I'm so self-conscious I wonder if people are just saying things to be polite or if they really mean it. Like with my fanfic. I'm sure some people really enjoy it but I've read horrendous stories online that have hundreds of reviews so fans are quite flighty at the best. I rarely get more than 3-4 reviews on a story. Shrug. I enjoy writing them so I really don't care and because of the rest I tend to ignore any praise I get for my writing.

And the banners..pft...all I did was find some pencil graphics online and add some words to them. Anyone can do that. Talent would have been actually taking the photos (which I could have done if I'd had the energy).

I do take some pride in the scrapbook pages I've done and many of the photos I take. They aren't bad. :)