If you read this blog regularly, you might remember I bought my first wooden puzzle this year in September. I absolutely adore it, and have already assembled it 4 times! I was looking on the Artifacts Puzzles website for more awesome puzzles and saw this beauty with hexagonal shaped pieces – OH. MY. GOODNESS! I emailed and texted my mother to show her how cool these pieces were, so she decided to buy me this puzzle for my birthday. I wasn’t hinting for a present, I just wanted to show someone who would have the appropriate response; she is the only one who loves puzzles like I do. My mom rocks. I took the puzzle over to mom’s house yesterday and let her complete it by herself. She loved it too, of course!
The piece shapes are so interesting and it made for a challenging assembly; love, love, loved it❣ It only has 116 pieces, but it took me 40 minutes to assemble – 40 fantastic minutes. (I suppose it would have been quicker if I’d looked at the box image, but where’s the fun in that?) This was so fun, I’m sure I’ll be assembling it over and over again. What a treat! The piece shapes are quite obvious in the finished image, but I honestly don’t care. It didn’t diminish the enjoyment of the assembly for me at all, and as long as it’s fun I’m a happy, happy puzzler. 😉
What do I do now? I clearly have an addictive personality; I believe I’ve developed a wooden jigsaw puzzle addiction! I’m still enjoying my cardboard puzzles, I really just love puzzles in general; but I’m pining for more wooden jigsaws too! Here’s how addictive my personality is…..I’ve ordered one puzzle each from the 4 other wooden puzzle manufacturers I’ve found who have relatively reasonable prices. (Also, my wishlist of Artifact puzzles amounts to about $2600!) Oh my.
So, you can look forward to more reviews of wooden puzzles – they’re all on their way to my house right now! Undoubtedly I have issues. Whatever. 😎
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SO MUCH FUN! The sound of the puzzle pieces falling into place is FABULOUS! And the smell of the wood is so comforting (we had a wood burning stove up north and the smell reminds me of that). I can see lots of wooden puzzles in our future!!!!
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Oh that does look like fun! If I ever make it to Florida I want to come and do it! 😉
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Absolutely, we’ll meet up for coffee and a quick puzzle!☕
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hehe so I did make it to Florida earlier this year.. but you were having a break from the internet at the time (I did think of you and I was hoping you were ok), and I probably wouldn’t have had the time anyway (spent every day at theme parks). Next time!
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Here’s hoping! 💙
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I don’t know if anyone will see a new comment on an old post, but…
“PINING for more wooden jigsaws”? I see what you did there! 🙂
I recently did my first wooden jigsaw (from Liberty) and am perusing your old posts about other companies that sell them.
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I always see and respond to new comments Alice, even from old posts!
I’m always PINING for more wooden puzzles. 😉
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What a perfect gift (your mom certainly rocked). This was the first hex shaped piece puzzle I ever did, and my husband was the one who talked me into buying it (thank you, dear), as I had been hesitating. It was a delightful puzzling experience (but it took me longer to complete than you did – I’m a very slow puzzler). Hexagonal shaped pieces are so cool, I love, love, love them, and the colors were beautiful on this one!
In general, I enjoy a quality jigsaw puzzle, but I have an especial fondness for wooden ones, which I usually like to keep to reassemble. —Dissectologist (c’est moi)
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She was an awesome lady, and I’m so thankful to have had her in my life. And this hexagonal shaped puzzle made me SO very happy. 😊
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