Day: November 15, 2016

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Buried Blueprints)

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store PuzzlesLeave a comment
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Buried Blueprints Adventures of Robin Hood by Al Lorenz – Masterpieces – 1000 pieces

I did NOT enjoy this puzzle at all. If it weren’t for my husband working it with me and making me keep going I would have stopped halfway through. He seemed to enjoy it more than I did, and being the wonderful wife that I am I humored him and kept working on it even though it was frustrating me. 😉

The quality was good enough, but the artwork was fuzzy and indistinct which made it quite difficult to find pieces you’re looking for. I believe it was the nature of the artwork and not the image reproduction. The pieces were random cut which was a nice change from the grid cut puzzles I normally do, and I did enjoy the informational blurbs placed throughout the puzzle.

Not a very fun one in my opinion but it was a 99 cent thrift store purchase, and it occupied me for a while.

Tuesday 11-15-16

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

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Look at all that water! Got a lot done today, but there was a lot of laying on the floor or laying in bed with trays and then transferring the pieces to the puzzle. Nevertheless, I’m glad all that water is finished! It looks like it would be easy to put together with all the different shades and the bubbles, but it was far from easy.

Not sure where I’m going next, perhaps try to finish the bucket and/or the rest of the tub. I’ll have to wait and see how I’m feeling tomorrow. If I work on the bucket it’ll most likely have to be on trays unless I flip the board around so I won’t have to stand to add pieces. It’s been a rough week for me physically, and standing up isn’t going so well.

Oh well, luckily I don’t have to be able to stand up to work on the puzzle, not for very long anyway.  And if it’s not going well I can always take the tilt table off and just lay the puzzle board down on the card table so that I can turn it whichever way is more convenient and be able to sit in front of it to work. It’s so nice to be able to have it either way, I’m grateful my husband was able to figure out a way to make the table and board for me!