A Choice of Priorities

[erulissedances]

 We are approaching the end of July and I am still uninspired with my project for Beading for a Cure.  I made glass for it, worked the arrangement out, and started the beadwork while at Bead & Button in June.  Since I returned from Milwaukee, I have picked it out of its bag several times, looked at it, and put it back. 


I have illustrations still to do for Darth, and I have weekly writing, beta work, and other projects in my mind.  I asked, several weeks ago, what we had managed to raise for dollars from the autions earlier this year, and still have not received an answer, and I fear that BFAC could go along treading water for a long time, but never really get very far in raising money for colorectal cancer research. 

I love BFAC.  As a charity, I have helped with it and supported it since the 2nd year of its inception.  I served on the Board of Directors for several years, handled the incorporation and the application for non-profit status with the IRS, and served as its Treasurer and its Secretary at various times.  I supplied beads for the challenges on alternate years for eight years.  But, when I look at my time and where I want to spend it over the next month, it isn't with this project.  I'll make a project with the glass that I made, but not for BFAC.  I'm officially pulling out of the Challenge and will no longer participate.  It's time to move on.  If I decide that there are finished projects that I would like to bid on, I can support the charity through my bids, but I will no longer make beading projects for BFAC.  

Comments

[just_ann_now]

I feel for you in your disappointment in having to give up BFAC, but I'm tremendously grateful that I had the opportunity to bring your magnificent piece of artwork into my home.

And I'm really, really looking forward to seeing your Big Bang artwork! Your updates continually intrigued me.

[erulissedances]

I'm delighted that you ended up with my final BFAC project. As for my Big Bang artwork, I still want to take one more group of shots, but I do have the preliminary photos. Feel free to take a look since I've been told we can post our artwork separately on MPTT (I won't do that until Monday night, but you can take a peek at the one cover piece).

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad214/Engarian/Big%20Bang%20Illustrations/DarthFinalcopy.jpg

Let me know if you can't access the view from the link, it probably would be good to know that - LOL.

- Erulisse (one L)

[just_ann_now]

Oh, that's gorgeous! The colors are so vivid! It just brims with light!

[erulissedances]

Oh thanks. The three elves are enamel on copper, the center figure is Erestor, the one in blue is Elrond and the one in green with the silver hair is Oropher. They are walking through a field of iris flowers which are collaged onto the wood and over the bottom edge of the enamel, and behind them I painted an arched tree on an airbrushed background. It was a challenging and fun project.

- Erulisse (one L)
Of course I photoshopped some chapter heads for him also, but the enamel was the focus of my efforts.