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New this week - 3/22/09

New this week at Red Panda - 3/22/09

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In order from left to right:
1. Rainbow Dragon Maille Bracelet - I love rainbows, so the rainbow dragon maille bracelet was obviously following up shortly after the yellow dragon maille necklace I posted last week. A solid silver version will be up hopefully next week.

2. Sterling Fan Earrings with Pink Mystic Topaz - I'm falling more and more in love with gemstones recently, with topaz of any color being high on the list. The rings were super tiny in these earrings, but they look great.

3. Sterling Wrapped Eudialyte Pendant - Eudialyte! Can you see I've got a pink trend going on? Just an amazing stone, all wrapped up in stering silver.

4. Pearl Suspension Pendant Necklace - I've actually had the pearl suspension necklace made for months and months now, and just now got around to listing it.

5. Star Shower Bracelet - And I adore the star shower bracelet! Usually I pick one or two colors, or a rainbow as my color scheme, but this has four! Pink, blue, green and silver. Love the stars. So cute.

6. Striped Sterling and Copper Viperscale Plus Bracelet -
The sterling and copper viperscale plus bracelet is oh so sumptuous. It's a super dense weave, and I've woven it so it looks striped!

Check back next Sunday for more new maille goodies. :)
Jessica

New this Week at Red Panda - 3/15/09

New this week at Red Panda - 3/15/09

In order from left to right:
1. Yellow Dragon Maille Necklace
2. Chainmaille Bead Stitch Markers Set of 4 in Cool
3. Center Burst Chainmail Necklace in Green
4. Rose Gold and Sterling Helm Chainmaille Necklace
5. Tiny Peridot Wrapped Earrings
6. Blue and Brown Spiral Chainmail Bracelet

The yellow dragon maille bracelet I've put forth for spring. Pantone says yellow will be big, and I love sunny yellow, so I decided to make a solid yellow necklace. Magnetic clasp makes it easy to put on and take off.
I love the colors of the beaded stitch markers. Nice and soothing.
The green in the center burst necklace is a limited edition color that you won't find from other maillers. Nice and bright and grassy.
I've been wanting to make something from rose gold for a while now. I think the helm chain suits it perfectly.
Peridot earrings aren't chainmail, so it might be odd to see them in my store, but I think they're very pretty. :)
Blue and brown is a great color combination, and I'm excited to put it into this thick spiral bracelet.

Check back next Sunday for more new maille goodies. :)
Jessica

Facebook. :)

Hi everyone! So I'm on just about every social networking site, except for facebook. Well yesterday I took the plunge and dove on in. It was actually kind of confusing for me to figure out, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Come be my friend!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=1443926307

Also here's the link to my business page. If you add me as a fan, I'll add you back. :)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Panda-Chainmaille/73846670125

Almost to 750 sales

I'm now 2 sales away from 750 in my etsy shop! Help me get closer and get 20% off your entire chainmaille order! In the notes to seller field upon checkout, use code "Vox750". Wait for an adjusted paypal invoice before paying, or I can refund you the difference. Either way. :)

Thanks so much for the support everyone!

Jessica
http://redpanda.etsy.com

New at RedPanda this week - 3/8/09

New this week at http://redpanda.etsy.com - 3/8/09

In order from left to right:

Sterling Wrapped Seraphinite Pendant - $100

Glow Persian Stretchy Chainmail Bracelet - $20

Orbis Flower Pendant in Sterling and Rose Gold - $40

Orbis Flower Earrings in Sterling and Rose Gold - $60

Lovely Flower Chainmail Earrings in Purple - $14

JPL Spiral Chainmail Necklace - $40

The way the light shines off the seraphinite stone is just amazing. I wish I could capture it in my pictures better.
I'm still loving my glow in the dark rubber rings. A simpler bracelet I felt was in order!
The Orbis design is brand new; I especially love the way the rose gold looks in there.
Lovely flower earrings are a classic in my shop. Purple and affordable!
JPL is brand new also! This is the first JPL chain I've listed. I've got another one in copper diamond shaped rings made up and it's not listed yet. This silver one is amazingly lightweight, while the copper has a nice heavy feel. Be looking for it soon!

See you next week for the Red Panda weekly update!

<3 Jessica

Canon Powershot SX10IS Camera

Canon Powershot SX10IS

This is the camera I'm upgrading to once I save up some money. I have a currently have a Canon powershot A630 now, which I love. My favorite part about it is the flip out LCD that rotates. It's super easy for me to take pictures from any angle, and I can always clearly see what I'm doing.

There are two main reasons I'm upgrading to the SX10 IS. One, the IS stands for Image Stabilization. My current camera doesn't have this. I don't shoot with a tripod, so I think it'll help me un-blur some of the pics I take. Two, it has a super macro setting! I use my camera I'd say 90% for taking jewelry photos, which are almost all very up close and detail oriented. I'm excited about super macro! It can take pics from 0 cm. Yes, zero. Apparently you can take pictures of things right on the lens. Haha. I'm not sure they mean that exactly, but I'm excited to test out its capabilities.

And then ten megapixels over eight is an improvement, although I shoot mostly for web viewing so I admit I don't shoot at full resolution anyway. So 10 over 8 doesn't make that big of a difference to me.

Once I get it and take pics with it, I'll share the results! You can see the picture results from my current Canon Powershot A630 at http://redpanda.etsy.com

<3 Jessica

100 items on artfire

I've finally got 100 items listed in my artfire shop! This one was number 100

Sterling Wrapped Seraphinite

I'm still uploading things too! I hope to get my etsy shop, my artfire shop, and my domain site up to have all the same stock soon. :D

Thanks to everyone for your support.

Jessica

I need to get more blog involved

So I've decided I need to update my blog more! I've decided to implement a new feature showing what items are new this week in my shop. I'm also going to start featuring other artists, and updating more in general with normal things, to keep it interesting. Here's New this week number one!

New at Red Panda 3/1/09

In order from left to right:
1. Purple Drop Necklace
2. Mixed Rainbow Chainmail Bracelet
3. Scarab Chainmail Basics Bracelet
4. Green Prehnite Sterling Lariat Necklace
5. Double Link Chainmail Necklace
6. Gemstones and Chainmaille Earrings in Green Aventurine

Stay tuned for more!
<3 Jessica

3 years on etsy!

Today is my three year anniversary of joining etsy. Three years! It's been a great three years, and etsy's definitely changed my life. For one, about all I do is make chainmaille anymore! But also smaller things, like I've been using handmade soap exclusively for years now, and I love supporting all the indie artists here when I can.

Here's to another three years! *clink*

<3 Jessica
http://redpanda.etsy.com