cross stitch frenzy

so last weekend i bought a beginners cross stitching kit. it was all halloween images, but small easy ones. i had a couple of false starts but with the help of my stepmother i figured out how to cross stitch. hehe. since then, i have made 3 of the images and i'm working on another one. i've also bought a cross stitching magazine and it has tons of DIY projects to make out of your cross stitch creations. like making a card, bag or a pillow with your cross stitch. my mom gave me her cross stitching stuff and i now have tons(!) of color string, a new hoop to hold the projects, and a new pattern. i've started to make the pattern - it's a pattern for a new born baby. it's got a picture of a giraffe, a bear holding a ball and a duck. at the bottom of the pattern it has space where you would add the new borns name, date of birth, weight, height. i don't have a new born baby to give this to, so i'm just going to make it and wait for a new born. when there is one, i'll add the name and things to it. maybe that is cheating a little bit, but it's not like i didn't put the work and effort, it will just be way ahead of time before the kid. hehe. so here are some images of what i'm talking about.

 here are the 3 halloween cross stitch i've made (sorry it's on the side, i couldn't figure out how to change it).

 here is the package of color strings that my mom gave me. 

here's the baby cross stitch i'm working on.