I started researching flowers today, and damn flowers are SO expensive, ot maybe its just the one's I want.  I was smitten with these peony bouquets until I found out how expensive they would be. ($4.50 a stem)  I had planned on doing my own flowers anyway (minus the florist,) but I don't think these are in my budget.
After looking online for bouquet alternatives, I thought these two ideas were very interesting. 
The top two are made of buttons, the bottom two are made of paper.
 
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Ok, I'm totally a computer person, but I realized today that it would be a really good idea to have a book to carry around. After hours of research, trying to decide what to put in it, I drove to Office Depot to pick out a 3-ring binder.  Have you purchased a 3-ring binder recently?  Holy Geez, they're expensive.  I spent 45 minutes looking at them.  I finally decided on one, its brown with cream stitching  around the edge.  I think I've lost my mind.  That's right folks, it took me 45 minutes to pick out a brown binder.