vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Marisa Exter :
]Even if they ]are someone I don't know, they pick the size and color or whatever that they ]want. I know I am making something that someone will really like. Usually they ]have been gifts for other people... I know that I personally like to give ]something "just right" as a gift, and it makes me happy to think that I am ](hopefully) creating something "just right" for them to give to someone. The ]people I have made them for have almost always been happy with the gifts.
this is why i keep doing it. and my dreamcatchers are all that way, too. it stresses me out, more than just doing what i like, but it's the reason so much of my things are "custom".
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)