Embroidery is not just for Grandma!

So a few months ago I asked my Mum if she still had any of my old embroidery gear from when I was a kid. She did, although it was just a sheet of calico, an old wooden hoop and some very bright coloured floss. Mind you it did have a pretty sweet stitched with cotton thread "Karen" done with a 10 year olds hand, saved from 17 years ago! This just wasn't going to cut it, so I had to go out and get some new stuff, and practice making 'trendy' embroidery, not old grandma stuff that comes to mind when you this about embroidery. These are my first real projects that I will be sticking up in my house...