July Challenge--Pick your favorite item in your shop!

CGGE July Challenge

For this challenge you can submit your favorite item in your shop.
This may perhaps seem like a simpler challenge than others that we have set over the past months, but actually it could turn out to be the most difficult. Choosing your favorite item in your shop from all the lovely things that we know our members have made could take some doing! A bit like choosing between chocolate and cake.


The contest begins July 1st and ends promptly at 11:59 PM on the 25th of July.

Each member may submit one entry and you can use any form of technique as long as the item is made primarily in glass.
We have members who create stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass pieces, and we usually have a wide variety of entries to make voting all the more difficult.

Obviously, your entry must be currently listed in your Etsy shop, and any entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.
Of course, anything that you are currently making can be entered into this challenge, as long as you list it in your shop before posting it to the Flickr page.

Voting will be open to all Etsy members and the winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

Good luck to you all!

June Winner: Congratulations go to Dawn Montgomery for her winning entry, “Hot and Cold”.

Ten CGGE Members turned out terrific examples of what makes opposites attract for the June Challenge.

Congratulations go to Dawn Montgomery for her winning entry, “Hot and Cold”.

Dawn starting working in the glass medium in 2003 primarily in stained and fused glass. She works out of her home studio in Jacksonville, Florida. Dawn finds inspiration from her daily life. "Sometimes it's a bird landing outside my window, or sometimes it's a walk on the beach. My children also love to give me ideas. One daughter was studying Earth Day at school so I created a "recycle" pendant. Another daughter came up to me after her piano lesson and asked me to make her a music notes pendant. I finally started keeping a notepad with me to write down my ideas as I think of them." In five years Dawn sees herself being challenged by new techniques and new ideas that she would like to try. Also, having a business that is going strong and that she's had the chance to experiment and continue to grow in her art.

You can find more of Dawn’s creative glass work at her Etsy shop: http://www.firstlightglass.etsy.com/.

June Challenge Entries - "Opposites Attract"

Click on the photo for a larger view, click on their shop name for a direct link to their shop, and click on the photo title for a direct link to that item in their shop.





Stripes and Circles

JS Glass Art








Lavender Fields

Calyx Ann






Opposites Attract

Paper N Clay











Comedy & Tragedy

IslandGirl













Dolphin Yin Yang

Living Glass Art










Black Meets White

Smokey Lady54









Swirls and Angles

Glass Pizazz








Vee Yen Yang

A1 Deb's Glass








Hot and Cold

First Light Glass









Black and White

Glass Magic

June CGGE Challenge – Opposites Attract

June CGGE Challenge – Opposites Attract

Dark and Light, Straight and Curve, Wide and Narrow, Long and Short… You can’t have one without the other. There’s a reason why opposites attract. One brings out the best in the other. Show us what opposing elements you can put together to illustrate why opposites attract.
The challenge begins June 1 and ends at midnight on June 25th.
Each CGGE member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass.
This entry must be listed for sale in their Etsy shop.
All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group on Flickr.
Voting is open to all Etsy and Flickr members.
The winner will be featured on our CGGE front page.

Good Luck Everyone!

We are pleased to congratulate the winner of the CGGE’s May Challenge

We are pleased to congratulate the winner of the CGGE’s May Challenge -- Debbie of Grape Island Glass.
Her winning entry "Fishing Season Has Opened" won this month’s challenge titled "Summer Fun".
Debbie lives in Gray, Maine and started working in both stained and fused glass 4 years ago.
She loves working in glass and says "creating with glass is a great adventure, very much like life".
She is a member of CGGE and the Etsy Maine team.
Debbie’s glass art is listed in her Etsy store at: http://grapeislandglass.etsy.com/
and her online blog at: http://grapeislandglass.blogspot.com/.
She also has a second Etsy shop – http://duva.etsy.com/ featuring her hand knit items.

May Challenge Entries - "Summer Fun"

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Summer Sizzle

Krista's Kiln









Summer Nights

Paper 'N' Clay











Summer Daisies

JS Glass Art












Summertime Diva

Niven Glass Originals











Sailing

Glass Magic











Dragonfly

Sierra Creations










Sunny Day

First Light Glass











Under the Sea

Sue Beads















Fishing Season Has Opened

Grape Island Glass












Summer Heat


Art Glass by Yvonne








Glorious Sunshine


Gloria Lynn Glass

May CGGE Challenge – "Summer Fun"

May CGGE Challenge – "Summer Fun"

School is almost out, families are planning vacations, and people and their pets are outdoors enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. Everywhere we look flowers are in bloom, trees are full, and the grass is green. Summer is almost here and the fun begins…..
This month’s CGGE Challenge has as its theme, "Summer Fun" so take time out and head for the studio. The challenge begins May 1 and ends at midnight on May 25th. Each CGGE member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass. This entry must be listed for sale in their Etsy shop. All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group on Flickr.
Voting is open to all Etsy and Flickr members. The winner will be featured on our CGGE front page.