I had to start out the first day of the year with a completed puzzle! Quick and great fun, and now I’m starting on a 1000 piecer. Happy New Year 🎉🎆🎉

 

Sadly, my first big puzzle of the year had 7 missing pieces. Sigh. Oh well, it was still fun and much more demanding than I bargained for!

 

I’m sorry to say I was very disappointed in this new brand I’ve tried. The fit was terrible and extremely difficult to work with. It’s too bad, because the image is FANTASTIC. 😦

 

I’ve almost run out of things to say about these small shaped puzzles, they’re so much fun for me. I love them!

 

It’s interesting how these puzzles aren’t as easy as they look. Sometimes I stare at the pieces and think “how can this be so difficult?” Doesn’t matter, still fun!

 

Wow is this a gorgeous puzzle – but the wavy lines of color along the left side are a b*tch! Pretty darn proud of it though. 🙂

 

Wonderfully fun image to puzzle, it’s a pity the quality was so poor. But, for 69 cents at the thrift store I absolutely got more than my money’s worth! Quite entertaining to assemble. 🙂

 

These are harder than they look! The lower third of this one gave me a bit of a challenge. 🙂

 

My first completed wooden puzzle of 2019 – and it’s so adorable! Luckily I’ve got quite a few micro puzzles still to do, I love a “One Coffee Puzzle”. 🙂

 

I wasn’t planning on assembling 2 micro puzzles this day, but somehow I got one piece of this puzzle into the box with “Off to the Market”. I’m not complaining though, this one is so pretty!

At a family dinner this weekend my posse and I put this puzzle together while waiting to eat. It’s an adorable image, but not as much fun to assemble as we’d hoped.

 

Fun puzzle! This is a series called “The Edge”, where all the pieces have at least one straight edge. It says it’s supposed to be really challenging, but I honestly didn’t think so. I found it unique and really entertaining. 🙂

 

I love Fancy Nancy, she’s fully herself no matter what anyone thinks – in short, she’s me! This was a fun glitter puzzle, but not the best of quality. Didn’t matter though, glitter is so cool!

 

I had a “completionist” day since I hadn’t finished a puzzle in over a week. So I finished the 1000 piece I was working on and then did a couple of kids puzzles for good measure. 😉 This was really nice quality!

 

It’s been months and months since I completed a “What If” puzzle by Ravensburger – what on Earth was I waiting for? This puzzle was a hoot! Loved it!

 

This was the hardest one of the bunch, it was very dark! Still, at only 100 pieces it’s not too difficult to complete – although it may take more than one cup of coffee. ☕

 

I love the colors in this one, and it seemed much easier than I thought it would be. Lovely image, lovely puzzle!

 

I finished the last 3 in this series all in the same day, for some reason I wanted to finish the series before February. I loved each and every one of them!

 

My last puzzle for the month, and I absolutely love this image! There’s something about Asian artwork that appeals to me, and I think they make for lovely and challenging puzzles. ❤

January Stats:

• Puzzles completed           19
• Pieces assembled         7270
• Brands                                12
  • NY Puzzle Co.          *6
  • Wentworth              *3
  • Masterpieces
  • Holdson
  • Lafayette Puzzle Factory
  • Tidemark
  • Ceaco
  • Sunsout
  • TDC Puzzles
  • Briarpatch
  • Cardinal
  • Ravensburger