Coffee Cafe

On January 9, 2017January 30, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store PuzzlesLeave a comment

I love coffee and I love jigsaws, so put the two together and it’s a great combination. This was a thrift store purchase, and the first Remarks puzzle that I assembled.

The quality of the pieces was quite good, although as you can see the finish was somewhat shiny causing glare under lights. The piece shapes were random, not a plain grid cut which made for a nice variety of shapes and a fun assembly. The piece were about average thickness, but were compact and sturdy; and the image quality was excellent. There was also a poster included in the box – added bonus!

I always love getting a thrift store puzzle finished and seeing that all the pieces are present and accounted for. It’s even more satisfying when the assembly is enjoyable and you’ve only spent 99 cents!

Monday 01-09-17

On January 9, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle Progress1 Comment

I’m down to under 1000 pieces left, so everything is laid out on trays. It’s a little slow going at times, but I know whatever piece I’m looking for has to be here somewhere!

It’s coming along quickly now, and shouldn’t be too much longer before this section is done. I’ve really been enjoying this section and hope that continues with the remaining 4 sections! Well, probably not. Fantasia is next and I think it’s going to be the hardest one. But I think the other 3 sections will be much easier, especially after Fantasia is finished! Fantasia, The Lion King, Bambi and Beauty and the Beast are all that’s left.

From here on in there really isn’t a plan of attack other than to just keep on filling in. Every piece that is assembled is one less piece to look through. The assembly gets a tiny bit faster with each added piece, and before you know it, you’re finished!

Sunday 01-08-17

On January 8, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

More fireflies, more water, more background, more blue!!

Lots more filling in today, only got bits done in fits and starts, but I did get progress made. It doesn’t seem like much sometimes, but it’s starting to look really good! Everything is starting to work together and look like what it’s supposed to look like.

Probably about 3 or 4 days left before I’m done. Won’t be long now 🙂

Saturday 01-07-17

On January 7, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle Progress4 Comments

Lots of filling in done today! I love it when I’m able to fill in blank spaces, it makes it seem like so much more of an accomplishment.

For some reason I’m loving the fireflies. You can’t tell that they are fireflies in the actual puzzle, but since I’ve seen the movie A LOT I know that’s what they are. In the puzzle they’re just little balls of light. I’m not sure why but I think they look really cool in the image. The water is challenging at times because the colors waver back and forth and sometimes just change abruptly, but the challenge is part of the fun. If it were super easy I doubt I would be enjoying it as much.

I’m feeling the need to do another puzzle right now, but I’m not sure which one I want to do. Most of the puzzles I have here are 1000-3000 pieces, and I don’t have enough trays! They’re mostly being taken up with the remaining pieces of this behemoth. I brought home a puzzle from mom’s house that’s only 500 pieces, but I’m not sure it’s the one I want to do. I know, I make absolutely no sense. Hormones. Fickle old lady mind. Whatever. I have to be in the right mood to do certain puzzles. I don’t always have to make sense, or be sane 😉 I’ll figure it out. Maybe.

Matchbooks Collage

On January 6, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles4 Comments

Was this puzzle ever fun! I am a sucker for collage puzzles and this one was no different, so enjoyable! I had a lot of help with this one too – my husband and daughter and son-in-law pitched in. I forgot that I took this picture before the puzzle was technically finished. I told my daughter she could put in the last piece, so I left it out for her (that’s the piece on the right side). I took this picture and texted it to her so she would know it was waiting for her, but then once she put the piece in I forgot to take a picture of the COMPLETED puzzle. 😉

It was a joy to put together and I can’t recommend it enough. It was entertaining to read all the matchbook covers as it was being assembled (the things they used to put on a book of matches – Wow!) Most of the matchbooks were between 4 and 6 pieces, so it was almost like doing a bunch of tiny little puzzles. Loved it!

The White Mountain brand has some of the most amazing and fun collage puzzles. And their pieces are larger than most companies, so the 1000 piece puzzle is more impressive when finished, it feels like a bigger accomplishment.