This is where the phrase, "I'm so happy for you!" comes in rather frequently. Or, "I so appreciate the effort you put into this." "Thank you for thinking of me." "I can tell this comes from the heart."
I think it helped me a lot when I shifted from responding to the outcome to responding to the person generating it, and what this meant for our relational connection. The product itself is secondary.
Oh, I definitely do - and perhaps I'm being over sensitive but I always feel like people want a bigger reaction to things. I always do my best to communicate something that makes them happy but I can't fake an over the top reaction.
