So 84 mince pies made and the kitchen cleared up, and hours of moving Bunting Central boxes upstairs to various hiding places - Anyone would think it was Christmas!!!!  The dining room is again fulfilling the purpose for which it was built and Bunting Central has closed for the holidays.  I really must stop buying fabric.
Thank you to all my customers in 2013!  We actually sold more bunting than we hired through the year which was surprising, at least to me anyway.
I'm currently getting out the Christmas tree shaped bowls and those beautiful hand painted plates made by my lovely friend Carlo at http://www.painted-plates.co.uk/ .  Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without something to remind me of the countless years we sat together around a huge table with Carlo's family and my family, eating, drinking, making merry singing rowdy songs, and playing cards into the early hours.
I do hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and see you in 2014!!

The Christmas music was on and the Christmas special coffees served at The Anchor Coffee House Manchester on 30th November.  Bunting Central was amongst some very talented craftspeople selling their wares