BFAC 2011 is Complete

A detail view of the bronze tree in the first sunrise.  Note the constellation Orion on the left.

Yesterday was photography day for my box.  My "When Anor Rises" Beading For A Cure project for the 2011 auction is finally complete and I wanted to get the photos done yesterday.  Of course, nothing comes easily in my life lately, and this was no exception.  I used the small camera that my DH has for one set of photos, and grabbed my small carry-along camera for the other set.  Except....my carry-along camera, which had worked perfectly the previous week when Seth and I went to the zoo, suddenly didn't work at all.  I thought...."Maybe it just needs charging."  So I plugged it in and recharged the battery.  But the power switch still didn't work correctly.  I finally gave up, ran to my local Best Buy, and purchased a new Olympus camera carry-along.  My rule for carry-along cameras is that they have to have good macro and they have to be as close to $100 as possible.  This new one ended up at $139 with the tax and has a great macro, even though there are other features that I'm not that crazy about.  But, I got the new camera back home, charged the battery, and took the second batch of photos using the new camera. 

The fully beaded silk of the top has the sun rising on the right,
flowers blooming below and the tree highlighted by the sunrise.
The Big Dipper constellation is closer to the sun.

I'm pleased with most of the photos, although I still need to do a little bit of additional shooting, hopefully over the weekend.  Some of the photos are scattered in this posting.  The box itself is very large - almost 18" long.  I'm SO happy to be done with this and be able to go on to a different project in my list.  Copper clay, here I come :-)

The interior has two layers and a pull-down front with ring-holder
padded cylinders.  The smaller jewelry tray nests on top of the
deeper tray and lifts out via the center bar (handle).