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.
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. Â 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!
Wasn’t feeling well today, so progress was minimal. Got some water done, and was also able to fill out the left side of the tub. The blues in the water are much more difficult than I thought they would be. I’m hoping that it was mainly due to how poorly I was feeling and that tomorrow will be better. I’m hoping to get most or all of the water inside the tub done tomorrow. Don’t know if it’ll happen, but we shall see.
I’m glad I chose this section to do, because every time I look at Dumbo it makes me happy. He’s just so adorable!
Vintage Love Letters by Aimee Stewart – Schmidt – 1000 pieces
I saw a review of this puzzle on Jigsaw Junkies and fell in love with the image. It was the first puzzle I purchased with the intent of gluing and framing it; isn’t it a beautiful, romantic image for the bedroom? Aimee Stewart is one of my favorite jigsaw puzzle artists; her work is beautiful and her use of colors is gorgeous!
This was also my first puzzle from Schmidt, and I must say I was even more impressed with the quality than I expected to be. Thank goodness I found the Jigsaw Junkies blog, without her brand comparison I would never have felt confident enough to try new puzzle brands. I don’t want to guess whether or not the quality of certain brands is good or not, why spend money if you’re unsure whether or not it’ll be worth it? The brand comparison pages are detailed and helped me to discover some really awesome brands I had never even heard of. Schmidt is one of them.
Although I have discovered in my years of assembling puzzles that everything is subjective. Everyone has their own opinions of what a good quality puzzle is, and the only way to know for sure is to try it yourself. There are many brands that Jigsaw Junkies say are great quality that I don’t care for at all; you have to try them and see what you think of them. There are probably brands I say are excellent that you wouldn’t like at all, because we have different tastes and opinions. Anyway, back to the puzzle!
The finish on the pieces feels almost luxurious, the pieces fit together satisfyingly well without being so tight you had to push them into place. The image quality is amazingly bright and detailed without being too over the top. I would definitely buy many more Schmidt puzzles without hesitation. The quality of this company impressed me, and once my self-imposed puzzle buying ban is over I’m looking for more!
The bathtub is taking shape, and some of the bubbles on the ground as well. It’s funny, when you’re working a large puzzle and staring at the pieces they don’t always look like what they are. What I saw today were brown and yellow pieces, dark brown and black, blue and white, and even some purple. When I stand back and look at it, I don’t see those colors anymore, I can see the bathtub starting to form! I know it sometimes seems that way with an average size puzzle, but it seems even more pronounced on these giant ones.
I kind of avoided working on the blues today, there’s just so many different shades in different places, it felt overwhelming. So I just tried working on little sections at a time and trying to see if I could connect any of them. Tomorrow I think I’ll have to suck it up and get going on the blue. The little guy needs some water in his tub!
I made it past 2000 pieces today, so we’re past the halfway mark. Making good time. 🙂 It’s a good thing I’m doing well, because I don’t know how much I’ll be able to work on it tomorrow. I did too much today and am paying for it, in addition to having errands to run. I hate running errands. Blech!
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