Clue In Progress…

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Clue – Spin Master – 1000 pieces

I just finished sorting this morning and quickly put together the logo that goes in the middle – and I got all the pieces on the initial sort – way to go me!

The quality is less impressive than I was hoping for; the pieces are thin, the fit is very loose and there are a LOT of bent pieces. It’s quite different than Harmony Harbor by the same brand that I just posted about two days ago. That puzzle had quite a few bent pieces as well, but the chipboard was thicker, the finish was matte instead of shiny and the fit was very good.

According to the blog this is my first 1000 piece puzzle by this brand, and unfortunately so far I’m underwhelmed.

Apparently this is one of a series of six puzzles with images of classic board games, the others are Guess Who?, Monopoly, Battleship, Life, and Scrabble. They aren’t available online other than on resale sites; you can only get them in-store at Target and they seem to be extremely difficult to get. I wasn’t aware of any of this when I purchased it, and honestly I’m finding it quite frustrating just trying to get any information about this puzzle and/or the series.

Here’s hoping the assembly is less exasperating than the search for info about the puzzle itself. Fingers crossed!🤞

Cozy Bathroom

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Cozy Bathroom by Olga – Ravensburger – 500 pieces

This was a large piece puzzle by Ravensburger, and both the quality and the image made for a wonderful puzzling experience. The pieces felt amazing in my hands, the artwork is stunning, and the fit was exceptional – loved it!

When I work on a puzzle like this it reminds me why Ravensburger is one of my favorite brands of cardboard puzzles; the quality far surpasses most other puzzle companies and they have such a broad range of images in their catalog to choose from. And there’s something about the larger piece puzzles of theirs that is even more satisfying to work with – I just adore them.

This beautiful painting on the wall doesn’t seem very detailed when you see it close up, but you know exactly what it is – an homage to a Monet painting. Gorgeous!

There was something about this tableau in the corner of the image, it’s absolutely beautiful. I don’t know about anyone else, but whenever I see someone bathing on tv or in the movies and there are lit candles everywhere my first thought it how much of a pain in the a*s it would be to light them all in the first place. Or clean up after them when wax spills onto tables or other surfaces. Candlelight is lovely, but sometimes it doesn’t seem as though it’s worth all that work.

Stunning image, fantastic quality, and a wonderful all around assembly; this puzzle is very highly recommended. 🛀👍

Harmony Harbor

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Harmony Harbor – Spin Master – 300 pieces

This is a beautiful image, I’m not sure that it’s “calming” for me though. I wish there were more to say about this puzzle, but it was just…meh. Not bad, not great – it just was. Most certainly it is more about me than the puzzle itself or the image, but that’s how it seemed.

Spin Master has come out with these Calm puzzles; there is an app to download (comes with a free 30-day subscription) and you use the app to enhance your experience with mindful audio content from Calm, the #1 app for meditation, relaxation and sleep.

I’m not interested in an app to help me enjoy my puzzles; all I need is a beautiful image made by a quality jigsaw puzzle company and some great music to sing along with or just peace and quiet. Having the audio curated for me just isn’t what I’m looking for.

The quality was good; there were quite a few pieces with bent tabs, but the chipboard was a good thickness, the fit was very good, and the image reproduction was lovely with a matte finish.

I wish I had to more say about this puzzle, I’m just not feelin’ it at the moment. Sorry.

Wasgij In Progress…

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Childcare! by Bill Houston – Jumbo (Wasgij Mystery) – 1000 pieces

It looks like whatever poor soul bought the Wasgij Mystery puzzle printed just before mine ended up with several missing border pieces – because they found their way into my box instead. I’m hoping that doesn’t mean that there may be missing pieces with my puzzle, this one looks like so much fun!

The box says “The two childcare assistants are doing their best to look after all these children, but what’s the worst that could happen? That is the scene you have to puzzle.”

I’m looking forward to seeing all the mayhem. 😁

Casual Friday

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Casual Friday – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

Loved this puzzle – and as an added bonus – I was helped along by both my daughter and my hubby! Hubs put together the border (part of it was wrong but that’s ok, I put it right eventually); and my daughter put together the dark blue shirt. I know that’s only a few pieces, but it counts and I loved that she helped. She also helped me choose this puzzle to assemble before we started, it was her favorite of all the MicroPuzzles here to choose from.

This would be a great puzzle in a larger piece count, the colors and patterns on each shirt were quite fun to sort out and put together.

My brain isn’t working this morning, so there’s isn’t much more I can think of to say about this little puzzle – other than that I still love working with the little pieces, and there’s something so satisfying about completing a MicroPuzzle for me.