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Why is bragging such a bad thing? Or is it...?
seemarysew Advanced Beginner TX Member since 3/18/12 Posts: 10	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 6/15/12 1:35 PM I created a new board on Pinterest named "Things I've found on Pinterest and actually made!" and I managed to annoy at least one friend. It wasn't my intention to brag exactly, but of course I'm proud of what I've done. Anyway, as a creative person, do you sometimes wish bragging was more socially acceptable? Do I delete my new (and frankly my favorite!) pin board? ------ http://www.maryquitecontrary.com/blog
GrandmaNewt Intermediate NV Member since 6/5/10 Posts: 315	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 1:44 PM I don't see anything wrong with showing off things you have made whether on a pinterest board or anywhere else. If your friend is offended with this then she shouldn't look at that board :)
Padmé Member since 7/12/06 Posts: 1661	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 1:50 PM Before the pin board, there is Pattern Review and our personal sewing blogs. We'd all be guilty of bragging. She could just be hypersensitive to your ability to sew, or to enjoy sewing if she doesn't. I've been guilty myself of downgrading how much I sew or if I've been sewing to some of my family members just to avoid their anger at me.
Heidi Cooper   CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 453	Login to reply to this post In reply to seemarysew << 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 2:17 PM It sounds to me like it is HER issue not yours. Be proud of your accomplishments! My current favorite saying is: "I am not responsible for another persons emotional response to my reality -- Nor are they responsible for MY emotional response to their reality" ------ “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi “ Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” -Mahatma Gandhi Now Blogging at http://sewexotic.blogspot.com/
Re Becca   Intermediate TX USA Member since 9/12/05 Posts: 2137	Login to reply to this post In reply to seemarysew << 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 2:21 PM Quote: seemarysew I created a new board on Pinterest named "Things I've found on Pinterest and actually made!" and I managed to annoy at least one friend. It wasn't my intention to brag exactly, but of course I'm proud of what I've done. If she could make what you make, she would probably brag too... Can you post a link so I can follow you? I love following pinboards for people who actually sew but they can be hard to get to. ------ http://beccabeckstuff.blogspot.com/ Damn the muslin, full speed ahead!
rmusic1 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 7/3/10 Posts: 712	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 2:49 PM to me there is a difference of being naturally proud of your accomplishments, and how you share that with other people. There are places like PR where I think it is encouraged and seen as the norm, and other places where it might come across as maybe a bit too interested (e.g. for me, a social gathering where someone 'boasts" without invitation). I'm a fairly modest person on the whole (my team leader at my last appraisal was a bit frustrated with my lack of self promotion) but am certainly in the camp of telling all (remotely!) interested friends and family of my sewing achievements. I guess the difference for me is if the environment/person issues an invitation to "share" then there is nothing wrong. I havent been on pinterest, but surely the whole point of the site is to share what is of interest/importance to you? how can a true friend then get annoyed if you go and do that?
mastdenman   Intermediate CA USA Member since 1/12/04 Posts: 5854	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 3:15 PM Don't delete your favorite pinboard. It's alright to share your accomplishments. If someone you know is annoyed by your accomplishments, maybe they are having some personal issues about their own accomplishments and abilities. It's no reflection on you. ------ Marilyn January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
a7yrstitch   Intermediate TX USA Member since 4/1/08 Posts: 4474	Login to reply to this post In reply to seemarysew << 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 4:11 PM Let's get a hold of the idea of what bragging is about. Did you stand up in the middle of PTA or church to tell everyone what you've done and that you thought it was so fantastic that you were amazingly talented? I'd say you are sharing, not bragging. .................................................. Can I just add, that in general, it's like everything has changed and nothing has changed. Have we ever heard a guy apologize for throwing a strike, hitting a home run, tweaking a muscle car? -- Edited on 6/16/12 2:50 PM -- ------ I have no idea what Apple thought I was saying so be a Peach and credit anything bizarre to auto correct.
brissie71   Intermediate AUSTRALIA Member since 11/6/07 Posts: 798	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 4:39 PM No way. Don't delete the board. Post a link here so *I* can follow you! I'll be glad to be an interested audience for all bragging and shameless self-promotion. I'd start a pinboard for all the pinterest projects I've finished, but it would be woefully empty! ETA: I've just added your blog to my Google Reader list. It looks great. -- Edited on 6/15/12 4:42 PM -- ------ Kelley (Brisbane, QLD) http://simplesewist.blogspot.com.au/
stirwatersblue Intermediate KS USA Member since 12/13/08 Posts: 2532	Login to reply to this post In reply to seemarysew << 1 member likes this. Date: 6/15/12 5:24 PM Quote: seemarysew I created a new board on Pinterest named "Things I've found on Pinterest and actually made!" What a great idea!! I'm guilty of finding gads of stuff I'd like to make... and never actually doing it. Good for you! ------ ~Gem in the prairie

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