{"id":234,"date":"2009-08-05T21:13:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T02:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2012-05-29T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T19:44:21","slug":"nutcracker-collection-and-a-new-skull-nutcracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Nutcracker Collection and A New Skull Nutcracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We joined the Nutcracker Collector&#8217;s Club a few months back and were amazed to learn that Susan, the editor of the club&#8217;s newsletter, lives within 25 miles of our home.\u00a0 She invited us to her home to see her collection and we eagerly accepted the invitation.\u00a0 Susan&#8217;s collection is quite extensive and diverse and she is a wealth of information on nutcrackers.\u00a0 We had a great visit and learned a lot from Susan and her collection.\u00a0 Here are a few pictures of her collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_235\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_nutcrackers_0062.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[234]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-235\" title=\"susan_nutcrackers_0062\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_nutcrackers_0062-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Susan's Nutcracker Collection\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan&#39;s Nutcracker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_237\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_nutcrackers_0182.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[234]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-237\" title=\"susan_nutcrackers_0182\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_nutcrackers_0182-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Susan's Nutcracker Collection\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan&#39;s Nutcracker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There we so many different types of nutcrackers to see and so much to talk about that we stayed for hours.\u00a0\u00a0 It was great to meet Susan and her husband, Dave and a big Thank You to them for having us to their beautiful home.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon has been carving a skull nutcracker and it&#8217;s nearing completion.\u00a0 Once done it will be listed it on Ebay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_241\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/number3skull1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[234]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241\" title=\"number3skull1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/number3skull1-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"Skull Figural Nutcracker\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skull Figural Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_242\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_3826.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[234]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-242\" title=\"img_3826\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_3826-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Skull Figural Nutcracker\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skull Figural Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Check back soon to see the completed Skull Nutcracker and see what Brandon&#8217;s working on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We joined 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