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Bluebells

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Bluebells – Wentworth (Mini Mindful) – 40 pieces

As beautiful as this image is, I have to say this Mini Mindful was a bit disappointing for me. All of the other puzzles in this line that I’ve done have had tessellating pieces, or a repeating pattern of interestingly shaped pieces – this seemed just like a regular micro puzzle from Wentworth.

There’s not a thing wrong with Wentworth’s micro puzzles, but I was hoping for more of a challenge with the Mini Mindful; one that makes you really focus because it’s more difficult than a “regular” puzzle. This is just my opinion of course, but that’s what this blog is – my opinions about the puzzles I assemble.

Cute whimsies to go along with the outdoor image. They made the puzzle even easier to assemble, the shapes around them were very easy to find. 😢

Still, it’s a lovely image and I enjoyed putting it together even if I was a little let down by the piece shapes.

Maleficent Still In Progress…

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Maleficent (Disney Villainous) – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

Normally I don’t post more than once about an in progress puzzle – not for regular ones anyway. Both the 40,320 piece Disney Memorable Moments puzzle and the Mystery Box puzzle had many, many updates but those were special. This is just your run-of-the-mill 1000 piece puzzle, and although it started out going really quickly the progress has slowed a bit.

It’s mostly my fault, I’m still not feeling my best and have spent more than a bit of time sleeping the last couple of days. But it’s also getting more time consuming to find and place pieces as it’s down to just dark colors most with a bit of frame in them.

The frames aren’t as distinctive as I’d hoped, or my powers of concentration and eye for detail are failing me – or perhaps it’s a bit of both. It’s taking longer now, and the overhead lighting isn’t doing me any favors either.

Anyway, it should be done today. I’ll be proud of myself when I get it finished, but I’m not sure I’ll be working on a Disney Villainous puzzle again any time soon. They’re not easy!

Vintage Fabrics and Notions

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Vintage Fabrics and Notions by Aimee Stewart – Buffalo – 1000 pieces

What a fantastic puzzle! I adored this beauty from the first piece to the last, and had to keep stopping myself from working on it because it was getting completed way too quickly. Perhaps I need a 2000 piece Aimee Stewart image to work on?

The quality of this Buffalo puzzle was excellent. The image reproduction was stunning, with bright, crisp colors, no blurriness or fuzziness; the pieces were the usual variety of Buffalo shapes and the fit was the best I’ve worked with from this brand for quite a while. When all was said and done I was highly impressed with this puzzle and it’s quality.

This was the first section that I completed, it made me feel a little nostalgic. Mom used to have so many vintage sewing notions and especially fasteners and buttons, I loved to look through them while she was repairing clothes or making something new.

This pattern also made me think of Mom. When we’d all pile in the car to go shopping at the fabric store I would try to keep myself from being bored by looking through all the patterns. Mom spent much longer in the store than my sisters and I liked, and after a while we’d start to whining about having to be there so long. But for the most part she was buying fabrics, patterns, and notions because she was making clothes; and she was making clothes because it was much cheaper than buying them. She made all my prom dresses when I was in high school, and she even made my wedding dress.

Mom was amazing at just about every craft there was, and I didn’t appreciate it when I was a child; when I became a young woman though it was a different story. She was a whiz at doing all those things, and I was a little jealous of her talents; I very much appreciated all the work she put in making things for us all and made sure I told her so. Often.

All the wild and colorful fabrics in this section were really fun to assemble. I’m not sure I would want any clothes from them, but they were entertaining in this puzzle.

I had the best time with this puzzle, and I assembled it at the right time too – our cable and internet went out the night I started this beauty, so of course I had something fabulous to occupy myself with when there was no tv to watch and the rest of the family were losing their minds.

We all should have some unplugged hobbies we can turn to when we need to, don’t you think?

You Are Here

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You Are Here – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

This gorgeous, colorful and serene-looking image was in July’s subscription box, and my daughter picked it out for us to assemble together. It was quite difficult; the painterly style and less than optimal lighting in the bathroom made for a challenging assembly. There were quite a few times when I put pieces wrong, but luckily they did not quite fit correctly and I could see my errors.

The image isn’t one I would normally choose to puzzle, but it was more engrossing than I anticipated, and the sense of accomplishment I felt once it was complete was rather nice.

I’m very much looking forward to our next subscription box – what could be in store for us this month?

Maleficent In Progress…

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Maleficent (Disney Villainous) – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

Unfortunately the only progress I have made is to start sorting this one, and the sorting tells me it isn’t going to be a quick assembly either. I’ve only done one other Disney Villainous puzzle, Queen of Hearts, and it was very entertaining even though it was a bit of a challenge.

The image for Maleficent seems much darker than the Queen of Hearts though, and I’m certain it will be a bit more difficult. But I’ve looked at the image closely, and I’m hoping it won’t be as hard as perhaps it seems. Except the border, the border is gonna suck just like the last one did. 🤔

My youngest has been trying to get me to assemble this one for weeks and I’ve kept telling him no, that it’s too dark; well, now is the time. I have no idea why, he didn’t even pick it out this time. Maybe I want to get it over with. Maybe I’m looking for a bit of a challenge.

Maybe I’ve lost my mind.