What makes a cemetery headstone stand out among the rest that surround it? Traditionally, through the years cemetery headstones have all taken on a fairly similar structure, style and look. These stones are timeless and beautiful, but today, memorials have become more unique to each individual family. The ability to customize each memorial stone has increased with growth and improvement in technology and technique in the hand of a skilled artist. Here are just a couple of the more modern techniques that create those beautiful headstones that stand out against the rest.