This is an absolute first for me and my puzzle blog. A 300-piece puzzle was completed at my puzzle board today and I only put in maybe 10 pieces! I grabbed this quick and easy puzzle knowing it would be a good palette cleanser after the Sherlock Holmes puzzle was completed. The pieces were typical thin Ceaco quality with huge pieces with a glossy finish and a pretty loose fit, but it did lay flat when assembled. Right before going…
How adorable is this image? Here is another puzzle where I would have loved to do the image in a much larger piece count. Maybe 500 pieces would have felt good. Larger than that I think would have been really difficult given the very limited color pallatte. This dog, who looks a bit like a white goldendoodle to me, is living his best life hanging out with his bestie and going on a road trip. The fit on this one…
Cole ended up picking this one out after we took down the crappy Big Ben puzzle he and Derek had begged me to let them do next. I felt guilty as I had totally encouraged us to not move forward any further on that monstrosity. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this kid-themed puzzle. Everyone in my family loves Spiderman and we’ve seen all the movies many times over so I guess I should have expected it wouldn’t be…
I am loving this puzzle so much! I thought it looked like fun from the moment Stacey first showed it to me. Amazingly, it’s even more fun in person and in progress. I am sure I will have lots to say about this one when I am done building with lots and lots of pics too. The whole puzzle is so entertaining. And the best part? Randy has been hooked on this puzzle too and has worked a good chunk…
Surprisingly, until recently I was not a fan of Eeboo puzzle images. I had seen several and just could not connect with them for one reason or another. Too busy — too much green — whatever the reason I just didn’t see one I liked enough to warrants the pretty steep price of an Eeboo. Then I saw the Alchemist’s Home puzzle and everything changed. This puzzle was adorable and I loved it instantly. I think it must have become…
After the disaster that was Big Ben Times Square, I needed something fun and easy. Working on this one and already worlds better than the Big Ben puzzle. Matte finish — smallish pieces, but not bad. Super cute image. I look forward to showing the final results as soon as I get back from Texas.
Have you ever seen a puzzle that appears to have two titles? That’s what I ran into with this super cute Re-marks puzzle I finished last week. I always thought it was titled “Check Please” as that is what is written on the bottom right corner of the boxtop. Sounds reasonable, right? However, when I was almost done with the assembly I happened to look at the side of the puzzle box and noticed it had a different title altogther…
When I first started writing up this post today I really could not remember many details about the puzzle brand, or the title. It simply was another color puzzle I had in my Flickr photostream from a few years ago and which I had never posted about on here. It is amazing to me, even armed with such little information as I had, I was still able to find it on Google without too much effort. There are of course…
I fairly recently discovered a new to me brand called Delfy. After a little research, I discovered to my delight that it is a new line of puzzles owned by Jacarou. Jacarou makes gorgeous, vivid puzzles full of intense color saturation, and they’re just a joy to build. I think perhaps the Delfy line is mostly AI driven, but to be honest with you that does not bother me at all. I know there’s currently a lot of controversy around…
Today’s post is more of an opinion piece where I’d like to get your thoughts on a topic I struggle with most of the time. Grab your favorite beverage and sit back — this is a long one! Have you ever quit on a puzzle before it’s finished? Up until very recently, I really had not quit a puzzle midway through in an extremely long time. It is not something I like to do as I truly feel if I…