Embroidery Hoopla - Ship In A Bottle

So what's a girl to do when she wants to make an embroidery hoop for someone but doesn't know how to hand embroider ? Well we compensate, overcome, and use our little noggins to figure something out. I can not embroider by hand, have no idea how to do it, and quite honestly....I think my husband would leave me if I decided to learn. He just can't take another craft obsession LOL

So, I took some fabric, my embroidery machine and did it that way !! YAY ME ! I'm so innovative right ? ;)

Here is the final result. I'm pretty pleased with it, in fact I love it, and made one for my own hoopla wall which happens to be all nautical / sea creature themed.

The waves and clouds are done in glow in the dark thread so when the lights go out at night it will still show up ! I hope the person receiving this likes it as much as I do.