am not going to make anymore for family
12-30-2010, 10:26 AM
#251
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Location: NV
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I got a bow tux purse and just love it. All I can say is your family is spoiled and you have a great heart. Some people don't care how much work goes into it. To me anyone of them didn't deserve a present at all and next year I wouldn't give them anything.
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12-30-2010, 02:43 PM
#252
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 357
I think it's time to get new bumper stickers printed up:
I (heart) Hand Made
Let's keep showing off our totes and wearables - use them when we go shopping so the world can see our unique items. Bring those quilts to the beach, the Founder's Day Parade, the Fourth of July celebration, a football game, anywhere we can show them off.
And if it bothers you to give something that might not be appreciated, put a card in that reads "This item may be re-gifted to someone who can't live without it - even to a charity". And then forget about it, because your creation is out in the world now.
A revolution can begin with small actions...
I (heart) Hand Made
Let's keep showing off our totes and wearables - use them when we go shopping so the world can see our unique items. Bring those quilts to the beach, the Founder's Day Parade, the Fourth of July celebration, a football game, anywhere we can show them off.
And if it bothers you to give something that might not be appreciated, put a card in that reads "This item may be re-gifted to someone who can't live without it - even to a charity". And then forget about it, because your creation is out in the world now.
A revolution can begin with small actions...
12-30-2010, 03:25 PM
#253
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Harford County, MD
Posts: 181
I like your thinking. Regifting. Someone would love it. I often think about how everyone ohs and ahs about the Vera Bradley bags. Give me a homemade one anytime instead of a Vera Bradley. They are way overpriced for what they are.
01-01-2011, 01:54 AM
#254
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Originally Posted by maggiemuggins
Just think of it as their loss...and dont make anything else for them....some people simply do not appreciate the time and workmanship that go into a handmade product...maybe if you put your own labels on and a price tag that would give them a bit of a shock..I just hate it when I hear or read that people who are given a beautiful gift do not appreciate it...sorry for the rant but I feel really strongly about it.
Am sorry and would not give them anything next year other than a box of tissues ,they cannot sat that these are unwanted/unuseful-------------ungrateful people make me sick; bought a whole[ 12] china dinner/tea service ,little by little for husb's ghastly niece who NEVER thanked us or ever saw her ,but guess what she sent us a wedding invite,presume in the hope of a gift----but she didn't get anything--- TOUGH!!!!!!!!!!
01-01-2011, 03:18 AM
#255
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Location: NE Pa.
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Sorry about your experoemce. But I gave my daughter a purse for Christmas pattern was "Towne Purse" from Lazy Girl Designs. Some one ask her if it was a Very Bradley purse LOL and she said no. it is a Marge Cook purse LOL
01-02-2011, 06:44 AM
#256
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Location: Ohio
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Originally Posted by mic-pa
Sorry about your experoemce. But I gave my daughter a purse for Christmas pattern was "Towne Purse" from Lazy Girl Designs. Some one ask her if it was a Very Bradley purse LOL and she said no. it is a Marge Cook purse LOL
01-02-2011, 06:52 AM
#257
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New to Manchester New Hampshire
Posts: 1,509
Sad how some relatives/friends react to something you have made. I no longer go out of my way to make these people gifts. If you want something, buy me the fabric and get me the pattern. I also charge these relatives/friends. Its amazing how little sewing I do for them now!
01-03-2011, 07:53 PM
#258
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Chicago,IL
Posts: 186
So sorry to hear your gifts weren't appreciated, but who is to say they would have even been happy with something you bought. Personally, I would just skip getting them a gift all together-they probably have enough stuff as it is.
01-19-2011, 02:01 PM
#259
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Location: Antioch, CA
Posts: 372
I am sorry this happened to you, I understand how you feel. I am to the point of not doing anything for my one granddaughter, who for 6 years of her life she was the princess and got whatever she wanted. Now she is NOT appreciative of what she gets at 12. I hope it turns around for both of us. Sandi
Originally Posted by ftkls501
I am no longer going to make pureses for family I worked soooo hard getting every one a purse to only have them not like them. They were like oh ths is what you got us? It is not what i expected exspeacially after working so hard but one thing i have learned it is not their thing. I felt like i worked for nothing. I wish they could know how much work and love went into them.
01-19-2011, 02:08 PM
#260
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Knot Merrill, Southern Indiana
Posts: 5,781
I know how you feel. I knitted a baby quilt for a SIL one year. She opened the box and said "what ... no money?". Yeah - can you believe that!! Thankfully she's not in my life anymore. Ungrateful ... person.
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