{"id":3707,"date":"2014-08-04T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3707"},"modified":"2015-03-27T14:33:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T18:33:24","slug":"xandy-the-ringmaster-of-the-creepy-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2014\/08\/04\/xandy-the-ringmaster-of-the-creepy-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"Xandy the ringmaster of the creepy carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor Xandy. I was <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1564594.html\">so excited<\/a> about getting her, but she has just lain around in pieces since arriving in January. I decided back then to make her into <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1616137.html\">a merry-go-round mecha mannequin,<\/a> but I never got farther than removing her legs, setting aside her purple cape for part of her outfit and purchasing some stars to attach chain clasps to.<\/p>\n<p>However, now that I have pretty much finished up Polly and need to wait for cooler weather to hack up Yamarrah&#8217;s torso, my thoughts now turn to the neglected Xandy. At first, I thought she would be a magician\/ringmaster merry-go-round mecha mannequin with a circus theme. Then I wandered off into thoughts of automatons, brass winding keys and top hats. I now entertain the idea of Xandy as the ringmaster of a creepy carnival, probably because my last creepy doll, <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1538548.html\">the dead version of Isabel,<\/a> came out so well.<\/p>\n<p>As ringmaster of the creepy carnival, Xandy now veers more in the direction of Halloween. I still like the idea of her having a tailcoat, white gloves and a wand to represent her magicianship, but I also want to make dark, voluminous, sparkly skirts out of my purple sequined fabric and black velvet. I can make her a pointy hat and give her a bit of a repaint for a stitched-up Glasgow smile.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest challenge would be the procurement of a Halloweeny carousel for underneath her skirts. Department 56, manufacturers of miniature themed villages, used to make a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dept56retirees.com\/images\/sv\/words\/ghostlycarousel.html\"> Ghostly Carousel<\/a> that would be perfect, but it&#8217;s out of print and probably ridiculously expensive. As an alternative, Lemax makes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemaxcollection.com\/villages\/spooky-town\/sights-and-sounds\/scary-go-round\">Scary-Go-Round<\/a> [har!] for its Spooky Town line, and that item is new this year, so sure to be in print. Unfortunately, it just appears to be a regular carousel with costumed kids on it. Boooo. I want Halloweeny animals to ride!<br \/><br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">This entry was originally posted at <a href = \"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1665455.html\">http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1665455.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I&#8217;d prefer it if you&#8217;d <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1665455.html?mode=reply\">comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor Xandy. I was so excited about getting her, but she has just lain around in pieces since arriving in January. I decided back then to make her into a merry-go-round mecha mannequin, but I never got farther than removing her legs, setting aside her purple cape for part of her outfit and purchasing some&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2014\/08\/04\/xandy-the-ringmaster-of-the-creepy-carnival\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Xandy the ringmaster of the creepy carnival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[683],"class_list":["post-3707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-xandy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4227,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707\/revisions\/4227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}