Stonehenge In A Nutshell

On December 1, 2016January 30, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store PuzzlesLeave a comment

Interesting jigsaw. My first from this company, and I would say the quality is satisfactory; piece thickness was good, image reproduction was slightly fuzzy but I believe that was the artist’s rendering.

This puzzle is grid cut, with basically only 2 piece shapes. It was the first time I was unable to assemble all the edge pieces first. Most were a solid color, except the sides and certain parts of the bottom edge with writing. I connected what I could, and had to wait until the puzzle was almost complete before I was able to finish the edges.

Nevertheless it was a fun, informative puzzle. Lots of information about Stonehenge and it’s construction. Plenty of words to assemble, and there wasn’t really much wasted space or large areas of sameness that would make assembly difficult – especially with only 2 piece shapes. Excellent thrift store find!

Thursday 12-01-16

On December 1, 2016March 24, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

I mostly did some filling in today, it looks impressive but I wasn’t able to actually add very many pieces. Spent most of the day resting or playing with the dog. What would be great is if doctors could actually do something about or help me with my pain. Being in pain all the time is awful and depressing. Having this puzzle is good for me though, gives me something to look forward to, a goal to accomplish.

I may have to see if I can find a copy of Peter Pan to watch, my youngest son told me today that the filmstrip pictures don’t accurately represent the end of the movie. It’s been so long since I’ve seen it that I don’t really remember specifically the ending. What’s interesting about the filmstrip in this section is that the image I’m assembling is also an image in the filmstrip. This wasn’t true of the first three sections I completed. Kind of cool though! The stars are bigger and brighter, but otherwise it’s the same scene.

Spending the day at mom’s tomorrow, my Friday ritual. Won’t be as much progress, but any pieces added make me happy! 🙂

Wednesday 11-30-16

On November 30, 2016March 24, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

Most of the light blue clouds are finished and I’ve started the dark blue sky. There are about 1200 or more of the dark pieces left, wheeeee!!

I’m surprisingly not finding this puzzle tedious yet. I figured once I had to start on the sky it would be difficult and frustrating, but it isn’t. I’ve been working on the clouds for 2 days and it isn’t bothering me at all. In fact today I was having a great time working on it, in between throwing a toy for the dog over and over and watching netflix.

Tomorrow I have to get groceries in the morning, but hope to be able to work on the puzzle during the afternoon after I rest from shopping. I bet there’ll be more sky done! Super exciting!

Pencil Collage

On November 29, 2016July 16, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles1 Comment

This White Mountain fit together so tightly it could be stood on end! So of course, I had to take the picture that way, and with the way the pencils are laid out in the puzzle it makes an awesome picture!

We ordered this puzzle and I put off working on it for a while because it was on the “challenging puzzles” page of the White Mountain website and I needed to be in the right mood to do it. I did not find it to be that difficult actually, and really enjoyed the entire assembly. The image was crisp and all the printing on the pencils was easy to read. There were some funny sayings on some pencils and some very interesting ads as well. Super fun puzzle for me – especially because I always love to have words to assemble AND it’s a collage. Bonus!

Don’t be frightened away from challenging puzzles, sometimes the challenge is just what you need and sometimes it isn’t as difficult as you think it will be.

More Colorful Egg Pattern Favorites To Go For

On November 29, 2016 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw PuzzlesLeave a comment

When I first saw this puzzle I thought, “That’s kinda cool”. Then I read the little blurb about the artist and I had to own it. Gregory L. Blackstock is an autistic artist who defines the world around him by identifying, ordering and arranging things. His artwork helps him find a sense of order in a chaotic world.

I have two children with autism, and completely understand his need for order and an outlet for the stress of dealing with people and things that are confusing or upsetting. In addition to being excited to get a jigsaw with artwork by a person with autism, it’s a fabulous fun puzzle that is hard to walk away from. Once you pull pieces for an egg and assemble them, it leads to pieces of another one, and so on and so on.

The Pomegranate quality is exceptional, their boxes AND puzzle pieces feel amazing. The pieces are thick and sturdy and soft feeling at the same time. The box feels just as great and is the sturdiest box I’ve ever seen for a puzzle. The fit is quite good and the image reproduction is as well. LOVED this puzzle! Pomegranate puzzles have exceptional quality and I would recommend them to anyone!