Faery Tales and a flashback

Hi All, Here it is again. You can see puss in boots a bit more clearly now.

And now for the flashback this is my first ever bit of cross stitch. It is called Egypt and is out of a Jill Oxten magazine. I done this when I was 18 and the girl that taught me said I would never finish it. I still remember cursing at the snakes scales which were in some sort of sparkly thread.

The black dots you can see are from my Dad trying to frame it for me. I have no idea how they were meant to help but there you go.
Cheers,Sharine