Solace Paper
Guides
Plain, practical notes for the days before a service.
Planning a service usually falls to someone who has never done it before, in a week with little room to spare. These guides are short, specific, and written to be useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us.
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Planning a celebration of life
The whole of it in one place — the first decisions, the shape of the day, and where each guide below fits.
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Planning an order of service
What goes in, a simple structure that works, wording you can borrow, and the practical details of printing.
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Wording a welcome sign
Heading lines to choose from, getting the name exactly right, and sizes that read clearly from a distance.
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Wording a funeral program
Lines for every page — cover, welcome, readings, thanks, and the invitation onward — written to be read aloud.
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Writing an obituary
A paragraph-by-paragraph shape that works, opening lines you can borrow, and the practical details of publishing.
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Making a memorial slideshow
How many photographs, how long, choosing the music, and the checks that make it play without a hitch.
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Writing a eulogy
A simple shape — who they were, the stories that show it, how to close — and reading it on the day.
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Wording thank-you cards
Who receives one, when to send them, a three-sentence shape that works, and lines for every kindness.