Sorry about the delay in posting, it’s been a long Labor Day weekend at my house, and not the good kind -  I’ve been sick in bed.  But, I’m feeling better and I’m ready to start a new Giveaway! Each week this month I’ll be giving away panda prizes to celebrate PerfectPandas.com turning 1 year old! (And, this week me turning 29 on Thursday… we won’t dwell on that though. Almost 30! Eeep!)

This week, I’ve decided to go crafty! I saw these three patterns at my local fabric store and fell in love. So much so I had to buy a few extra to give away!

#1 Pattern 2783 – Just in time for Halloween!

#2 Pattern 3662 -TOO CUTE! I want one, too. Ha!

#3 Pattern 3787 – Will the winner please make me one?! Adorable!

*** To win, leave a comment on this post by Midnight EST on Sunday, September 7th with the pattern you like the best and what you’d do with it. That’s it! I’ll randomly select three winners! Each winner will receive one pattern. Hopefully things work out nicely and the winners each get a pattern they like, but no guarantees. 

The next giveaway will be announced on Monday, September 8th!

Good luck everyone!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the ShanaLogic and Perfect Pandas giveaway! It’s been amazing to see how many readers I have all over the world, not just in the US! I’ll be sending out the PandaBands to the winners this weekend (hopefully!) and I’ve just selected the winner for the $25.00 gift certificate to ShanaLogic.com!

I used the random number generator on Random.org and it chose  entry number 8 out of the 37 entries.

So, congratulations to Nicole! It just so happens that she also linked to one of my favorite pieces at ShanaLogic, the compass earrings. Too cute!

Also, keep your eyes peeled for new giveaways. In order to celebrate the one year anniversary of Perfect Pandas, I’ll be announcing a new giveaway for each week in September!

Still 10 PandaBands left, people. Get on it and email me your mailing address.  I’ll be sending them out this weekend.

Ok, off to bed. It’s been a long day. Sorry for the lack of pandas in this post.

Julie

It’s official, the first $200.00 of ad revenue has been donated to Pandas International! (proof!) We’re still zooming along and we’ll be at $300.00 soon. If this pace keeps up we’ll have to come up with a better plan for the proceeds. The polls don’t seem to stay up long enough!

Speaking of polls, there’s a new one in the sidebar. Make sure to vote!

Thanks again for all the support for this little panda site. You’ve made a huge impact in helping pandas without much effort. How awesome is that?!

Julie

With the support (and pushiness) of a few friends, I’ve finally added Perfect Pandas to MySpace and Facebook. Both include an RSS feed of the site, so if you can’t make it here you can catch up on the latest news there.

I’ll add events and upcoming giveaways to each site as well, so be on the lookout for those!

Friend me!

I’ve gotten so much great reader mail from you guys, I can’t believe it! I love it! I wanted to share a few of the most recent things readers have sent in. Prepare to melt!

Lauren sent in her awesome MS Paint creation that she made for her boyfriend. The Flute Playing Panda post reminded her of it and she wanted to share. Too cute!

Andi from www.pandanews.org sent me a link to her new site and I love it! I wanted to make sure to pass it on.  Be sure to check in often, at the end of this month Andi will be volunteering to work with the pandas for 3 weeks in China.

Frances is just awesome and sends me the best stuff, too! Like this adorable photo of an Olympic panda kissing the logo. I awww’d out loud. (Source)

She also alerted me to this amazingly adorable panda fabric that I had to buy. I have no idea what to make with it, but I’ve taken up quilting so I’m sure I can incorporate it into a design. Maybe I’ll make a panda quilt, sell it and donate the money to charity! Oh, someday my ambitious mind will kill me.

You can buy it at eQuilter.com for $8.95 a yard.

Lastly, (well not really, but I’m saving other things she sent for their own posts!), she sent these wonderful animated .gifs! Feel free to right click and save them to your computer.

Keep all the great emails to Suggestions@PerfectPandas.com coming!

We’re taking the weekend off (hopefully), so the site won’t be updated until Monday. However, to make it up to you I have a gift!

I saw this ‘zine from Jemibook and just adored it to pieces. So much so that I’ve bought two to give away to readers! The first two people to comment here with their email address (and respond to my email with their mailing address) will win a copy! Yay! Don’t fret if you’re not one of the first two, you can still buy your copy here for only $2.00!