{"id":20299,"date":"2015-01-08T05:05:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T10:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=20299"},"modified":"2014-12-30T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T23:38:53","slug":"vandal-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=20299","title":{"rendered":"Vandal Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/frankielynneyes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/frankielynneyes-150x111.jpg\" alt=\"Eyeball Shoes and Bow Tie\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" class=\"contentimg\" \/><\/a>The When Geeks Wed blog posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/whengeekswed.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/21\/halloween-and-ewe\/\">short article<\/a> about an &#8220;eclectic wedding&#8221; trade show, and one of the photos they featured was this eyeball shoes-and-bowtie ensemble by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankielynnemporium.com\/\">Frankie Lynn&#8217;s Emporium<\/a>.  I really like the fact that it&#8217;s a matched set; it&#8217;s perfect for a party or other formal affair.<\/p>\n<p>(The bowtie also has fangs, which is kind of adorable.)<\/p>\n<p>The ties are still <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankielynnemporium.com\/shop\/category\/bowties\/\">available for purchase<\/a>, but the shoes don&#8217;t currently seem to be (although she does offer simpler <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankielynnemporium.com\/shop\/category\/shoes\/product\/eyeofthewitchhandmadeshoes\/\">flats<\/a> featuring a single eyeball).<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, flat-backed eyes are widely available for doll-making and other crafts, so DIYing the heels would be reasonably straightforward.  You could cluster a bunch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ooakartistemporium.com\/DollEyes.html\">small eyes<\/a> for a spider-like effect, or use colorful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/artistJP?section_id=10772288&#038;ref=shopsection_leftnav_5\">reptile eyes<\/a> to make the shoes monstrous.  Glue sequins or narrow ribbon around the eye to conceal the edges.<\/p>\n<p>Glass or solid acrylic eyes would work fine for the shoes, but it&#8217;d probably be best to use plastic or some other lightweight material for bowties, hair ribbons, garters or other items that might be warped out of shape.<\/p>\n<p>For something really over-the-top, check out Frankie Lynn&#8217;s blog post about her tentacle-tastic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankielynnemporium.com\/blog\/item\/32\/start\/0\/num\/10\/\">Octo-Shoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The When Geeks Wed blog posted a short article about an &#8220;eclectic wedding&#8221; trade show, and one of the photos they featured was this eyeball shoes-and-bowtie ensemble by Frankie Lynn&#8217;s Emporium. I really like the fact that it&#8217;s a matched set; it&#8217;s perfect for a party or other formal affair. (The bowtie also has fangs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paint-it-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20299"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23926,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20299\/revisions\/23926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}