Petrified Wood Mosaic

On September 5, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store Puzzles5 Comments

This image is so different and interesting; mom and I both loved it as soon as we saw it. I opened the box several times when I was looking for my next puzzle, but always put it back because it looked so difficult and it wasn’t the right time (also I wanted to work on it with mom and she wasn’t always able to come play puzzle with me).

It had great quality, thick pieces, and a nice fit too. The only minus was that there was only one piece shape, it seems that there are quite a few puzzles out there with just the one shape, and personally I would love it if they branched out a bit and added more interesting, or even just “other” shapes.

The box for this one said Fitting Reminder, but there was also a notation that it was from American Greetings Corporation. There was no date on the box, but it looks quite old. I’m guessing it’s most likely from the 80’s. It was a very cool puzzle!

There were so many darkish muddled looking pieces that it was a bit difficult. But once I got going I enjoyed the challenge and it was hard for me to get up and walk away from it. It’s so very different than most puzzle images, and I got sucked into “just one more piece” over and over again.

This puzzle very much makes me think of mom, and I ended up taping the back of it so that I could keep it. It makes me extremely sad that we didn’t have a chance to work on it together, we would have had a great time; and there would have been a quite a bit of little old lady cussing too, I’m sure. 👵

There are so many puzzles here that mom found for us and that we were both looking forward to assembling together. Perhaps that’s why I’ve been wanting new puzzles lately, the older ones all have memories attached – and all those memories are primarily of my mom. I guess I’m trying to hold on to those as long as I can.

Weathered the Storm

On September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling3 Comments

We weathered the storm just fine; my daughter lost power at her house, but overall we made it through with very little damage. We’re still on the tail end of the tropical storm force winds, but for the most part it’s all over for us.

I didn’t get much puzzling done, though, because I also came down with a virus at the same time. I got a 500 piece puzzle finished yesterday, but that was it for the entire time we were in the house during the hurricane. Once I feel better I’m going to have to get going and get my queue loaded up again.

Monsters

On September 3, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles2 Comments

I enjoyed this more than I expected to. I haven’t done a cartoon puzzle in a while and I forgot how much fun I find them. The bright colors make me very happy, and the easier sorting is a bonus as well.

Monsters 1

I started with Mike, the green was easy to find and I loved the character too. Every time I look at it I hear Boo yelling “Mike Wazowski!” in the movie. So cute!

Monsters 2

There were an abundance of eyes, and I worked on them next. So many eyes! This puzzle was completely absorbing and entertaining, it reminded me how much I like cartoony puzzles. I bought this one on the insistence of my daughter, it seems she knows better than I do what puzzles I would enjoy – I should take her shopping with me every time. 😉

Another Fun Shopping Trip!

On September 2, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw PuzzlingLeave a comment

Shopping Yesterday I decided that since Dorian is taking his sweet time coming to visit that I needed to pick up my daughter and go get a few more puzzles before he shows up. I mean, more than 100 puzzles here in the house just doesn’t seem like enough. 😁 Truth is, I just needed to get out of the house and hang out with my baby girl for a little bit – and why not buy puzzles while we’re at it, right?

I had so much fun with the Monsters Inc. panoramic puzzle that I went a little panorama crazy and bought two more Disney ones, an Art Poulin Americana image, and a gorgeous Ciro Marchetti scene. Whoops!

I also bought a 2000 piece Big Ben puzzle, it’s the one in the back with the eggs. The image just looks like it would be extremely fun to put together, not intimidating at all, and it was only $6.99. Now how in the world could I pass that up?

In addition, I also picked up the other two Thaneeya McArdle images similar to Live for Today. It was so enjoyable to assemble and was pretty good quality, so they seemed to jump right into my cart.

There’s also a very difficult Anne Taintor puzzle that I looked at last time we were there, but for some reason this time I felt as though I could handle it without too much frustration – I hope I was right. If not, you guys may hear me doing some whining about it in the future. Please be kind if I get whiny, I know I did it to myself. 😉

There are still 6 puzzles to assemble from the last shopping trip I told you about, plus 5 more from a trip that I didn’t post details on. Whatever. They will all get some lovin’ from me at some point. 💝

Mexican Guitars

On September 1, 2019September 1, 2019 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles5 Comments

I enjoyed this puzzle way too much, and I wish I’d been able to find a 1000 piece of this image – it went by too fast!

The quality was excellent, with thick pieces that had a dry feeling finish that felt good in my hands. The fit was exceptional, and I was able to pick up the entire puzzle with one hand. I liked the angled sort of grid cut too, it made for interesting piece shapes. Sometimes Milton Bradley Big Ben puzzles aren’t such good quality as this; I was happy to find this one wasn’t lacking at all.

I’ve got another Big Ben puzzle in the to do pile, with an awesome image that I’m very much looking forward to. Having completed this one, it makes me want to get going on the next one even sooner.

If I come across the 1000 piece of this image, I’m definitely getting it. I absolutely LOVED this puzzle!