not breaking.. After putting the laminated paper in the frame, I then used rubber cement to close the seal around the frame where the back goes on. I bought several little pretty picture frames ( like at Dollar General) and took the cardboard off, they are the decorations, then used the sealer on them, some are heart shaped, or have little birds and country charms around them... very sweet. I bought small cement paving stones, used the cement sealer to paste the frame and other little pretties on, then used a $1 can of Dollar General Clear Paint and spray painted over all. The lamination should hold and be water proof. I do not want to place anything ""junky"" on the graves, but these are pretty and last longer than silk flowers will. Just a thought. The whole process takes about a week to let the frames, and cement sealer to set. My grandfather Jess Estep-Turner is buried in a small hard to get cemetery that I cannot reach with my legs as bad as they are. ( I was going to try, but its hard to find, and up and down mountain logging trails...) I thought it was sad that Jess and Sally could not be in the same cemetery so this is a little way to put them together... Di Wells --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience

Did you by chance take any pictures? I lost my husband 3 weeks ago..that sounds like the perfect solution until the permanent marker comes in. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Di W. To: KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:10 PM Subject: [KYBREATH-L] Gravestone Markers I had a great idea for a short term idea for gravemarkers. The "shelf life" will probably only be about 3 years, at most 5. I am going to place at the foot of Granny Sally Collins Estep-Turner's grave in the Clare Barger Cemetery a gravestone. I am placing the same kind of temporary gravestone on my gggrandparents at the Granville Barger Cemetery. I took picture frames and used a wood sealer and painted them all over several times, I then took a sheet of 8 x 10 pretty paper and typed on the computer the info... then laminated the paper, put it in the frame behind the regular glass. DO NOT use plexiglass.....the man at the Hardward Store said that plexiglass yellows and looks awful after awhile. SO I am taking a chance on the glass not breaking.. After putting the laminated paper in the frame, I then used rubber cement to close the seal around the frame where the back goes on. I bought several little pretty picture frames ( like at Dollar General) and took the cardboard off, they are the decorations, then used the sealer on them, some are heart shaped, or have little birds and country charms around them... very sweet. I bought small cement paving stones, used the cement sealer to paste the frame and other little pretties on, then used a $1 can of Dollar General Clear Paint and spray painted over all. The lamination should hold and be water proof. I do not want to place anything ""junky"" on the graves, but these are pretty and last longer than silk flowers will. Just a thought. The whole process takes about a week to let the frames, and cement sealer to set. My grandfather Jess Estep-Turner is buried in a small hard to get cemetery that I cannot reach with my legs as bad as they are. ( I was going to try, but its hard to find, and up and down mountain logging trails...) I thought it was sad that Jess and Sally could not be in the same cemetery so this is a little way to put them together... Di Wells --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ====