One lady I work with did the same thing,what she did was really cute. She had made the top for her husbands 65th. birthday(she missed that date) so she emb. on a strip "To Big "D'' for his 65th birthday which he didn't receive till his 72th birthday'' I thought was great so maybe as you said a rose on a strip or something like that would be good, maybe even in the middle.BTW very pretty.