oh this is sooo cute!  it will look awesome in the winter with a pair of knee high brown boots and a little sweater!  I want one!

Thanks for all of your comments everyone.
I love the handmade paper with flowers in it idea.  maybe this would work to mount a program sheet on - since handmade paper tends to be thicker and have too much of an uneven surface for writing. I could put a small note at the bottom of the page explaining what the flowers are. I could also make a larger more artistic sheet of some to be framed for us...oh with portions of copied love letters mixed in!! I'm rambling but just so excited! Thank you all!

Beautiful! I think the watermark is great, not too dark or light.  And it doesn't matter if the papers are different shades of brown - they're all going to different people, so no chances to compare! 

who-hoo! I knew it - cool ideas already!  thanks everyone!
I like the idea of incorporating them into a craft that I would keep.
hmmmm......a lot to think about.....

Hi everyone!
I have only been engaged for two weeks and am already bookmarking topics on this board like crazy! You all have some great ideas!

Maybe you can help with this.  I have saved and dried all the flowers given to me over the 10 years of dating my boyfriend.  I would like a creative way to use these on our wedding day.  They are mostly separate petals, no stems.  My only thought was to give small sachets as favors, but I don't think there would be enough...I have about 4 of the gallon size ziploc bags full.
any thoughts?

Thank You!!

Very cute! love it on the hem of a shirt!  btw - i prefer without the mouth 

chckpeas = yummy! 
thanks for the recipe littleredrobot!
one question - do you get those skins that peel off the chickpeas when you rinse them?  if yes what do you do?  I usually don't mind them, but was thinking of making this for a picnic and wasn't sure if others would be turned off by them... thanks!

Cool Cozie!    So much better than the generic ones they sell in stores!
As for the cord, maybe a small aligator clip that you could clip on the neckline of your shirt?

As a note, a quaternium or polyquaternium isn't a preservative.

Ooops, sorry, its "quaternium-15" The allergen patch test info sheet my doctor gave me says that other types of quats don't generally cause allergic reations - I'm just nervous to try any out after the hell I went through before    Maybe I can buy some trial sizes and do patch skin tests.
Unfortunately Germall is listed under other substances to which you may react on my sheet - under the formaldehyde-releasing presevative section -  scary sounding!
Anyway thanks for helping guide me through - these names are all so confusing - its a little overwhelming!
Thats why I love craftster! Where else someone would take so much of their time to help a stranger!  Thank you!

Do you know exactly what you can't use -- preservatives, ingredients, and the like?

Yes, preservatives are what I am allergic to....quanternium, methylchloroisothia zolinone, thimerosal and more
It totally makes sense that the liquid mixtures would need a presevative though, duh me
I can't wait to try the solids you suggested! Thank you so much!

Aloe vera is a great moisurizer, I love it, you can get it at almost 100% pure! I get mine at a health food shop, but you can actually use it striaght off the plant.

I want to check this out too, off to Healthworks!    Thanks for the tip!