Nebulium by Nadieh Bremer – Artifact – 147 pieces

This gorgeous puzzle with abstract but symmetrical pieces was not only highly entertaining to assemble, but it made my sweet hubby’s heart go pitter patter. 💗 I tried to make this puzzle last by taking frequent breaks, but he absolutely loved how it went together and I had to stop him from working on it without me!

My husband is all about putting things in order, and the fact that this puzzle has symmetrical pieces that work outward from the center had him even more motivated than usual to help me. I just had the pieces strewn around on the table (not normal for me, I know, but I was trying to make my limited number of vacation puzzles last) and I asked him to help me find the pieces that connected to the starburst-looking piece that was the center.

Of course once he came over to help and saw that there were many pieces of the same shape he said we had to separate them by shape first before we went any further. Once that was done he was hooked, figuring out what set of pieces was the next layer had him more engaged with a puzzle than I’ve seen him in a long time. And more than once I had to make him stop working on it without me!

The image was beautiful, but it was the abstract pieces and how the puzzle was assembled from the center outward that had both of us so enamored with it. While we were working on it I was telling him about another puzzle by the same artist with a somewhat similar but more complex shape on the Artifact website, and how the other puzzle was in my cart first while I was shopping but I switched it out for this one because the first one looked a bit more difficult.

Once we finished this puzzle he asked me to show him the puzzle I didn’t buy, and then told me that I should buy it. Several times in the next couple of days he asked if I had bought it yet – can you tell he REALLY enjoyed the assembly of this puzzle?

If any of you are wondering…..of course I went back and bought the other puzzle. It came with us for our second trip. 😎