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Weird Places to Find a Puzzle Piece – #3

Weird Places to Find a Puzzle Piece – #3

Conversation with my almost 4-year-old son yesterday, “Mommy, can I have a piece of candy?” “Sure, Derek. Get one piece out of your Halloween bowl.” A minute later, “Mommy, look….a puzzle piece!” What?! My missing piece from Kevin Sloan’s The Messenger has been found! I wonder how it got in Derek’s Halloween stash?! It’s wood so I don’t think it would have tasted too much like 100 Grand bar. Hmmmm…….

Whimsical Woodie

Whimsical Woodie

In my last post I mentioned that I was getting my first wooden jigsaw puzzle, entitled The Messenger by Kevin Sloan.  What I didn’t say at the time, as I hadn’t yet received the puzzle, was that I was contacted by Artifact Puzzles and given the opportunity to choose any puzzle I wanted (up to a generous pre-set price) and they would send it to me absolutely free of charge.  Of course I was very skeptical at first because it sounded too…

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Got Wood…

Got Wood…

Last week I found out about a relatively new puzzling company that makes high quality, wooden jigsaw puzzles.  I have never tried a wooden puzzle up to this point because they’ve always been so expensive.  It’s just cost prohibitive for me as it takes me so long to get to a new puzzle with the Life puzzle still under construction.  However, this company, Artifact Puzzles, has some pretty reasonable prices.  I like several of their puzzles, including Bruegel’s Netherlandish Proverbs and Kevin Sloan’s…

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