I agree with you all. Handmade, and homeade is always better. They have nice things in the stores, but then the same exact thing goes into thousands of homes. When you make something, nobody else in the world will have the exact same item. Just tonight, my brother called from Texas and said that his daughter is going crazy because she is not allowed to open her present from me til Christmas. I made her a bag in her favorite color purple. She told him "I hope Aunt Trisha made me something, because I love her stuff". That makes it all worthwhile.