Jewelry displaying cremation ashes in a transparent or translucent resin setting and method of making same

A jewelry memento comprising:

• a jewelry piece including a setting defining a liquid container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall terminating in a top edge disposed in a selected plane and defining an opening, the walls cooperating to form a predetermined volume;
• a mixture layer on the bottom wall constructed of cured resin and hardener having an optical transparency, the mixture layer having a volume less than the predetermined volume and forming a planar top surface spaced a selected distance from the selected plane,
• the mixture layer including cremation ashes dispersed across the;
• and
• at least one layer of cured transparent resin and hardener disposed on the top surface whereby the mixture layer may be formed by pouring the mixture layer in liquid form in the liquid container to cure and form the top surface and the cover the layer formed thereover.

A method of making a jewelry device with cremation ashes including:

• selecting a jewelry piece with a setting in the form of a container;
• selecting a resin and hardener;
• mixing the resin and hardener;
• selecting cremation ashes;
• mixing the cremation ashes with the resin and hardener to form a cremation mixture;
• flowing the cremation mixture into the container;
• stirring the mixture;
• allowing the cremation mixture to harden and form a top surface;
• polishing the top surface to form a polished surface;
• mixing a resin hardened to form a tillable finished mixture;
• and
• flowing the finishing mixture into the polished surface,