Today’s Puzzle…

On August 26, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling2 Comments

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This is a great quality puzzle with a gorgeous image, but it’s quite a challenge as well. It’s a picture of a mosaic made of petrified wood, from the Smithsonian Institute. The picture doesn’t do it justice, and I’m hoping when it is finished that I can get a good picture to post.

All the pieces are ballerinas, but you can see that there is much variation within that shape. Other than the piece shape, this puzzle has excellent quality – the board is thick, and the fit is wonderful.The brand is Fitting Reminder by American Greetings, I’ve never come across a puzzle from this brand before, and I love trying out new brands!

I’ve gotten the easiest parts completed, and now the hard part begins. The rest of the pieces are all darkish and look very much alike on the trays. Because there will be no help from the piece shapes, it will be much slower going from here on in. But I’m motivated to finish it; it’s a thrift store find that mom and I both loved the look of.

It may take me a few days to finish it, but I’m looking forward to seeing the completed puzzle. It’s so different looking that it may be one that I’d like to keep and hang.

Live for Today

On August 25, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles8 Comments

Loved this one, but it wasn’t easy. And as an added bummer, I lost one of the edge pieces. I’m not one of those people who find that there’s a missing piece and immediately decide that it must be the puzzle company’s fault – I’m certain it was me and that I just wasn’t able to find it. It’s a bit disappointing, but not the end of the world by any means. I still enjoyed putting it together, and that’s what matters – at least it is for me.

This Ceaco had a great fit, so much so that I was able to take one of my favorite kinds of pictures. I stood it up on it’s edge to take a picture…

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I don’t know exactly why, but I really like doing this when the fit is good. It makes me happy.😁 Most puzzles, even those with a good fit, aren’t tight enough to stand on the edge, and when I find one tight enough it’s fun to stand it up for a picture.

This was more challenging than it looked, but the challenge was both absorbing and entertaining. I started with the word “Live”, but that was a lot of pieces and it took longer than I thought to put it together. The same went for the word “Today”, lots of pieces to work through. I loved it though, and the end result is a very nice puzzle.

There are 3 images in this series, each with it’s own quote. They’re all colorful and fun like this one, and I’m pretty sure I’d have a good time assembling the other two as well. Unfortunately I never found the missing piece for this one, so I can’t pass it on for anyone else to assemble.

Horses

On August 24, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store Puzzles6 Comments

I’m loving these 24 piece puzzles; both the cute picture side and the informational side. They’re great when I want to complete something quickly, which is usually right after I finish a larger sized adult puzzle. These puzzles are excellent quality too; that’s not always the case with children’s puzzles and I appreciate it when we find great quality.

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I learned about the differences between an English and Western saddle, and the different types of bits – I didn’t know any of that before – obviously I’m not a horse person. I have nothing against them, they’re beautiful animals, I just haven’t been around them all that much.

I still have about 5 or 6 puzzles from this box to assemble, and I’m looking forward to finishing them all. I’m trying to space them out because a bunch of kids puzzles in a row would probably be boring to read about, but I also want to get them finished and send them off to school with my daughter. The kids love puzzles, and my daughter tells me they’re needing some new ones.

Romance Collage

On August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles2 Comments

Another puzzle my darling daughter insisted that I purchase. It was much more difficult than I thought it would be, but I think I needed something difficult at the time. It gave me a little of my confidence back, and the look of it makes me very happy.

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This is one my of favorite vignettes in this collage, so sweet! It reminds me of when my kids were little. Sigh. I’m feeling old these days.

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I’m not sure why, but this is another favorite. I think it would make a great puzzle all by itself.

It’s such a nice image, it’s too bad the piece shapes are so prominent. Gluing it might help with that, but otherwise it wouldn’t make a good wall hanging.

The random cut was nice, I haven’t put together a randomly cut puzzle in a while. It took a while for my brain to get back in the right space, but once it did the assembly was quite entertaining.

Pets Rock

On August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles2 Comments

I did this entire puzzle one night when I couldn’t sleep. It was so much fun! My daughter insisted I buy this one, and another Pets Rock puzzle that is in the to do pile. This was so enjoyable that I’m very much looking forward to assembling the next one.

Collage puzzles like this are quite possibly my favorite type of images to assemble. The sections are easy to sort, and I love taking a large pile of pieces and figuring out how they go together. Puzzles like this one just make me happy.

The Albert Einstein dog is priceless, that face!