Blooming Heart

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles

Blooming Heart – Crafthub – 73 pieces

This is the second of the Crafthub puzzles with the less than optimal quality. It was slightly better in that there was just one piece that was still attached to another (rather than the four sets of still attached pieces in The Bee puzzle), and there weren’t any pieces that needed to be bent back into shape. The cut was still extremely loose, and again the colors don’t match the poster – this time was even worse with the colors.

Cute whimsies, and I like the word Love spelled out in the heart. That’s everything nice I have to say about these. The pieces are so small, and some of the shapes they chose to make create such thin connections that I don’t think they will all last several assemblies, things will start breaking off.

The color differences were worse this time; the two large roses are an orange color in the poster and pink in the puzzle itself. The greens are not the same, things don’t match up.

There is no piece count on the box, so I had to count these by hand. Not a big deal if you remember to do it before you start assembling – but I did not. So, I got a pen and started marking them as I counted, those are the little dots you see on each piece. I missed one on the first count, but once it was glued and I was really looking it over I saw my mistake. 73 pieces is correct.

The gluing went really well! I just used Mod Podge and glued it like I would a cardboard puzzle – but very carefully so as not to dislodge any of the pieces. Once the first coat was on the back I was able to be a little more forceful and make sure the glue was really in there between every piece. There were two coats on the back when I took this picture, and I added a coat on the front afterward.

This puzzle was slightly better in quality than the first, but in my opinion the pieces were still too small, and the fit was still too loose. Perhaps their laser is set to a thicker width so that it creates a larger gap between pieces that causes such a loose fit? That’s my guess anyway.

I’ll say it again, please spend your puzzle budget elsewhere. There are several companies that make wooden jigsaw puzzles with excellent quality and relatively reasonable prices you can try. Don’t get your first impression of what a wooden jigsaw puzzle can be from this company – they ain’t even worth their discounted prices.

10 thoughts on “Blooming Heart”

      2. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

        hi stacey sorry to read crafhub isnt one of your favorites at the moment im TRYING to do a puzzle from aimpuzzles but its clear i bit off much more than i chew its a very dark puzzle and hard to even find any whimsies and i didnt even get a picture of what it looks like. x julia

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  2. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

    Hello Stacey, my mother enjoys puzzles but has never had a wooden one. She ran across an ad for this particular one, but I did wonder about the quality. I don’t want her to have a frustrating experience with her first wooden puzzle. In my search, I ran across your wonderful jigsaw journal and have decided to find something of better quality! So far, I’ve found one at Wentworth or Starz that could work, although the latter is more than I’m wanting to spend. Have you purchased wooden puzzles from either of these companies? Also, are there other companies that I should look into?

    Oh, my…Congratulations on your 40,320 piece Disney puzzle!

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    1. Artifact puzzles have great quality at good prices plus free shipping in the US. Liberty Puzzles are excellent but a little more costly – though not nearly as expensive as Starz. Those two and Wentworth are all great quality wooden puzzles, though with Wentworth you’ll have to pay for shipping from the UK. In my book you can’t go wrong with any of those three.

      And thank you, I’m pretty proud of my Disney accomplishment! 😊

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  3. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

    Thank you so much for the timely reply…I am on a mission! I very much appreciate your insight and will add these companies to my search on finding “the one”. HA!
    As well, you should be proud…she’s a beauty! Thanks again, Stacey, and puzzle on!

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