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Month: July 2013

Anemone

Anemone

I have made a little progress on some of the anemone areas surrounding the clownfish over the last week.  It’s not a significant amount of progress, but as they say, any progress is progress, right? This evening I am planning on working on Tom and Mercedes’ mystery puzzles.  I have had to put off working on it further until after I got some things done in preparation for Cole’s early arrival.  I should be able to post new pictures of…

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Mystery Puzzles – Edges, Edges, and Even More Edges

Mystery Puzzles – Edges, Edges, and Even More Edges

I promised Tom and Mercedes that I would not wait until I had finished the Life puzzle (Gee, I wonder why they asked me that?!  LOL) to start working on the mystery puzzles gift they sent.  So last night I put aside time to start laying out the many edge pieces of what has turned out to be three Thomas Kinkade puzzles all mixed together.  It appears that they may be of different piece counts as well.  The largest one…

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Mystery Puzzle – Tom and Mercedes Think They Are Soooo Funny!!! :o)

Mystery Puzzle – Tom and Mercedes Think They Are Soooo Funny!!! :o)

So this morning I decided to begin sorting the mystery puzzle that Tom and Mercedes sent me.  As I said in the last post, I thought based on looking at the pieces visible through the ziplock bag that it might be a Thomas Kinkade puzzle, and soon after I opened the bag and started sorting pieces, I was completely positive it was. I was not sure how many pieces the puzzle was as there’s no box or anything to give…

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From New York City to Vegas, Baby!

From New York City to Vegas, Baby!

Besides the Nicky Boehme and Thomas Kinkade puzzles I purchased right after getting the puzzle roll, I also got these other two puzzles as well.  The Vegas, Baby! puzzle was actually the second puzzle I started on after I finished the You’d Better Be Good puzzle by Nick Boehme. I was about three quarters of the way done with it when we moved from our house in Lake Mary, FL to a rental house while we were waiting for our…

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NIcky Boehme and Thomas Kinkade Puzzles

NIcky Boehme and Thomas Kinkade Puzzles

When I got my first puzzle roll back in 2009, I immediately went on a puzzle buying frenzy as it had been so long since I’d been able to do any puzzles due to space limitations and usage of dining room table as mentioned in earlier posts.  For some reason, I went on a Nick Boehme Christmas puzzle spree and bought five of them!  I just love his artwork as much as I love Thomas Kinkade’s.  I ended up buying…

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Life Goes On

Life Goes On

This morning I was able to get in about 45 minutes with the puzzle before Derek woke up.  It was nice to get a little longer length of time to puzzle at one sitting.  My secondary goal of having Section 2 finished before baby Cole makes his appearance is looking less and less likely.  I think I am getting close to the 50% finished mark, but we found out yesterday that Cole will be arriving a week earlier than the…

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9,000 Astrology – Ravensburger

9,000 Astrology – Ravensburger

This puzzle is one that I fell in love with the first time I saw it.  The colors are so vibrant and given that its a Ravensburger, I know this one will be a pleasure to put together. I couldn’t pass up the good deal I got on this puzzle from Craigslist.  It was only $40 plus flat rate USPS shipping so not too bad.  The puzzle is used, but appears to be complete and includes the poster.  The seller,…

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4 Historic World Maps – Opening the box

4 Historic World Maps – Opening the box

Here are some of the first pictures of this beautiful puzzle.  I will not be starting the build on this one for some time yet as I want to finish the Life puzzle first, but I love looking at the pieces and feeling them as they’re just so much nicer than the Educa pieces of the Life puzzle. The big box! 4 Historic World Maps Poster 18,000 pieces in all its glory! The puzzle pieces are so nice and luxurious…

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18,000-pcs. – 4 Historic World Maps – Ravensburger

18,000-pcs. – 4 Historic World Maps – Ravensburger

4 Historic World Maps – 18,000 pieces – Ravensburger I saw this puzzle quite some time ago, even before I bought the Life puzzle, and I loved the looks of it.  My house is decorated with an Old World style and I knew the artwork from this puzzle would fit right in with my decor.  The main reason I never purchased it was because of the solid gold border around each map.  It looked impossible with so many pieces being…

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Nothing Is As Pretty As A Rizzi City With Hidden Gems

Nothing Is As Pretty As A Rizzi City With Hidden Gems

For the last month I have been adding a couple of puzzles to my collection to work on after Life is finished.  My first purchase was for a 5,000 piece puzzle that my puzzling friends, Tom and Mercedes in the USVI, recommended.  I found it on Craigslist for $20 plus shipping.  When I was first looking at the puzzle online, I didn’t really care for the picture, but then as I saw their blog entries and pictures while putting it…

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