This little guy is dancing and singing his heart out. Wouldn’t he be a lovely addition to your purse? I think so.

Available from the wonderful ModCloth for only $14.99.

Congratulations to the 5 winners of the desktop tent panda calendar from PandaNews.org: Sharon, Pandamonium, Angela, Laura and Starla

And, to the winner of the panda wall calendar from PandaNews.org: Andrew

To all the winners: Be sure to respond to the email I’ve sent as soon as possible with your mailing addresses so I can get those out to you as soon as possible. To everyone else: thanks for entering and be sure to check back often, I’ll be giving away more panda goodness soon!

Julie

These panda beads are so cute, you might end up embellishing everything you own with them! They’re 26mm tall (a little over an inch) and available for only $1.49 each.

I know these are for kids, but I totally want them.

I’m a dork.

Available from Amazon.com for only $12.95.

I noticed yesterday when I was checking the Atlanta Zoo’s Panda Cam that they have announced the end of the panda cam due to funding. You can read the press release here.

Giant panda devotees are encouraged to enjoy PandaCam peeks on weekdays from 10 to 5 through the end of the year. While PandaCam has been a favorite stop on zooatlanta.org for more than a decade, Zoo Atlanta has announced that this feature will soon come to an end. Due to limited resources, PandaCam will not be available after December 31, 2008.

I’m a bit bitter about this and I find it hard to believe that they don’t have the funding to continue. I am no where near a zoo with a panda and I don’t have the luxury (or the funding!) to jet off to D.C, Atlanta, or San Diego when I’m in the mood for panda viewing. Watching Tai Shan during his first months of life on the National Zoo’s Panda Cam helped get me through a very rough patch in my life. Something as simple as 10 minutes a day watching a little panda cub grow made such a difference in my life – and other’s I’ve been told. It seems silly that something that small and insignificant could mean so much to so many people, but it does, and it makes me extremely sad that the Atlanta Zoo is choosing to eliminate something that is such an important part of so many panda lover’s lives.

Not to mention I’m sure there are companies out there that would sponsor the panda cam…

ShanaLogic (who we love!) now has this cute panda cube available for $20.00. What a cute little stocking stuffer for the panda lover in your life!

Get it here from ShanaLogic.com.

*As always, since I’m a ShanaLogic affilliate, 5% of sales goes to pandas! Yay!

This stained glass panda mama with cub is gorgeous. Unfortunately for me, it’s also $80.00 and my college income is not nearly sufficient to indulge in this item. However, if you can afford it, I’d highly recommend heading over to A Touch of Glass to purchase it!

Though we’ve already fallen in love with the little guy, we’ve finally got an official name for him! The Atlanta panda baby will now be known as Xi Lan (“Shee-Lahn”). It means Atlanta’s Joy, and it’s quite an appropriate name!

More about the naming ceremony at the Atlanta Zoo’s website.

Thanks to Andi over at PandaNews.org, we’re giving away 5 small panda desk calendars and one large panda wall calendar!

Photo Credits: Andi Mclean/PandaNews.org

To enter, just head on over to PandaNews.org and have a look around (he has a TON of adorable panda pictures he’s taken) then come back here and link to your favorite photo/post in the comments below. I’ll choose 6 winners using the Random Number Generator on Saturday, December 13th!

Good Luck!

Today the Atlanta Zoo panda baby will be officially named today! I’ll be sure to post the name as soon as possible, but if you don’t want to wait for me to post (which is SLOW lately!) head on over to the Atlanta Zoo website after 12:30pm EST.  While you’re there, check out the ADORABLE videos they have up of the cute little cubbie!