Wearing your pet's ashes in Firestone: jewelry options
Around 620 dogs and cats die in Firestone each year, by our estimate, and many families keep a little of the ashes to wear. Here's what pendants, glass and diamonds cost and how to get one filled safely.
- Real listed prices by metal and material
- Local jeweler or mail-in, explained
- Safe ways to fill and seal at home
Firestone, Colorado
Local maker or mail-in: the Firestone picture
Because so many Firestone families arrived recently, memorial choices often reflect the thought that they may move again. Portable keepsakes, ashes divided among relatives in other states, or a photo book can all travel easily. If you want the ashes split between several people, tell the provider before cremation so they can prepare separate containers rather than you dividing them at the kitchen table.
Most Firestone homes are recent builds on compact lots governed by covenants, and those rules shape where a memorial can go. Anything kept inside, from a shelf urn to a portrait or a ring holding ashes, stays clear of the HOA altogether. If you would like an outdoor stone or planting, a back garden bed out of view from the street is usually the simplest choice.
Self-fill kits are popular in towns like Firestone partly because they're private. Nobody else handles the ashes, and you choose the moment: a quiet evening, a sunny morning, the day before an anniversary. If your hands aren't steady, ask someone in the family to hold the pendant still while you pour.
Firestone is home to about 20,129 people, the 33rd-largest of the 36 Colorado communities we cover. Some of the providers who serve Firestone are based about 29 miles away in Denver, the nearest larger centre, so collection times reflect that drive.
Nearby, we also have local pages for Frederick (4 miles), Longmont (8 miles, a larger centre) and Erie (9 miles, a larger centre), which can help if your vet or the provider you prefer is based there.
Our estimate
7,400
Estimated dog- or cat-owning households in Firestone
How we calculated this
20,129 ÷ 2.5 = 8,052 households; × 53% (dog) + 39% (cat) = 7,400. A household with several pets counts once.
Our estimate
620
Estimated dog and cat losses in Firestone each year
How we calculated this
7,400 dog/cat-owning homes ÷ average lifespan (dog: 12.69 yrs + cat: 11.18 yrs) ≈ 620 a year. Treat it as a minimum.
53%[1]
53% of US households own a dog, which is about 71 million households.
12.69 years[2]
US dogs have an average life expectancy at birth of 12.69 years.
39%[3]
39% of US households own a cat, which is about 53 million households.
11.18 years[4]
US cats seen at Banfield hospitals have an average life expectancy at birth of 11.18 years.
To check the figures yourself, see Montoya et al. 2023, Frontiers in Veterinary Science and American Pet Products Association (APPA) 2025 State of the Industry.
How Colorado feels about cremation, and what that means for jewelry
Cremation accounts for around 77.4%[5] of deaths in Colorado, so the local trade is busy: crematories, funeral suppliers and jewelers all see ashes regularly. For you, that means more choice and some competition on price. It's reasonable to get two quotes for filling and sealing and to ask to see a finished memorial piece the jeweler has made.
That Colorado rate is a human one, published by NFDA 2024 Cremation & Burial Report state projections (via Occasional Sage) (2024). We quote it for Firestone only as a pointer to how families here already think about cremation.
Wearing ash jewelry through Firestone's seasons
Winter in Firestone is hard on glass in one specific way: sudden temperature change. A glass pendant that's been out in the cold and then goes straight under a hot shower can, in rare cases, crack. Let it warm up to room temperature first. The bigger risk is a fall on ice, so if you're heading out on a slippery morning, tuck the pendant under a layer rather than letting it swing.
Dry indoor heating during Firestone's winter is actually kind to sterling, because tarnish slows when the air is dry. That makes it a sensible season to order silver and fill a pendant at home: ash doesn't clump in low humidity, though a damp cloth on the funnel helps with static. Only rings and glass need extra winter care.
Memorial jewelry prices Firestone buyers can check
Memorial diamonds have the widest price range of anything on this page. Some labs advertise stones for as little as $750–$995[6], while a larger lab charges $3,499[7] for 0.25 carat and $15,000 for a full carat[8], roughly $14,000 to $15,000 per carat at any size[9]. For most Firestone families, a silver or glass piece does the same emotional job for a fraction of that.
For a line-by-line price table, see the Colorado overview; for what's included in each option, see our services.
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Memorial budget planner
Add up cremation, urn, keepsakes and a farewell so the total holds no surprises.
Before you divide the ashes: Colorado basics
Filling a memorial pendant isn't a regulated job in most places, Colorado included, so ask a jeweler or crematory how they store and label a portion rather than assuming a rule covers it. A sealed bag with your pet's name on it, kept apart from other work, is a fair expectation. The public rules that do exist concern burial and scattering, summarized below.
Colorado keeps an official directory of local governments; use it to reach the county or city office that covers Firestone.
The rules that apply across Colorado (home burial, scattering and who oversees pet cremation) are summarized on our Colorado page. Firestone may add its own conditions, so check with the city or county before digging.
Getting a memorial piece made, step by step
- Wait until you're ready. Ashes keep indefinitely, and there's no deadline for jewelry.
- Collect prints and fur early if you can. Once cremation has happened there's no way to take a paw print, nose print or fur clipping, and having them widens what you can order later.
- Measure carefully. Size a ring late in the day, hold a chain to your collarbone to judge length, and check with each relative about metals that irritate their skin.
- Ask the maker how they handle ashes. How much they need, how they label it, whether they return what they don't use.
- If you mail ashes, pack them properly. Put them in a sealed bag first, pad that bag inside a strong box, and send it by the tracked carrier the maker tells you to use.
- Approve a proof of the engraving, especially a paw or nose print, and only then let the maker start.
More ways to keep your pet in daily life
Hail is a genuine hazard across southwest Weld County, and it can chip glass or ceramic memorials left outside. Granite, bronze and cast concrete are safer bets for the garden. Freeze-thaw cycles from November into March can heave stones out of level, so set them on a bed of compacted gravel. A tree urn planted in late spring has the whole summer to root before winter.
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Free tools to help you plan
Memorial budget planner
Add up cremation, urn, keepsakes and a farewell so the total holds no surprises.
Jewelry ash capacity guide
How much ash fits in pendants, rings and glass, and how many pieces one pet can fill.
Ashes sharing planner
Split ashes fairly between family members, keepsake urns and jewelry.
Questions people ask
Which nearby towns can I compare with Firestone?
The closest communities we cover are Frederick (about 4 miles), Longmont (about 8 miles) and Erie (about 9 miles). Providers based in those places often serve Firestone too. Ask each one for a written total that includes collection, so the distance is priced in.
Is cremation common in Colorado?
For people, yes: about 77.4%[5] of Colorado deaths end in cremation, according to NFDA 2024 Cremation & Burial Report state projections (via Occasional Sage) (2024). Nobody publishes the same figure for pets, but in our experience pet choices in Firestone follow the human pattern closely, so cremation is the default most families here start from.
Where are the providers that serve Firestone actually based?
Some are local, and some run from Denver, about 29 miles away. That is normal for a town this size. What matters is the collection time they quote for Firestone and whether the drive is priced into the total, so ask both up front.
Roughly how many pets die in Firestone each year?
Our estimate is around 620. It comes from Firestone's population (about 20,129), the average household size, the share of homes with a dog or cat (about 7,400 households here) and the average lifespan. It is arithmetic, not a count, so read it as a rough floor.
My pet was cremated years ago. Can I still have jewelry made?
Yes. Cremated remains are stable mineral and don't change over time, so ashes from years ago work just as well. Open the urn over a sheet of paper, take a teaspoon with a clean spoon and seal the urn again. If the ashes are in a sealed container you'd rather not open, a Firestone jeweler or the original crematory may help.
Can a jeweler engrave a pendant that's already filled?
Often, as long as the engraving goes on a solid surface away from the sealed thread. Laser engraving produces little heat and doesn't touch the chamber. Hand and rotary engraving put pressure on the piece, so tell the engraver it holds ashes and ask them to check the seal afterwards. Where you can, engrave first and fill second.
Sources and our estimates
- [1] 53% of US households own a dog, which is about 71 million households. American Pet Products Association (APPA) 2025 State of the Industry, 2025.
- [2] US dogs have an average life expectancy at birth of 12.69 years. Montoya et al. 2023, Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Banfield Pet Hospital life expectancy tables (13.3 million dogs, 2.4 million cats, 2013-2019), 2023.
- [3] 39% of US households own a cat, which is about 53 million households. American Pet Products Association (APPA) 2025 State of the Industry, 2025.
- [4] US cats seen at Banfield hospitals have an average life expectancy at birth of 11.18 years. Montoya et al. 2023, Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Banfield Pet Hospital life expectancy tables (13.3 million dogs, 2.4 million cats, 2013-2019), 2023.
- [5] The NFDA projected Colorado's cremation rate at 77.4% for 2024. NFDA 2024 Cremation & Burial Report state projections (via Occasional Sage), 2024.
- [6] Eterneva says some memorial-diamond competitors advertise stones for as little as $750–$995. Eterneva – Ashes to Diamonds Cost Guide, 2026.
- [7] Eterneva prices a 0.25-carat memorial diamond from ashes at $3,499; its range starts at $2,999 for 0.1 carat. Eterneva – Pet Ashes to Diamonds, 2026.
- [8] Eterneva charges $15,000 for a 1-carat memorial diamond and $75,000 for 5 carats. Eterneva – Pet Ashes to Diamonds, 2026.
- [9] Eterneva's memorial diamonds cost roughly $14,000–$15,000 per carat whether small or large. Our estimate: 0.25 ct $3,499 / 0.25 = $13,996/ct; 1 ct $15,000/ct; 5 ct $75,000 / 5 = $15,000/ct. How we calculate.
- [10] The cheapest advertised memorial diamond costs about 8 times a typical sterling silver ashes pendant. Our estimate: $995 (EverDear colorless from) / $129 (Urns.com sterling silver median). How we calculate.
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