Welcome to Balbo Beadworks

Memories You Can Touch

Custom-Made Glass Beads

Your loved one was unique, and the bead is designed to capture your memory and carry it forward.

Zina Balbo

Owner of Balbo Beadworks

Memorial Beads Encased With Cremation Remains

Unique Keepsake Beads Embedded with Ashes

Balbo Beadworks specializes in preserving your loved ones’ cremation ash in glass beads that you can wear, display and cherish. Memorial Beads are unique, torch-made jewelry creations embedded with a small amount of your loved one’s ashes, hand-crafted using the finest Italian glass.

Each bead is a custom work of art: shapes range from oval to teardrop, heart-shaped to barrel. With over twenty colors available, your bead is custom designed to match the memory. Your loved one was unique, and the bead is designed to capture your memory and carry it forward.

Forever Linked to Your Memories

Create a Gift Full of Love

Balbo Beadworks captures this energy in a unique, beautiful keepsake Memorial Bead that you can wear, display and cherish forever.

Keep your favorite companion with you forever with your own unique Memorial Bead and remember the fun times you shared together.

As long as the substance can be made into a granular material, it can be encased in molten glass. The ideas are endless in creating your bead.

Let's Make a Keepsake You Will Treasure Forever

The personal connection that leads to a cherished Memorial Bead is the result of a thoughtful process that begins together with the artist, the loved one, and you.

Many variety of styles to choose.

Testimonials

I was surprised by the comfortable feeling that came over me when I started wearing the pendant you made to honor my dad. There is something so special about wearing and especially handling the bead.

Michael

Orlando, FL

My dear Golden Retriever Chia loved to stick her head out of the window while riding with me in the car. I hang my Memorial Bead from my rear view mirror where it twinkles in the sun reminding me of her companionship.

Tony

Minneapolis, MN

I grew up in Scotland. On my last trip, I brought home a small stone from the foundation of my house. When I show off my Memorial Bead, I say it’s a slice of my childhood preserved forever.

Marie

Van Nuys, CA