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Month: April 2014

100 pc. – The Muppets Most Wanted

100 pc. – The Muppets Most Wanted

A few months ago Randy won some sort of “movie goers” gift box from one of the movie studios (don’t recall which one). We just recently got the box and inside was a cute little 100-piece jigsaw puzzle that was the movie poster for the new Muppets movie. Today Derek asked if we could put it together. Of course I never turn down an opportunity to do a puzzle with my little boy so we got it out and started…

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3rd Time’s a Charm

3rd Time’s a Charm

So I officially opened the bag for Section #3 and started sorting on April 17th. This is now my 3rd go round with the sorting, and I am finding that as I do each section, the sorting gets easier and faster, and I’m much more detailed with my buckets. I went from about 5 or 6 buckets in Section 1, 12 buckets for Section 2 to 18 or so for Section 3. This time I sorted into the following buckets:…

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A Baffledazzle Project

A Baffledazzle Project

This week I was contacted by Baffledazzle about an exciting new puzzling project on Kickstarter.   Baffledazzle puzzles take solvers on an adventure, leading them to discover something new and interesting about the world around us. Their goal is to deliver the feeling of exploration and discovery in a box, and to make visual and tactile information part of the learning experience. Hundreds of wood, acrylic, or felt puzzle pieces start you off. You start to gather clues from the piece…

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Section 2 – Disassembly and Reassembly

Section 2 – Disassembly and Reassembly

Just a couple of new photos of the process of flipping Section 2 over on the puzzle board.  At least this time it should go faster because I’ve done this process once and figured out the best way to flip each section over and get it back together.  I anticipate I should be ready for contact papering by end of the day today.  Here’s a couple of pictures… Preparing the mini section for removal from rest of puzzle. The extracted…

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Accidental Lesson Learned

Accidental Lesson Learned

As I mentioned in the last post, I finished Section 2 on Sunday evening, and last night I was so anxious to work on something puzzle related that I pulled out my 2,000 piece Vegas, Baby puzzle that I had started back in 2009 before we moved from our first house in Lake Mary, FL.  It was one of the first puzzles I bought and started working on after getting my first puzzle roll.  I had completed about 50% of…

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One Year and 11 Days Later….

One Year and 11 Days Later….

SECTION 2 IS FINISHED!!! Woo Hoo!  Today, April 13, 2014, marks the completion of Section 2 and 50% of the entire puzzle.  Wow, it doesn’t seem possible that I am finally halfway done, but at the same time it also seems like I’ve been working on this project FOREVER!  LOL Here are my overall statistics… Section 1:  2 years, 8 months and 10 days assembly time Section 2:  1 year and 11 days assembly time Section 3:  Goal is to…

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All That Remains…Part Two

All That Remains…Part Two

It’s amazing what a little alone time three days a week can do for a puzzling momma!  I have been getting in at least an hour or so on these days and it has been wonderful.  It’s also getting a lot easier since I have a lot less pieces to weed through to find the right one as I get closer and closer to the end. Here are a couple of picture updates. As you can see, all that remains…

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