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Flowers and memorial goods
These are optional. If a package includes them, you can usually decline and bring your own.
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Basis: FTC Funeral Rule: caskets.
Sympathy flowers
Standing sprays and arrangements can come from outside the funeral home package. Put the funeral home name and service date in the gift message.
Sympathy sprays, wreaths, and arrangements from an FTD network florist, shipped to the funeral home. Put the home name and service date in the gift message. Useful when you need flowers ordered in a few minutes from a phone.
Typical sympathy arrangements often $50 to $150 before delivery
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Same-day and next-day options through Amazon Grocery and third-party florists, in the account you already have. Confirm the delivery window against the service date; funeral homes sometimes refuse deliveries on the day of the service itself.
Wide range; check the delivery date before checkout
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Hardcover guest books for the visitation or service.
Why it is here: Easy to buy before the service instead of from the home's package.
Frames and table displays for photos at the visitation.
Why it is here: Families usually already have photos; the frame is the only purchase.
Simple cloths and runners people use for a memory table.
Why it is here: Small goods that do not need to come from the funeral home.
Unity and memorial candle sets for services at home or church.
Why it is here: Optional; often bundled into packages you can decline.
The photo boards and the slideshow
Nearly every visitation has photo boards, an easel print, or a slideshow. Two good paths: arrange the photos yourself, or upload and let a printer handle layout. Both end at the same service.
Start by putting every phone's photos in one place. Google Photos is free: it groups by face and date and picks out the sharpest of near-duplicates. That link earns this site nothing.
Poster boards, enlargements, and prints for same-day pickup at most stores. The usual answer when the service is days away.
Same-day pickup at most locations
Posters, enlargements, and prints picked up at a local store within hours. Useful when the nearest Walgreens is out of a size.
Same-day pickup at most locations
One photo on a large canvas for an easel next to the casket or urn, then home with family afterward. Needs shipping lead time.
Shipped; allow several days, expedited options exist