Spooky Treats

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Spooky Treats – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

Hope I’m not the only one who loves Halloween themed puzzles, this one is so darn cute! Those words were quite a challenge for me, but I got there in the end. Great image on a great puzzle. I’m still really enjoying these little puzzles in a test tube, even though working with the tiny pieces is getting a bit more difficult for me. I’ve hopefully still got plenty of time to finish the 35 or so mini puzzles yet to be done – including another Halloween image.

Once the outside candy pieces were finished there were still plenty of pieces that were only words, it isn’t as easy as you might think. Luckily there was still enough coffee left to wake up my brain cells so that I could finish.

Loved this image, and I’m really looking forward to completing the second Halloween themed MicroPuzzle, it looks like even more fun!

Wasgij In Progress

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A Bright Christmas Night by Graham Thompson – Jumbo (Wasgij)was – 1000 pieces

There’s a Wasgij puzzle on the board, which means NO SPOILERS. So although I can’t show you how the puzzle is going, I am sharing with you the image shown on the box, which is not the image being assembled. For this puzzle you have to assemble the image as it would look from the point of view of the owl that’s flying just above the tree in the yard.

It seems ridiculous to say on October 25th, but this is my last larger Christmas puzzle of the season. With the advent calendars taking up the first 24 days of December and all the puzzles currently in the queue, this last one that I’m currently assembling will be posted on Dec. 30th. I will be putting together the advent puzzles daily in December, but they are each only 56 pieces and nowhere near as challenging (hopefully) as this one is.

There are still wintery puzzle images I have here at the house that aren’t holiday specific, so there are still chilly puzzles to do this winter. Thankfully though, this is my last big Christmas puzzle this year!

Rainbow Donuts

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Rainbow Donuts by Julie Seabrook – Good Puzzle Co. – 500 pieces

Gorgeous image on a fair quality puzzle, I enjoyed the assembly regardless – cause I love a rainbow image! This was my first puzzle from this brand, which I understand is the eco-conscious line of Galison puzzles. Hmmm. I’m not a fan of Galison puzzles, but this one wasn’t bad.

All the pieces were ballerinas, which is pretty boring if you ask me. Two male ends/two female ends, same shape. Boring. The fit was a little loose, but the image reproduction was very nice and it wasn’t too shiny. Overall I’d give this one a fair rating.

Sorry I don’t have much to say about this one. It was only ok. Love the image but the puzzle quality itself left something to be desired. I don’t know that I’d recommend buying this one new, but if you can find it at a thrift store or resale shop it’s worth it. The assembly itself was fun and the image is lovely.

Movie Cats

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Movie Cats by Angie Rozelaar – Rose Art – 300 pieces

Long time readers will know that I do not care much for cat puzzles as a rule, but there are always exceptions and this is one of them. When I saw this puzzle on Puzzle Momma’s Blog I knew that I wanted to do this one, it’s too adorable for words! When we finally met for the first time in September we had a great time putting this one together, and I thought we worked together really well. Sometimes puzzling with someone else can be a little anxiety-inducing or downright frustrating, but not so with Penny – it was as if we’d been puzzling together for years. 💗

This Rose Art puzzle’s quality was pretty impressive, and I hope it wasn’t a fluke. In the past there have been some issues here and there with some of their puzzles in the quality department, but this one had nice, thick pieces that fit together well and beautiful image reproduction. Keep it up Rose Art, very nice work!

This was the first little section that I put together, how silly and ridiculous is that? I haven’t seen the real movie, but love the look of this.

Come on! Is this adorable or what?! And you couldn’t have picked a better movie title either. I remember this movie from when I was young; the songs will forever be in my brain, and that child catcher gave me nightmares, yikes!

This is a movie that the whole family loves, and while the Dude abides, I’m sure he’d like this movie poster for The Big Meowski. Those glasses look likes his rug that got ruined, oh dear!

Overall this was a very good quality puzzle that was great fun to assemble with my bestest puzzle pal. We had the bestest time!

Moonstrike In Progress…

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Moonstrike – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

My youngest son picked out this puzzle for me to do next, sigh; being the great mom that I am I obliged. I don’t think I would have chosen this on my own just now, but they are here to all be assembled eventually – so here we go!

This little one coffee puzzle has been sitting on my board for two days now while I deal with some things that have kept me in bed. I was able to get up for a bit yesterday and do a little bit of it, but the sitting up didn’t last long so it’s only partially complete. It’s been several coffees now, and it still isn’t done.

I’m hoping today to spend a little more time at the board and working on the blog. The fruits and veggies puzzle is complete but still sitting on the board until the post gets written up, which I also haven’t done. I’ll get there, eventually.