Where we live, there is a question of soil contamination in the surrounding area, so we don't plant a garden. This package makes me extra jealous! Truly a gift that keeps on giving. Karen, the fact that you can steep some tea and just drop one of those dried rounds into it - mmmmm, what a way to start the day. Very creative and thoughtful package, Barb

Antiquesilver...I imagine that ISO is not changeable when in any semi automatic mode. The camera wants to do that for you so it will most likely be automatic. However you should be able to raise the EV just one notch up to +0.3, or get a stronger light bulb. Also try substituting the thin cloth with white tissue paper or tracing paper. The cloth might be cutting out too much light. I know what you mean about too strong a light blowing out the detail on the silver pieces. But keep experimenting to get the right combination of camera setting, light and diffusor. If you are interested in reading photography books, I can highly recommend this one "Light - Science & Magic. An Introduction to Photographic Lighting."" by Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua. There are detailed explanations of setting up tabletop lighting with a whole chapter dealing with how to photograph metal objects. You might want to have a look in your library or bookstores. The ISBN (I have the 3rd edition) is: ISBN-13:978-0-240-80819-2 , published by Focal Press. Tutorial number nine will be a few days late this week. Probably have it ready for the weekend since we had a lot to do this week, including rescuing our new cat from a neighbour's locked backyard LOL. (All turned out well there.) SharonCb

Time for this to go down the page. I hope you will enjoy making and trying out the light box. Next one will be up in a couple of days all going well as we have plumbers working in our house so there may be a slight delay. This one is more about MACRO (close-ups), SUPER MACRO and the meaning of all those camera ICONS. See you in a day or two over in The Gallery. :-) SharonCb

Here are the finished products. My Mom and DH's Mom were thrilled, more than I expected. It was an awesome Mother's Day with such great moms, and of course my own great kids. Hope all of the other moms out there had a great day. The flower on the front of this is on top of the blocks. I was nervous about the thickness of it, but it soaked up the urethane and is hard as a rock like the other areas. Turns out the hardest part was cutting it out of the bigger piece of fabric. I now want to quilt other household objects like wall-mount shelves, scratched tables, or even a piece of wood, like a plaque. Next time it won't be plain ol' squares. I've already made cross-stitches to accompany most of the quilts my Mom has made from my patterns (cross stitch and quilts are the same geometry) so it would be cool to make plaques also. If this inspires similar ideas for you, please share!