Originally Posted by alimaui
Originally Posted by JulieR
I think the gift is the time and effort that goes into a handmade item. It's three minutes to click and buy something online for someone, and four hours to make a purse. Either item might be a mistake in style, color, etc., but knowing someone took the time to do something special they thought I would like is worth the gratitude.
(Playing devil's advocate here--yes, I make things for people, and am just as dissapointed as everyone else when they are not appreciated, but in the recipients mind...)
Yes, thank you so much for this quilt, that i think has the ugliest brown fabric in the world. I don't want to look at it, it clashes with mycurtains, and oh yea it has golf balls on it, but I appreciate that you spent hours working on something I will never ever want to look at again. Are you going to ask me in a year if I still like it?
I think we're kindred spirits.