New Embroidery Books and a Finished Coffee Pot

I got two new embroidery books in the mail today.  Yay!  The first one is "Doodle Stitching" by Aimee Ray which is full of cool project ideas, tips, and encouragement to make your own designs.  Nice!  The second one is "Embroidered Effects" by Jenny Hart.  This one is heavier on the tips, has project ideas, and all-around general encouragement to do your own thing.  Plus iron-on transfers!  Sweet!  They both have stitch diagrams as well.  Aimee Ray has a new book, but it's not coming out until October.  I'll probably get that one too.  Here they are on my kitchen table.

I've been getting really jazzed up about embroidery.  I read most of the two books this afternoon.  I finished the coffee/tea pot tonight.  I think it looks like a fancy coffee pot.  My brother thinks it looks like a teapot.  What do you think?  I guess it doesn't matter.  I used a split stitch on the handle, spout and top knob of the coffee pot.  I haven't used that much before this project.  I only know about 5 stitches anyway that I have no trouble doing, satin, stem, split, back, cross, fern.  I can make those little stars too. So much fun!  OK, here is the coffee pot, finished.  It is all in shades of pink:  hot pink, med. light pink, and very light pink for the steam coming out of the pot.