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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We all had a great time, and I'm sure there will be many little paper houses appearing around their homes this holiday season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The funny thing about this picture is that my son makes this same goofy grin in all his school photos. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, that's for sure.</span></div>
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chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389472388524970438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091164149386327310.post-39072535091491818742012-10-05T16:28:00.000-07:002012-10-05T16:28:43.304-07:00Hutch at Gordon's Farm!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is the "Bunny Pulling Carrot" frame and a reproduction of the original that was purchased not too long ago along with the original of the below pictured "Sewing Bunny" frame. Both of the originals had applied white paint that gave them a sense of light. I mostly hand cut using scissors and and x-acto knife but I'm trying to utilize a die-cut machine to make things more efficient. Besides selling them in the shop we have monthly <a href="http://hutchstudio.blogspot.com/p/workshops.html">workshops</a> here at Hutch. It's a super creative and fun time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Skagit Valley celebrates it's Festival of Family Farms on the weekend of October 6th and 7th. During the weekend you can enjoy <a href="http://www.farmtour.com/">farm tours</a>, harvest markets, animal exhibits, demonstrations, kid's activities, hay rides, corn and hay mazes, pumpkin patches, food, and music. It is a wonderful thing to do with the family this fall. Gordon Skagit Farms on McLean Rd. in Mount Vernon has been a local fall tradition for my family and my wife's family before me. Picking pumpkins, drinking apple cider, getting lost in a corn maze, and taking scary pictures in the "Haunted Room" against the backdrop of Eddie Gordon's fantastic painted scenes, are things our whole family looks forward to. The above pictured pumpkin is a sign in front of the farm painted by Eddie. Look for it.</span></div>
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