Acrylic Charms!

Hello everyone! :D I'm happy to announce that soon I will have my first batch of high quality acrylic charms of my Nerdy Panda design, which is also the Panduhmonium logo.

 For some time now I have been having issues making large shrinky dink size pendants for this design in particular. The three necklaces of this design that I did manage to finish without a problem were sold out in my Etsy shop within one week and I've had some people ask me if I have any more of this design. Instead of ripping my hair out trying to make more, I decided its time to go the high quality charm route with this particular design. I'm so excited, because all the charms I will get will be usable charms, none of which will be warped by my evil oven! I still loveeee shrinky dinks though and will continue to do them, except only with smaller designs (1 inch or under).

Acrylic charms have been the thing for quite some time now with artist who sell merchandise of their art in the form of jewelry and there are many good reasons why! First, it saves the artist hands! This is a blessing...since our hands already get worked to death from drawing, painting, crafting, you name it! Second, acrylic charms are high quality compared to shrinky dinks and they are water proof! You can make shrinky dinks water proof with resin...but I don't think the time involved is worth it. Third, and my favorite, TIME SAVER! It allows you to focus your attention and time on your art and not so much on making your product. Also, all the charms are guaranteed to be usable, so no more worrying about duds in a batch of shrinky dinks!

I was pretty apprehensive about the "acrylic movement" at first mainly because I didn't understand what all the fuss was about. Second, I personally like overseeing the process and making my products myself, so turning my work over to someone else made me cringe. I realized though, that since I'm trying to make this into a full time gig, I need to use my time more effectively as well as give my customer a high quality product. Not that shrinky dinks can't be high quality, but the time put in doing so is not worth what it can be sold for later. Especially since their are tons of artist selling shrinky dink charms who undersell them so much it is almost impossible for a business to use the medium and make profit. I mean come on...if you see someone 20 people selling something for $5 and one person is selling for $10 your going to think something is up! Hopefully, you'll think that the more expensive one is better quality...but that isn't always the case.

I finally decided to take the plunge when Paper Forest (now Printsess) started offering short run acrylic charms with the artist in mind. This was great for me, because helping another small business out didn't make me feel "mass manufactured" plus it's always nice to help another small business. :) I'm super excited and can't wait for the end of the month when my lovely charms will be here! :D

What started off as a quick post is now long and winded! LOL. Hopefully, you learned something or agree or disagree or something! 8D Just my little "rant" on the whole acrylic charm thing and why I think it isn't such a bad idea after all. :)

Thanks for reading! <3

Earrings in Progress!

Hello everyone! The blog has needed a update...and finally I have time to do one! Last time I was baking shrinky dinks I made a smaller test pair for earrings. I loved how they came out so I decided to make more for the shop!



This is the test pair I made! They are really cute earrings.



Here are the earrings I am going to glaze and finish today. Hopefully I can have some listed tonight. :) Also there are two pairs of pineapple earrings and a few charms. Also notice the rainbow? I was testing some necklace designs. It will need more testing though because the rainbow did not bake as I had planned! :P

I also had another sale Monday! Whooo! I'm at 13 sales! My goal is to have at least 25 sales by the end of summer. I'm determined to reach that goal! :D

Thanks for looking everyone and keep a look out for the earrings in my shop!

♥ Panda

New Items! :D *EDIT!*

Hello all! It has been a while so I though I would update! I have listed a new item in my shop, The Happy Happy Panda Magnet! :D This is my first time making a magnet, but I'm super happy with the way he turned out! :D He is for sale in my Etsy shop! You can click on the picture of the magnet below to go to the listing.



I also made another keychain featuring the same design for the Panda magnet. *EDIT!* The Panda keychain is now listed in my shop! Just click the picture below to view the listing for him!



I also finished painting the little fox heads for the cute little fox hair clips that I am making. Those will be glued later today and I will have pictures and listing up by tomorrow! :D

Thanks for stopping by!

♥ Panda

I'm back and new listings! :D

Whew! Ok! So I was absent for a little while...school was getting really hectic, but now college is out for the summer so I have a lot more time to dedicate to my shop! :D For starters...I listed three new items to my Etsy shop Panduhmonium! :D

The first item is a cute little banana keychain! :D I had fun making this one. My favorite part about him is is face which has a really small mouth compared to my other charms.



Next is a cute little toast charm complete with butter! I had a lot of fun making him. He was fun to paint but I had the hardest time taking a photo of him. I guess my camera does not like the color brown lol.



And finally I made another lemon charm! The first one I gave to a friend so this will be the first lemon charm in the shop. :D



I hope you all enjoy the new items! :D I am currently working on making some fox snap clips to sell in my shop. They still need to be baked along with a few other things. I also need to make more panda items! The first pair of Panda hair clips did not stay in my shop for even a day! :0!

Also, if you guys have any suggestions for things you would like to see in my shop please let me know!

Soon I hope to buy a printer so I can sell art prints as well as start making shrinky dinks of some of my designs. :)

♥ Panda

Lots of orange and pandas!

Hello everyone! I am pleased to annouce that I have finally listed the creamsicle and panda hair snap clips on Etsy! Check them out! Here they are again in case you missed my previous post about them! :D





And I have another new item! It's a cute orange fruit keychain! :)



I love this charm so much! He is so cute! All these items are avaliable in my etsy store, Panduhmonium! Also, be on the look out for more fruit charms this week. :)!

♥ Panda