{"id":693,"date":"2010-10-20T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T17:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2012-09-02T09:11:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T14:11:12","slug":"a-wonderful-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"A Wonderful Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago we were given a gift of this split beard gnome nutcracker by Susan.\u00a0 When she purchased it, it had been painted with day glo paint.\u00a0 She thought she&#8217;d strip the paint and refinish it.\u00a0 She got the paint off of him and then a little disaster struck, laundry detergent fell onto it and broke it&#8217;s beard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_6414.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-694\" title=\"IMG_6414\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_6414-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6414\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_6417.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-695\" title=\"IMG_6417\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_6417-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6417\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_6419.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-696\" title=\"IMG_6419\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_6419-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6419\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Susan thought of it as an omen or something telling her she wasn&#8217;t meant to have it and she knew Brandon would fix it and refinish it and we would cherish it.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon fixed the beard, replaced the pin and also touched up his mouth where it was a bit chipped with a new technique he wanted to try.\u00a0 He also refinished him to a really nice warm medium color.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_7485.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-702\" title=\"IMG_7485\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_7485-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7485\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_7488.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-703\" title=\"IMG_7488\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_7488-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7488\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_704\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_7480.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-704\" title=\"IMG_7480\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_7480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fixed lower lip\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Restored lower lip<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He stated more than once about the really good job Susan did removing the day glo paint and how it would have been a lot of work to get it to the condition it was.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out wonderfully!\u00a0 We both love him and he is now part of our own nutcracker family!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_705\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_64191.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-705\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-705\" title=\"IMG_6419\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_64191-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Before Restoration\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before Restoration<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_707\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_74852.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[693]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-707\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-707\" title=\"IMG_7485\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_74852-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"After Restoration\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-707\" 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