What types of monuments does a Michigan monument maker build?

We build flat markers from $400, bevels from $600, slants from $1,250, uprights from $1,500, granite memorial benches from $3,000 including the foundation, and family or estate monuments from $6,500. Fully custom shapes are cut in-house as special orders, including hearts, crosses, open books and bibles, angels and wings, obelisks and columns, trees and rustic rock-pitch, children's shapes, and hobby silhouettes. Every project is quoted after a free consultation.

Do you deliver and install monuments at any Michigan cemetery?

Custom monuments are delivered and installed at cemeteries throughout Michigan. We work with cemeteries across the state, large and small, personally confirm their requirements on shape and size, and can help coordinate the foundation work.

How does the monument design and approval process work?

Nothing is cut until the family says yes. Once the order is placed we review the drawing and the cemetery's requirements with the family, make revisions, and begin production only after the family approves the final direction. Special orders need cemetery approval on shape and size and take longer than a standard monument.

What kind of monument etching do you offer?

Custom laser etching starts at $400 and is done in-house on Jet Black granite, which is what allows detailed portraits, landscapes, and original artwork rather than lettering alone. Other granite colors are sandblasted.

Monument maker · Davison, Michigan

A monument maker you can actually talk to.

Mastermind Creation Co. is a Michigan monument maker. We draw, cut, laser etch, deliver, and install custom monuments, headstones, grave markers, and memorial benches at cemeteries across all 83 counties. Every memorial is designed one-on-one with the family, and nothing goes into production until you approve it.

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Upright polished granite monument standing on a base in a cemetery lawn

Upright monuments · designed, etched, and set for one family

From $400Flat markers, quoted after a free consultation

In-houseLaser etching on Jet Black granite

StatewideDelivery and installation across Michigan

What we make

Monuments built for one family only.

Every type below is drawn, cut, etched, and set by us. Finished memorials we made for Michigan families are in the gallery.

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Flat markers

Granite set flush with the lawn, cut to your cemetery's size rules. Scenic and portrait laser etching available.

From $400

Bevel markers

A low marker with a sloped face that sits just above the ground, so the lettering reads from standing height.

From $600

Slant markers

A steeper face on a wider base. The readability of an upright without the full height.

From $1,250

Upright monuments

Single and companion uprights, the traditional standing memorial, with room for portraits, scenes, and custom shapes.

From $1,500

Memorial benches

A granite bench the family can sit on when they visit. The foundation is included in the price.

From $3,000

Family and estate monuments

A larger memorial for a family plot, drawn to carry several names now and leave room for the ones that come later.

From $6,500

Custom shapes and laser etching

Hearts, crosses, open books and bibles, angels and wings, obelisks, trees and rock-pitch, hobby silhouettes. Etching is done in-house on Jet Black granite.

Etching from $400

Every price is a starting point, not a quote. What a memorial costs depends on the granite, the size your cemetery allows, and how much etching the design carries — we work all of that out with you before anything is ordered.

Why families choose us

Every memorial drawn from scratch.

We work directly with families rather than through a sales floor, which keeps the money you spend on the stone itself instead of the overhead around it. You talk to the people who draw, etch, and set your memorial.

01 · Design

Drawn for your family.

Families bring us photographs, stories, symbols, hobbies, and landscapes. We draw the memorial from those, then send proofs and make revisions until the design is right.

02 · Etching

Cut and etched in-house.

Custom laser etching starts at $400 and is done in-house on Jet Black granite, which is what makes detailed portraits, wildlife, and full scenes possible. Other granite colors are sandblasted. Custom shapes are cut in-house too.

03 · Installation

Set by the same team.

We confirm each cemetery’s requirements ourselves, help coordinate the foundation, and deliver and install statewide. The people who drew your memorial are the people who set it.

How an order works

Nothing is cut until you say yes.

Ordering a monument should not feel like signing for something you have not seen. The approval step comes before production, not after it.

Custom shapes are special orders, so they need the cemetery’s approval on shape and size and they take longer than a standard monument. We tell you that up front rather than after the order is placed. The four shapes we cut most often are hearts, crosses, open books and bibles, and angels and wings — but obelisks and columns, trees and rustic rock-pitch, children’s shapes, and hobby silhouettes are all cut in-house as well, and a shape outside that list is still worth asking about.

Step one

Free consultation.

Tell us who the memorial is for and what you have in mind. We talk through monument type, cemetery, pricing, and timing before anything is ordered.

Step two

Design and cemetery review.

Once the order is placed we review the drawing with your family and personally confirm the cemetery’s requirements, including foundation work when it is needed.

Step three

Your approval, then production.

We send proofs and make revisions. Production begins only after the family approves the final direction.

Step four

Delivery and setting.

The finished monument is delivered and installed at the cemetery, anywhere in Michigan.

When you are ready

Start with a conversation.

Consultations are free and there is no obligation. If an existing stone needs care instead, we also clean headstones biologically for $99 per stone in every Michigan county.

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