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Online Catalog & Store IMPORTANT NOTE: If you will be ordering multiple items at the same time, e-mail Minda at [email protected] to receive a PayPal invoice and save on shipping charges (the PayPal buttons do not offer shipping discounts on more than one item at this time). If you would like to pay by check or money order (U.S. residents only, please), e-mail [email protected] for your total. Quick Links "Translating Tombstones" book "Life In Parts" book Epitaphs Magazine T-shirts Window Decals Epitaphs Magazine "STAFF" Hat Gravestone Artwear Shirts "Cemetery Walk" book Tombstone & Casket Necklaces Gravestone Rubbing Kits Gravestone Rubbing Waxes Car Magnets Only You Can Prevent Cemetery Vandalism I Dig Cemeteries "Not Afraid to Die ... Just Don't Want to Be There" Funerary Items & Clearance Food & Gift Baskets CATALOG ITEMS Translating Tombstones: Your Guide to Symbolism and Meaning in the Cemetery A dove? An anchor? A book? A skull and crossbones? You can find these and many, many other symbols on tomb-stones, but what do they mean? Cemeteries are fascinating places places filled with history, art and meaning. The symbols carved on tombstones say a lot about the people who once lived and are now buried in our eternal parks. This book will explain the meanings behind the symbols and help you understand the special language of tombstones. Paperback, 88 pages. Ships from Lulu.com. Will ship in 3-5 days after order is placed. $15 (plus $5.90 s/h) "Life in Parts: An Interpretation from the Cemetery" by Minda Powers-Douglas A celebration of life in its parts through the photography of stones carved in honor of the dead. Find life through the cemetery in its many parts in this collection of gravestone photography by the author "Cemetery Walk and editor of Epitaphs Magazine Minda Powers-Douglas. The first in a series of books focusing on poetic cemetery photography. Paperback, 44 pages. Ships from Lulu.com. Will ship in 3-5 days after order is placed. Also available in hardback; e-mail [email protected] for details. Paperback: $12.99 plus shipping Epitaphs Magazine T-shirts The perfect shirt for any taphophile! Text reads: Epitaphs Magazine For people who "dig" cemeteries www.TheCemeteryClub.com ("I told you I was sick" is the epitaph on the tombstone) Available in sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL 100% cotton Cost: $10 each plus s/h Window Decals These small window decals are just the right size (4.8" x 4.8") to make a statement without taking up too much space. Clear background with black and red print. Cost: $3 each plus s/h Epitaphs Magazine "STAFF" Hat If you've ever written or taken photos for Epitaphs Magazine, why not tell the world you're part of the staff! This adjustable cotton hat comes in navy, white or beige. Your choice. Cost: $16 each plus s/h Limited Stock T-shirts This fabulous T-shirt is currently available in size XL. The image was taken from an old rubbing of Nathanael Mather's stone in Salem, Massachusetts, from 1688. This shirt is from the excellent Gravestone Artwear collection. According to Gravestone Artwear: "The skull with wings signifying death and mortality are death head images which were popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Nathanael Maher was Cotton Mather’s precocious brother who entered Harvard College at the age of twelve. 'Memento Mori' is Latin for remember death." I have seen this gravestone in person, and it is incredible. Mr. Nathanael Mather DEC.D OCTOBER Ye 17 1688 An Aged person that had seen but Nineteen Winters in the World. One XL available for immediate shipping. $16.99 plus s/h The Sleepy Hollow graveyard in what was North Tarrytown, New York, and since 1996 has been officially named "Sleepy Hollow" is supposedly where the Headless Horseman was buried in Washington Irving's legendary story first published in 1820. Scott Thomas of North Grafton, Massachusetts, is the artist of our version of Ichabod Crane's headstone. L and XL available for immediate shipping. $16.99 plus s/h "Cemetery Walk" by Minda Powers-Douglas What awaits beyond the cemetery gates … ? Journey into the cemetery and beyond with author Minda Powers-Douglas and meet cemetery sextons, gravediggers, preservationists, writers, artists, authors, ghost hunters, the director of a funeral museum, a genealogist, and an assortment of taphophiles (people who love cemeteries). Discover what’s really behind our attitudes toward death, graveyards and those resting inside them. Find out what is superstition and what’s fact in this insightful and often funny guide into the world of cemeteries. You’ll meet British horror author Simon Clark, “low-brow” artist Madame Talbot, genealogy author and lecturer Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Jon Austin from the Museum of Funeral Customs, and New Orleans Voodoo Priestess Miriam, as well as many more intriguing individuals. Come explore the dark side … it’s not as scary as you think. You’ll never look at a cemetery the same way again. Available through Amazon.com and your local bookstore (if it's not in stock, just ask for it!) Purchase through AuthorHouse Sterling Silver Tombstone & Casket Necklaces Tombstone, Cherub w/ Trumpet or Cross w/ Ivy necklace: These beautiful necklaces are all sterling silver. The tombstone pendant (25 mm tall) is double-sided and reads: (side one) "Here Lies Lester Moore, Four Slugs From a .44, No Les No More" (side two) "Boothill Tombstone Arizona." It is based on an actual Boothill tombstone. Cross is 30 mm. Cherub is 26 mm and is three dimensional. Pendants come with an 18-inch sterling silver box chain (high quality, no tangles!). $17 Casket or Praying Angel necklace: Sterling silver and highly detailed. The top half of the casket is open and shows the lovely interior inside (width is 27 mm). Angel is 23 mm and three dimensional. Pendants come with an 18-inch sterling silver box chain. $25 E-mail to order. Usually in stock. Other styles of sterling silver charms are available--just ask! [email protected] Gravestone Rubbing Kit TheCemeteryClub.com now has our own brand of gravestone rubbing kits. Each includes: two handmade wax rubbing cakes (colors vary), 3 sheets of cotton rubbing material, a natural bristle brush, masking tape, and gravestone rubbing instructions. Each kit comes in an 8x10 acrylic envelope. Cost: $16.95 (plus $10.70 Priority U.S. shipping) [email protected] Gravestone Rubbing Waxes by TheCemeteryClub.com These brand new gravestone rubbing cakes are hand-made by TheCemeteryClub.com gal herself. Each cake is specially made, non-toxic and looks like a delicious cupcake! Just make sure you don't eat it. Cakes come in solid and layered colors. E-mail for in-stock colors or to request your own. Available colors include: $3 each Blue Gemstone Aqua Sea Stone Red Ruby Goldenrod Victorian Rose (light or dark) Forest Green Leaf Green Dark Amethyst (a beautiful purple/violet) Sunset (rich orange) Marblehead Mix (random layers of colors) Sunshine Yellow $4 each Black Jack (OUT OF STOCK) Cocoa Brown (LIMITED SUPPLY) Silver Slate (LIMITED SUPPLY) Ghost White (looks awesome on black fabric!) $3 or $4 each     [email protected] Car Magnets These car door magnets are awesome! Full-color, easy to apply and remove with no harm to your vehicle. They measure 11.25" x 8.5". Cost: $10 each plus s/h Support your local cemetery car magnet Epitaphs Magazine car magnet Samples of TheCemeteryClub.com's CafePress.com Merchandise The items in this section are available through TheCemeteryClub.com's official store at CafePress.com. When you click on the items below, it will take you directly to the CafePress store. Price ranges: New items feature: "What will your epitaph say?" CafePress Items are No Longer Available at this Time 'I Dig Cemeteries' 'I'm Not Afraid to Die. I Just Don't Want to be There When It Happens' Last updated 9-8-2010 Copyright 2004-2010 by Minda Powers-Douglas. All rights reserved. Please contact [email protected] for usage of any information on this site.