Get started on December/January's Challenge....“Resolutions & New Beginnings"

“Resolutions & New Beginnings”…………..

It is almost the end of the year and the holidays are here. It is a time to enjoy family, friends and feasting. It is also a time to reflect on the past year and to look forward to the new year ahead bringing with it new ideas, hopes, goals and resolutions.

Our CGGE December challenge theme is “Resolutions & New Beginnings”. With this theme in mind as inspiration, put on your thinking caps and use your artistic and creative talents to design a work that embodies your hopes, goals and wishes for 2009!

The contest begins December 1 and ends promptly at midnight January 15th. Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass. This entry must be listed for sale in your Etsy shop. All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

Voting will be open to all Etsy members and all Flickr members. We hope that, by allowing Flickr members to vote, we will draw more members to our CGGE and Etsy shops. The winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

November Challenge

The winner of our November Challenge is Stacey with JSGlassart. Congratulations Stacey!
November’s challenge showcased 27 entries from the members of CGGE. Thanks to all of you who entered in the contest. All of the entries were extraordinary examples of the diverse talent found within our group of artists. Several techniques utilizing fused, lampwork and stained glass were evident in this challenge. The winter theme brought out some wonderful ideas using dichroic glass especially. The Creative Glass Guild of Etsy is an amazing group of glass artists sharing their talents and ideas in a friendly and supportive environment and we thank all of you who participate in making CGGE what it is today.

CGGE November Challenge Entries

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Gigi's Designs
Christmas Tree









Talented Lady
Wintry











Sun Daisy Gems
Ice Goddess














Simply Lampwork
Snowmen













Ohana Glass Designs
In the lane, snow is glistenin'









Flowing Glass
Season of Dark and Light













Glass Pizazz
Chilly Penguin










JS Glass Art
A Martini Christmas








Dragonarium
Icicles








Krista's Kiln
First Frost










Eccentricity Glass
The Family









Intuibead
Just Chillin









Dichroic Dazzle
Snow Drift







Arts Desire Glass
Falling Snowflake







Art Glass by Yvonne
Winter Wonderland












Sha's Glass Crafts
Christmas Candle







Art Glass Fusion
Let It Snow







Rosebud 101
Crystal Tree









Art de Fleur
Snowflake









Gloria Lynn Glass
Winter Wonderland









Gisellery
Moonlit Frost












Sierra Creations
Christmas Candy Cane










LaWatha
Putting the Finishing Touches on Frosty








Desert Rose Art Glass
Candy Cane












Paper N Clay
Dichroic Snowflake









Smokey Lady 54
Satin Snowflake










Creations In Glass
Holly Candle

November Challenge!

Winter:
That magical time of year when the landscape changes to a crystalline vision of snowy lanes in the North, and perhaps a holiday-festooned palm tree for those in the South! Wherever you celebrate winter, CGGE wants you to look to the 4th season to find inspiration for the November challenge. Have fun celebrating the holidays, re-create a frosty scene in glass, turn down the temperature of your studio if you have to! Just feel winter in your bones and translate that to some beautiful challenge entries!

The contest begins November 1 and ends promptly at 11:59 PM on November 25th.
Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass.
The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop.
All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

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

So CGGE artists, let old man winter inspire you and create!

A Tie Vote!

A Tie Vote!

Voting for the 15 entries in the October “Thankful for” Challenge has resulted in not one but two winners.

We had a tie vote between jsglassart and fireandicedesigns.

Congratulations to them both for their beautiful entries:

Jsglassart: “Tree of Life”

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16592895

Fireandicedesigns: “Abundance of Love Fringe Bracelet” http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15924356

Jsglassart’s Stacey calls the Bay area in California home. She has been working in glass for 10 years and although she started out working in stained glass, she quickly fell in love with fused glass. At the present time she does mostly commissions and custom work and has been featured in several blogs. She is not only an active member of CGGE but also of the San Francisco Etsy team (Sfetsy). Her blog is: http://jsglassart.com/blog/.

Visit her shop for more beautiful creations:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5267803

Michelle of Fire and Ice Designs hails from British Columbia and also started out in stained glass. Along the way she worked in various mediums and then discovered lampworking.

In her blog: http://mishysfire.blog.spot.com/

she states that “the ony way to grow as an artist is to challenge yourself with new mediums and take big scary leaps in the process. Delving into glass as a molten medium has been an exciting, sometimes traumatic experience. It has challenged me and given me moments of joy as I bring a piece to life…I don’t just make and sell jewelry….I create precious art and wait patiently for a wonderful person to adopt it as their own.” Taking a risk has certainly paid off for Mishy.

Visit her shop for more beautiful creations:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5391528

The November challenge begins Nov. 1-25th and has as its theme: "Winter and Holidays".

Be sure and check out all the entries at http://www.flickr.com/groups/cggechallenge/ and vote for your favorite.

CGGE October Challenge Entries

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JS Glass Art

Tree of Life









Art de Fleur

Friendship







Glass Bead

Thankful for Cooler Weather!










Smokeylady54

Courage








Gigi's Designs

Be Thankful








Eccentricity

Cosmos









Nanette Bevan

Long Spiral








Get Glassy









Paper N Clay

Thankful








Rosebud101

Spike the Wonderdog







Intuitbead

Passion Ignites







Fire and Ice Designs

Abundance of Love









Artistic Glass Impressions By Yvonne

Time to Play









ccvalenzo







Mango Tango

Nautilus 2

CGGE October Challenge

CGGE October Challenge

The theme for the CGGE’s October Challenge is “Thankful For….”

As the title implies, this is a good time of year for all of us to think of the things in our lives that we are thankful for -- our families, our health, our freedoms, and so much more. Each person’s blessings are as diverse as their individuality. Therefore, we encourage you to pause, observe and reflect on the things that bring you joy, serenity and happiness. Visualize in your mind a work of art that encompasses those feelings. Now head for the studio and create your inspired entry for this month's CGGE Challenge using the theme "Thankful for....".

The contest begins October 1 and ends promptly at 11:59 PM on October 25th. Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass. The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop. All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

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

So CGGE artists, put your thinking caps on again this month and let the world know what you’re especially thankful for in you life.