I think people used to look at it this way. If you made your own it was cause you were too poor to buy it. My mother called it "homemade" with a ring of distaste in her voice. We take pride in making it ourselves. Perhaps it has a lot to do with changes in culture, or just your family's way of doing things. I know when I got married (36 years ago yesterday) I thought my husband's family kind of strange. I soon came to realize they just did things differently from the way my family did. My own family came to be a mixture of both. My children appreciate my hand made gifts. All people don't. That's why I keep my gifts within my own little nest of loved ones.