Reddit reviews Makato's Cross Stitch Super Collection

I personally like to look through books to get a starting point then come up with a variation. Here are a couple of books with good small patterns in different styles (though all Japanese):

• Makoto's Cross Stitch Super Collection - Note, you can buy this used cheaply.
  
  
• Tiny Cross Stitch Designs (Japanese)
  
  
• Wildflower Garden by Kazuko Aoki

Here are some of my personal favorites:
http://mochimochiland.com/shop/when-tessellations-roamed-the-earth/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/steotch?ref=pr_shop_more

http://clubjade.net/?p=12185

http://handeyemindmouth.blogspot.com/2011/01/han-solo-cross-stitch-pattern-available.html

(If you haven't noticed yet I'm obsessed with Star Wars)

http://www.thedomesticscientist.com/?page_id=407

http://fishmousestitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/finished-trilobite-sampler-and-free.html

Also, I just bought this book of cross stitch motifs and it has some cute/nerdy stuff that isn't just your run-of-the-mill rabbits and flowers and typical old lady cross stitching. I highly recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1440309256

Also, if you don't already know about it craftster has a ton of great forums with people's completed projects and some great user-submitted tutorials. It's worth perusing for some ideas.

And finally, geekcrafts is a great.