competitions

It’s time! Competitive gingering at its best/worst! Here’s how this year’s competition is gunna go down. When you send in your Ginger 2015 entries, a team of highly trained ginger professionals (2.0 and I) will group your masterpieces according to crappiness/awesomeness/theme. Gingerbread savants will battle other savants in their online grouping. Ginger creations that look…

Are you ready? Would you like to know who won Ginger 2014? Okay. But first I’d like to tell you a little story about what elementary school was like for me in the 1970’s. Let’s start with Primary. My teacher was Mrs. Churchill… I jest, of course. After some serious deliberation, the 2014 Ginger Panel…

Are you gingered out? Impossible! I have one last group of ginger masterpieces to share with you. I like to call this ginger grouping Children Are Our Future {shudder}, because each of these creations has been crafted by miniature humans. All of these entries prove that you don’t have to be a professional baker to create magic.…

Welcome back! I like to call this ginger grouping Holy Crap No. 2, because it’s the second grouping of entries that made me say holy crap. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize. (For more information on how this competition will go down,…

More gingerbread! I like to call this group of entries Classic Ginger Homes and a Church. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize. (For more information on how this competition will go down, click here.) . . . Peg, PJ & Max’s Log…

Welcome back! Day two of voting begins with a grouping I like to call Mansions and More Mansions. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize. (For more information on how this competition will go down, click here.) . . . Stephanie’s Under-Appreciated Mansion…

Here is today’s final grouping of ginger creations! I like to call this round of entries Holy Crap No. 1, because I said holy crap when I saw ’em. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize. (For more information on how this competition will…

Hello again! Here is the second set of Ginger 2014 masterpieces. I like to call this grouping Castles, Fairies and Tall Tales. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize. (For more information on how this competition will go down, click here.) . . . Sarah’s Gingery…

Behold! Your first grouping of ginger masterpieces. I like to call this set of entries Ginger Classique. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize. (For more information on how this competition will go down, click here.) . . . Loreta’s Ginger Train and Depot Loreta,…

One more sleep! Beginning tomorrow, you will see 37 ginger masterpieces on this here blog. That’s a record breaker! Given that there are only three prizes, it is pretty clear that our participants aren’t doing it for the winnings. This friendly competition has become a holiday tradition for a great number of people (participants and readers alike),…