Bread Baking In Progress

On February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling6 Comments

Bread Baking IP — Bread Baking by Kim Jacobs – Milton Bradley – 500 pieces

This puzzle has been very slow going – the colors are very muted and almost nothing at all is obvious. It may be partly due to the new dosage of my pain medication (YIKES), but mostly I think it’s the image. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

My blog tells me I’ve assembled one other puzzle by this artist, and looking back at the post I see that it wasn’t one that I particularly enjoyed. Although the artwork on both puzzles is lovely, they just don’t seem to make good puzzles for me. It’s just one of those subjective things, it isn’t especially my pile of pieces.

It was a gift – one of my Christmas puzzles – and I’m hoping as I get further into the assembly it will get a little easier, and perhaps a little more enjoyable. 🙂

Giveaway Winner!

On February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling8 Comments

The random number generator has spoken, and the winner of the 500 piece Sewing Collage puzzle is…………………

Entry #4 – Marleen Smallegange – Congratulations!

I’ve sent you an email, and hopefully I’ll be able to get your copy out to you very soon. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 🙂

Thank you to everyone who entered, I’ve enjoyed holding this giveaway. Thanks to everyone who stops by here at My Jigsaw Journal, you are always welcome! Be on the lookout for another giveaway soon – it will be a 1000 piece next time. 🧩

My Darlin’ Daughter

On February 16, 2020March 5, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling8 Comments

My sweet darlin’ daughter took it upon herself to be the Valentine’s fairy this year and put together gift bags for the entire family – I raised a fantastic girl who grew up to be the most amazing, selfless, thoughtful woman I know. The whole family is doing their best to get through all the “firsts” after losing a loved one, and she decided to try and make our first Valentine’s Day without her beloved grandmother a good one for us all. I’m so proud of her and how she truly wants to take care of us all. 💝

She did a great job, and of course she went a little overboard and for my present I received the most adorable wooden puzzle from Artifact! How sweet is my girl? So sweet!

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This puzzle is just the cutest! The artwork is by Randal Spangler, and I don’t think I’ve assembled any other puzzles with his artwork before. I don’t know where he’s been hiding, but I adore the look of this one and hopefully I’ll be able to find more puzzles with his images on them. 🙂

I’ve only just started working on it, and have already succumbed to my OCD; the pieces are all laid out on the board in very orderly rows. I started with the pieces just all over the board willy nilly, but my brain can’t function well with things in such disarray. And there’s something very soothing about getting all the pieces lined up neatly, I can’t really explain it. My hunch is that many of us who love jigsaw puzzles have a little bit of the OCD, and putting things right by getting the picture put back together gives us immense satisfaction.

The pieces are very squared off and geometrical looking, but that doesn’t mean it’s overly easy, because it most definitely hasn’t been so far.

Catastrophe IP

I love the interesting cut and the squared off connectors, and I’m looking forward to seeing the completed puzzle – it’s so adorable! It shouldn’t take too long, the puzzle is only 182 pieces so it should be completed today if all goes well.

Thank you to my darlin’ sweet baby girl for the amazing gift, I love it – but I love you more! 💗

Window Shoppers In Progress

On February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling2 Comments

Shoppers IP — Window Shoppers – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

This puzzle got started on Tuesday afternoon, but unfortunately there were things that had to be done yesterday that took up the entire morning. When I finally did get home I was wrung out and ready to do absolutely nothing – and that is what I did.

Life is constantly trying to insert itself into our puzzling time; the family wants food, clean clothes, a tidy house – so rude!

Hopefully I’ll be able to get back to it today and make some more progress. I was enjoying myself before quitting time came. 🙂

Puzzle Giveaway!

On February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling24 Comments

I find myself with an extra copy of this puzzle that I completed last year, and so I’ve decided to hold another giveaway. 🙂 It’s a new, unopened copy of Sewing Collage, a 500 piece Milton Bradley/Big Ben puzzle; you can read my post about this puzzle by clicking the link above.

I assembled this puzzle in September of last year and had a great time with it, and now if you’re the lucky winner you could have a great time assembling it too! All you have to do is comment on this post, and you’ll be entered in the drawing. I will use a random number generator to decide the winner and will post the results one week from today, Monday February 17, 2020.

Good luck!