Are Your Craft Gifts Always Appreciated? Or. . .

sometimes, it really depends on the recipient. most of my hubbys relatives (that we buy presents for) though are snobs and only like brand name (expensive) stuff.

i don like to made craft gifts because don have the skills or the talents or the time.I rather go around the house fixing stuffs and also do gardening like weeding and cutting the grass or applying weed kills or putting anti dengue poison or declogging the drains and such to prevent mosquito breeding and also floods.If people give me craft gifts i will cherish it i guess, put into glass cabinet for all to see.haha.

I would love it, but since I'm the crafty one in the family, I'm the one always giving. However, because I really do consider what the person wants, and likes, I have been pretty lucky with the gifts being appreciated...

Maybe the fit wasn't right for them. My daughter gave me something homemade a few years ago and it just wasn't anything I would use. I do alot of crafts myself as gifts. I haven't had any that I know of that people don't like or won't use as I can tell by the look on their faces when they open it....it does take alot of time and money to do something special for someone. They should all be appreciated.

I know a few people like that. They don't understand that crafts take many many hours to make. I'd rather just buy those ingrates something cheep and edible and be done with it.

It depends on what kind of gift it is. If its creative and thoughtful yes, but if its just effortless and cheap and pointless than i'm kind of offended. It would've been just fine with a card.

I like to make cards aswell as give people cards.I have a few cards that i have made ready for christmas,which people like to buy off me for their friends aswell as their relations,so this year i am ahead rather than behing,which is really great.I also make other greetings cards and i also make them for friends when they need a card for their friends birthdays.It seems that people prefer hand made cards as they always look more expensive.

Hi Aurone, If I were to give a crafted gift to someone, I would know if that person would like what I have crafted for. That is because I would probably know the taste for gifts that person would or would not like. Knowing the personality of the people I give gifts to saves me time and embarrassment for both the giver and receiver of the gift. Personally, if I were to receive a gift from a friend or loved one that I did like, I would never be so rude by saying to the giver, "I don't like your gift." The polite thing to do would be to accept the gift with appreciation, even if you were never going to use it. If I were the give of a crafted gift that I had take time to make, to a special person and they didn't like it, of course I would feel disappointed but I would not bother giving them another gift, if all I did was make crafted gifts.

Yes! :D I am actually known as the artistic type since I was very little and people around me would really expect creative gifts from me. Always hand-made and well-thought off! It was a nice feeling. recently though, i only get to make stuff to give away on fewer occasions unlike before.

I like crafts big time actually right now i am working at home wherein i apply to a company i they will send me materials to be assembled and i am doing it now to earn some money. So i knwo how it feel to make craft it needs time and patience coz it is not easy pal. THats why i am so appreciative when someone give me a crfat gift coz i know they spend tiema nd effort to make that gift so thaty they can give it to me.

I think it depends on your relationship with the person sometimes. If they love you unconditionally they would appreciate any gift from you. I don't understand why people expect you to pay mounds of cash for their gift. You actually have to buy the materials for your craft anyway, and you have to put so much work and thought into it. While with other gifts you could just be picking them up last minute while you're on the way to their birthday get together..

I do like to receive crafted gifts when they are made especially for me or in my taste. It would have to be someone who knows me rather well. I'm sure many people are gifted things that they personally would not have picked out for themselves and then they feel they were just gifted it because it was the easiest and cheapest thing for the gifter to give. Overall, I think its the thought that counts and I appreciate receiving something that I know took someone a while to create or put together.