This year it was all positive! Last year, I made my MIL a fleece vest and appliqued flowers on the front and back. She was drooling over them at a festival that we went to in the summer so I know she really wanted one but didn't want to spend the money. She unwrapped it, said (and I quote) : "Oh my god, it's beautiful. Let me hang it up!" And that is where it has been since Christmas day 2010!