Your feedback is all so kind and encouraging! For reference: rug is just upholstery fabric that had fringed edging anyway, the blanket is crocheted w/ a smaller/lightweight yarn and a larger hook so it could drape, and the pictures are from magazines that I 'matted' with a piece of a junk mail envelope. The pebbles in the top pic are kitty litter, from an ad, haha. Everything else came with the kit, though I didn't make everything it came with so I didn't end up with a cluttered look.

I'm pretty addicted to these kits after this! I think this is my next one.