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…
This was the first puzzle I did in the Abandoned Series by Ravensburger. I absolutely love the looks of each puzzle in the series. I have four of them, but there may be one or two more out there now, I’m not sure. I did this puzzle during a visit from my bestest buddy since kindergarten. She flew out with her son Logan around New Year’s Eve 2022. My mother had passed away at age 83 on December 21 that…
As soon as I saw this delightfully colorful and unique puzzle I knew I wanted it on my table. I decided pretty quickly into assembly that I would glue and frame this one for my office / puzzle room. I figured it would be fun to look at on the wall above where my desk faces. Randy helped some on this one too and did quite a bit of work on the bricks between window frames which was super helpful….
Isn’t this puzzle adorable? I thought so when I assembled it a year or two ago. I’m really loving the fact that I’m going back through all my completed puzzles and starting to post them on the blog now. Not only does it bring back good memories of doing a particular puzzle, I’m also discovering new things about own puzzle likes / themes. In a recent post I had mentioned discovering I’ve done a couple of really cute puzzles by…
This little 300-piece Ceaco puzzle was exactly what I needed recently. I had just quit on a Ravensburger Disney-Pixar Toystore puzzle that I was not liking at the time. Believe it or not, I thought it was too detailed, and I couldn’t find a big enough area to focus on which was driving me nuts. I put it away to try again later. As my puzzle friend Stacey says, “It was not the right puzzle at the right time.” I…
Isn’t this image adorable? I immediately fell in love the moment I first saw it. So cute! It’s a Re-marks puzzle and after having been working on a really crappy Big Ben puzzle with extremely thin and tiny pieces, these pieces feel thick and luxurious!
I don’t think I’ve ever “met” a Dominic Davison puzzle image I have not either loved or at least really liked. He is one of my all-time favorite puzzle artists. I have often picked up a puzzle in a store because I loved the image immediately only to discover after the purchase when I actually looked at the artist that it was one of his. I would then usually say to myself, well that makes sense because I love all…