am not going to make anymore for family
#202
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Johns Creek, GA
Posts: 321
Guess that's why I give a LOT of thought about what I give someone, especially something handmade. Usually you can tell who appreciates that type of work...in my family they are very complimentary of my "projects" and I try to get a feel for what styles, colors, etc. they like. I listen all year and when I hear them mention something they like or want, I write it in the back of my day timer so I'll remember come Oct/Nov when I start thinking about gifts. For me, it doesn't have to be expensive or grand; just a gift that I think they will be thrilled to receive. Rarely do I give everyone the same gift...but this year I did. I had letters written by my MIL from 1915 to 1919 while she was in college to her mother and her to-be husband. I reprinted all the letters and had them bound into books and gave to my 3 daughters and 3 granddaughters. They went crazy over them as they saw it as part of their family history.
#203
Yes ! Take them all back I would gladly love to have one as I only got a pr. of slippers that didn't fit me.
Shame on them they have no regards for your hard work and the love that you put in them in making them.
Happy New Years!
Cheryl
Shame on them they have no regards for your hard work and the love that you put in them in making them.
Happy New Years!
Cheryl
#204
Hi - I know exactly what you mean! I made an angel table runner for my granddaughter for her new apartment and she was like, oh, it's nice! I expected a little more than that, ya know? She collects angels, so I thought it'd be a little more enthusiastically received. :(
However, I just made a king sized log cabin for our 47 year old son and he's CRAZY about it, so who knows!!!
We love what we do - guess we can't expect everyone else to, but a little more appreciation would be nice!
Quiltin'Nana
However, I just made a king sized log cabin for our 47 year old son and he's CRAZY about it, so who knows!!!
We love what we do - guess we can't expect everyone else to, but a little more appreciation would be nice!
Quiltin'Nana
#205
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Johns Creek, GA
Posts: 321
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
In my family if you don't like homemade you do without!
I do goat milk soaps, grow my own lavender to make oatmeal milk bath, sachets, candles, soaps, etc...I blend my own all natural potpourri, I blend teas, and spice rubs, make mustard, all natural apple sauce and butter, etc....so they get home made and home grown.....
I do goat milk soaps, grow my own lavender to make oatmeal milk bath, sachets, candles, soaps, etc...I blend my own all natural potpourri, I blend teas, and spice rubs, make mustard, all natural apple sauce and butter, etc....so they get home made and home grown.....
#207
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Posts: 9,856
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Oh geez,
Take them all back and send them to us.......lol
Take them all back and send them to us.......lol
#208
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: West Roxbury, Ma
Posts: 10,353
I'm sorry they responded that way to your creativity and hard work. Unfortunately some people don't apppreciate things home made. If you bought it at a store where there was a tag they might have liked it. There is no sense beating yourself up. You learned a hard lesson not to make one more quilted item for any of them especially if they one day ask you to make them a baby blanket or something. To bad for them it is their loss.
#209
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: INDIANA
Posts: 21
I am so sorry.how ungrateful .I love home made gifts it is so easy to go to a store and get gifts but it takes Time Money and LOVE.to make somthing special.your family that did not like the gifts it is their loss someday they will grow up and know how much Love went into those gifts. I am sorry if I am crabby but things like this upset me. It hurts when your work is not appreciated
#210
This one sounds fantastic! Hospitals can always use baby blankets to cover the NICU basinets. We make them for the hospital my grandson and granddaughter were born in. They really appreciate them each and every time!
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