Have you noticed how good some people's blog photos are?!
I have and I think I need to find out how it's done. So today I thought I would mess about with some old cross stitch kits of mine;
DMC Creation Summer Breeze by Kazuko Aoki and
DMC DECO Dandelion
As you can see belows efforts, I have a hit & miss approach. I think I might need a book.