march cross stitch finished projects

so march was national craft month and i finished two different cross stitching projects this past month (and no this isn't an april fools joke), so i thought i'd share what i've done.

the first project is a key chain i made for a friend of mine. i got the design off of pinterest. and just used the colors i thought my friend would like better. my friend has a couple of dogs and she just loves them so i knew the paw print would be perfect for her! you can't see the back of the cross stitch, but it's just black felt sewed onto the plastic canvas that i used to make the keychain. i'm really getting the hang of making the keychain cross stitch.

sorry my hand looks a little goofy in the photo. 

the second project i finished was a project i had been working on for a couple of months. it's a design of the chicago land area. i got the design from a designer by the name of SatsumaStreet on etsy. i really like the design that she made and i just love the colors that she uses in all of her designs. but it was nice to just have a design just for my hometown, good old chicago.

i haven't framed the design yet, but i'm going to. i'm going to frame it different then i've ever framed before. normally i go out and buy a picture frame and just frame my work. but this time, for this project, i'm actually going to frame it in a hoop. when i do i'll take a bunch of photos and post on here. for i have a feeling it will be an adventure. hehe. this project is going to my mom. she loves chicago and she's been eyeing the design the whole time i've made this, so i'm going to give it to her.