CELINE PLANS SPECIAL KEEPSAKE TREAT FOR SON

CELINE DION has special plans to turn her son RENE CHARLES' collection of leaves and flowers into keepsake jewellery after learning about a group of Quebec, Canada nuns who have perfected the art of drying dead foliage and turning it into rosary beads.
The singer first came across the nuns when she was trying to find something to do with the flowers people sent to her when her father died - and that has given her the idea to turn her son's boxes of stuff into something extraordinary.
She explains, "When my dad passed away people sent a lot of flowers and we were very touched by that and then it's a shame... because you put the flowers (on display) and then they die and then that's it.
"But, in the province of Quebec, I've learned that there's... nuns, who are having a technique (sic); they take the flowers that you have received... they make it dry... they make rosary beads with (them).
"And my whole family received rosary beads made of the flowers that people gave to my dad.
"I don't know when I'm gonna do... this, but eventually I will make something for my son... to say, 'Everything that you have given papa tu mama (sic), here it is.'"
Dion appeared on America's Oprah Winfrey show on Wednesday (10Feb10) and talked about her special relationship with her only child, who had filmed a special video for the singer.
A thrilled Dion told host Winfrey that her current five-day promotional trip was the longest time she had spent away from her son.