Bad reaction to homemade cards

This is one of the reasons I do cardmaking classes the class is usually $20-30 and you make 4-5 cards. ( yes I use them/send them to people. ) so say it’s a 4 card class and it’s $25 that’s $6.25 per card which is the price of many store bought cards and the techniques I learned in class are basically free at that point. And the fun I had in class was also free. So it’s basically a free night out.

Sour people get a dollar tree card lol

OP, don’t let one sour puss take away your hobby. It sounds like other people have enjoyed your cards

Reactions like these are why I have stopped making homemade gifts for most of my family. It guts me. I completely understand your reaction OP. I primarily craft for myself now.

When I read the title I thought is was about an allergic reaction to a cardmaking supply. I was wondering what product it was. 

That person was an ass. Don't let it get to you- I'm sure your cards are amazing.

I'm sorry about that. Sadly I find there are many people who do not appreciate handmade cards or handmade anything for that matter. Which is sad because I can easily pick up a random card and gift at the store in 5 minutes. But if I'm making something way more time, thought and love go into the items. Some people just don't see it that way. way

i learned long ago that i craft for ME. it is my hobby and my creative outlet. i rarely make stuff for family or friends but if i do, i try to remember that the satisfaction comes from my enjoyment in making it and not their enjoyment or appreciation for getting it.  

you should not stop crafting if it brings you joy.  just stop giving it to people who might insult the time and effort you put into it. they don't deserve it.

Totally agree - I would never send them a card again, not even a store bought card - obviously they do not appreciate it.

I'm sorry OP. Some people just don't share our appreciation.

I also learned the hard way. My MIL asked me to "fix" some things in an album I gave her with photos of DGS-whom she lived 16 hours away from. I thought she would appreciate the fact that she had pictures of her new grandson to show off. Instead, she pointed out any time the mat was ever so slightly off in measurement throughout the whole album. Never again.

Now, I know my feelings can only handle sharing my craftiness with other crafters who appreciate my effort. It's so much fun when your crafty friend "gets" the work and time you put into something.

Aw. I’m sorry that happened. That was an extremely rude and unkind thing for someone to do. I would love to get a homemade card! A gift of a box of homemade cards also sounds lovely. If they weren’t someone’s style or whatever they could easily pass them along to someone else. Just know it’s not you, it’s them!

I really feel this thread in my heart.  Many years ago, when I was but a wee girl in the early 90s, my mother was in the hospital because she'd had back surgery.  I made her a get well card (I was about 8 or 9) and it was not high quality since I was just a kid, but it was the thought that counts. Or so I thought.  Well she did not like it and later explained that she only liked store bought cards.  I was obviously devastated that my card was rejected and I never bothered making more for anyone as a kid. I found it years later in one of my junk shoe boxes and it impressed that it interactive with little scenes on pull tabs.  My mother is a good woman but she's also pretty emotionally stunted.  She comes from a post-war generation where rationing in England was still a thing and her family was very poor and 'hard'.  They couldn't afford enough coal for the winter so they were always cold and they had uncarpeted concrete floors in their house so wall-to-wall carpeting was the height of sophistication. Their house was built by German POWs. That said, a store bought card means more to her because it meant that the sender spent money on it. I guess I didn't read the room as a kid, but I don't bother sending her handmade cards now that I'm into making them. If only she knew how much money I spent on this stuff.