tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post1897246248086452783..comments2023-10-30T14:18:15.354+00:00Comments on Fan My Flame: In the Blink of an EyeGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-19559718537512223522016-01-04T11:25:02.572+00:002016-01-04T11:25:02.572+00:00Sounds like a very busy and happy christmas. Hope ...Sounds like a very busy and happy christmas. Hope 2016 is very successful and happy for you xPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174324346613155013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-40086159955003228852015-12-31T14:53:21.762+00:002015-12-31T14:53:21.762+00:00What a good idea to forgo the presents. Spending q...What a good idea to forgo the presents. Spending quality time with family and friends is so much more rewarding than opening presents anyway. <br /><br />Your new venture looks fantastic. I think I might be glad that I don't live near to you - please say that you are NOT going to do mail order!!Maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479533794674357334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-40578475825364689742015-12-30T14:11:07.186+00:002015-12-30T14:11:07.186+00:00I love reading about how people celebrate Christma...I love reading about how people celebrate Christmas - as you (and my mum, often!) said to me, it wouldn't do for us all to be the same. So good to hear that your new venture has really taken off and I wish you everything you want it be in the coming year.love those cupcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251676130165434278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-3475504168341038472015-12-30T11:52:16.364+00:002015-12-30T11:52:16.364+00:00No present unwrapping here either. We both have a ...No present unwrapping here either. We both have a birthday in close proximity to Christmas, so each year about this time buy ourselves something we've been wanting all year. I've stressed so much about 'surprise' presents in previous years and they always end up being superfluous. So now we just don't bother, it's so much easier this way.rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-71412140162108625812015-12-30T03:38:29.404+00:002015-12-30T03:38:29.404+00:00It sounds like a wonderful Christmas Gina! I'...It sounds like a wonderful Christmas Gina! I'm so happy for you that your baking business is a success -- I hope it will be even better (and we'll see more yummy pictures!) in 2016. Happy New Year!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-44656201472832250062015-12-30T01:01:29.257+00:002015-12-30T01:01:29.257+00:00sounds like you had a lovely Christmas Gina. As we...sounds like you had a lovely Christmas Gina. As we get older we have all the things we need, I think a much nicer idea is to go out for lunch or dinner - or as you have done, make a hamper of home made goodies.<br />We had an unexpectedly cool, well 28 degrees celcius,so enjoyed our cold ham, prawns and salad. But we followed with traditional plum pud, complete with coins I have saved since before decimal currency came in. <br />I hope 2016 brings you everything you want and we will all continue to enjoy reading your blogs, whether about textiles or cooking - or books.<br />Robin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306137274084617478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-57127415741453072642015-12-29T20:38:45.645+00:002015-12-29T20:38:45.645+00:00We've done no presents for a few years. Christ...We've done no presents for a few years. Christmas is the time I get to catch up with everyone's news, and then to chat as we walk along the Promenade and enjoy sun and sea after a hearty lunch and my niece's baking.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-76296274722647479832015-12-29T12:17:29.705+00:002015-12-29T12:17:29.705+00:00Sounds like a most enjoyable Christmas, even if on...Sounds like a most enjoyable Christmas, even if one son was off on his travels. What a sensible idea to forgo presents this year when time was in such short supply. We are lazy and give everyone money so they can buy themselves what they want.<br />A very Happy and successful New Year to you. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-75183603746230744232015-12-29T12:07:02.840+00:002015-12-29T12:07:02.840+00:00A present amnesty is something I am going to organ...A present amnesty is something I am going to organise NOW! It will lower the anxiety of decision making and stop the accumulation of Stuff. Your mincepies and biscotti were fantastic Gina and were much appreciated by our visitors. I considered passing them off as my own but the acknowledged our lovely local business. Good luck in 2016!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00634380962602659010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-70186320072875604722015-12-29T11:05:29.236+00:002015-12-29T11:05:29.236+00:00Hats off to you Gina. I have been trying for years...Hats off to you Gina. I have been trying for years to scale down the present fest. I think 2016 will be the year of change for you and I wish you well in your new business. I hope a little stitching will creep in when there is a spare moment.FLOWER FRIENDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175190648233656967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-61849154742289757632015-12-29T09:22:47.152+00:002015-12-29T09:22:47.152+00:00Sounds like a perfect Christmas.xSounds like a perfect Christmas.xanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414143391795492586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-77295716413078429082015-12-29T08:04:07.762+00:002015-12-29T08:04:07.762+00:00I'm glad it is not just us who forgo the prese...I'm glad it is not just us who forgo the present madness. Ian and I have got very lackadaisical about it in the last few years and we only do it if we can think of something that might be useful and fun. It's a lot less stressful. When I was living in the US a friend once commented to me the reason he enjoyed Thanksgiving so much was because it was all about family, food and football and nothing else. He didn't enjoy the present side of Christmas either. Now I can do without the football, especially American football, but I think the other two aspects of family (or friends) and food cooked and eaten together are worth far more than money can buy. <br /><br />All the best for the New Year and I hope you find the perfect balance between sewing and cooking Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-31300798488370728522015-12-29T01:12:03.987+00:002015-12-29T01:12:03.987+00:00Sounds very civilized, we, John and I had a lovely...Sounds very civilized, we, John and I had a lovely day, very hot so sea food and salads, phone calls to all the children was enough as I find the hugely extended family a bit much to cope with as I get older! Your cooking venture sounds as if it is getting under way, I loved your textile blogs but also love your cooking ones. Hope that 2016 is all you hope for.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177627504060328999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-10857624994144856152015-12-29T00:16:29.108+00:002015-12-29T00:16:29.108+00:00Glad Christmas was all you wanted it to be Gina!
...Glad Christmas was all you wanted it to be Gina!<br />V x <br />P.S. My husband was born in Peru!greenrabbitdesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562034074399686544noreply@blogger.com