Suggestions/ideas for front door, right, left, back side or candle:

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Memorial Lantern

• Name

• Nickname

• Sunrise/sunset

• Favorite saying 

• Scripture

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Birthday Lantern

• Name

• Nickname

• Birthdate

• Favorite saying 

• Scripture

• Milestone Birthday/saying i.e. Sweet 16, 25/Twenty-Fine, 50/Over the Hill, etc. 

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Engagement/Wedding/Anniversary Lantern

• First names

• Nicknames

• The (last name)'s

• Wedding/anniversary date

• Scripture

• Milestone Anniversary i.e. Silver 25th, Golden 50th

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NOTE: Candle cannot contain more than four lines

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Sample wording, that can be used on any of the lantern's four sides, or candle:

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Memorial Lantern

• Your wings were ready, but our hearts were not

• Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day unseen, unheard, but always near. Still loved, still missed, and very dear

• In loving memory of a beautiful life

• I have you in my heart

• I will always treasure the light and love you shine on my life

• In memory of my (husband, wife, son, daughter, friend) ... forever in my heart

• When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure

• God's love shines brightly in our hearts, because of you 

• Always loved, never forgotten. Forever missed

• Dear (name), did you know that every time you think of me, I'm thinking of you? I love you!

• Goodbyes are not forever, goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I love you until we meet again

• Because someone we love is in Heaven, there is a little bit of Heaven in our home

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Birthday Lantern

• Make a wish!

• It's not the years that count, but the life in your years

• Don't count the Birthdays, make the Birthdays count

• Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years

• Another Birthday can do no harm, it only adds to your sweetness and your charm

• Smiles and laughter, joy and cheer. Birthdays are new happiness that stay throughout the year

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Engagement/Wedding/Anniversary Lantern

• Two hearts become/became one

• Love is just a word until someone special gives it a meaning 

• May your/our love story continue forever

• A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers

• May your life together be full of love and your love be full of life 

• An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday and the hopes of tomorrow

• Here's to ____ years of togetherness! May your love continue to grow with time

• Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things 

• A house is built by hands, but a home is built with hearts