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Storytime

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Storytime by Charlie Girard – White Mountain – 1000 pieces

Loved it. Well of course I did, it’s a collage! And to assemble so many of the books that I read as a child or that I read to my own children, it was just a sweet little walk down memory lane as I was puzzling.

I had this exact book, with this exact cover when I was little. I loved Pippi and wanted to be just like her; a kick-ass girl who didn’t care what others thought, didn’t much like authority, was fiercely independent, not mention very strong – and we both had freckles so of course I thought I was gonna be exactly like her. 😂

My kids were very much into the Madeline books at one point. We watched the animated tv show together, read the books together, and of course we made special trips to the library to get more Madeline books together!

Curious George was another book series I loved as a child, all the trouble he got himself into made for some interesting little books. My children were never too taken with this series, but I remember them fondly from my own childhood.

Overall I really enjoyed this puzzle, but unless there was a problem with the quality I knew it would be great fun to assemble. The colors and different types of artwork made for an interesting build that was definitely never boring. It brought back memories of my childhood as well as the time when my kids were small. I’m so glad we’re all readers in this family!

Fantasy

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Fantasy – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

This isn’t my best picture taking lately, but please be kind – it’s been a rough week. Still, thank goodness that somewhere in all the disaster of the week I had there was time to sit and relax and think about nothing other than which piece goes where. Isn’t puzzling just the best hobby ever?

I know a lot of people think puzzles are just for when you get old, but they’re so good for your mental health, your physical health, mental acuity, etc. Now why in the world would you want to wait until you get older to enjoy all those benefits? Plus, it’s a bargain; where else can you spend just a few dollars and get hours and hours of meditation, relaxation, and enjoyment? If you’re not already sold, I don’t know if I can help you. Puzzles are awesome, for the very young, the very old, and every age in between.

Back to this particular puzzle. I usually let you know how many of these books I’ve read, and it’s a sad number folks – apparently fantasy isn’t my usual genre because out of fifty books I’ve read only three! Oh my. So for this post I’ll be showing closeups of books I haven’t read, but I LOVED assembling the covers. It also shows the amazingly gorgeous image reproduction. When you see them up close you realize how beautiful this puzzle would be in person.

This one is a stunner, and was easy to find almost every piece the first time I went thru all the pieces. A little bit of a challenge to assemble, but that’s part of the fun.

I haven’t read the book or seen the movie, but I do know the song from Stranger Things. 😂 This gorgeous lion with the purple background was fun to find and assemble. Can’t ask for much more.

Gorgeous green color made this one easy to pick out but not quite so simple to put together. I’ve never even heard of this book, but I love the cover.

As usual I enjoyed myself immensely as I worked on this puzzle. Every piece put in was an accomplishment, and it was great fun from the border to that very last click into place. If you haven’t figured it out by now I love puzzles, and this one made me very happy indeed. 💚

Alice’s Adventures…In Progress…

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Anna Stead – Gibsons – 1000 pieces

This was shipped to my home as an early birthday present, and knowing it was puzzles OF COURSE I didn’t wait until my birthday to open them. Duh. Thanks for the thoughtful gift Penny, I’m having a great time with this one!

The scrolls with the words were much more of a challenge than I thought; even though putting the quotes together was no problem at all, the rest of the scroll with no words and plenty of color changes were more difficult than I gave them credit for. At one point I’d assembled the words and pulled out what I thought to be most of the pieces with scroll on them – and it was just too difficult for me to place many pieces at all. I kinda gave up on that after a while and focused on filling in other sections first. After a bit I began to find a few pieces here and there and eventually sorted the scroll pieces by shape and only tried to place them when I could be sure of the shape or coloring I was looking for.

Sometimes I get it into my head how something should go together and I stick to it even though it takes way more time than it should and is obviously, eventually, the wrong way to go. That’s how I started out this puzzle, and even though I knew I was doing it and it was taking a ridiculous amount of time – I still continued to do it! Sometimes I’m a stubborn ol’ cow, and I just have to blunder through everything my enormously stupid way until I come to my senses.

I’m down to two trays of pieces left, which means I’m now sorting my next puzzle before I can finish this one. My next one will be section B of the big Disney puzzle, Alice in Wonderland. If things keep going the way they are it’s gonna take a while to sort; I’ve been sorting since yesterday but keep getting exhausted and start yawning and end up needing a nap.💤🛌💤

Then again, I’m so anxious to hurry up and get back to this gorgeous puzzle that maybe the sorting won’t take as long as I thought. Here’s hoping!

Whatever puzzle you’re working on today, happy puzzling my friends! 🧩💚

Fresh Blooms

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Fresh Blooms – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

This adorable puzzle was a very nice assembly, even though I was in a mood when working on it. It survived my menopausal madness, and went together pretty quickly despite sitting untouched for almost an entire day.

Typical Re-marks quality, which was quite good. The finish on this one was quite shiny though, and caused a little havoc on the darker sections. I don’t have much natural light in my puzzle room and working under artificial lights makes it difficult when the finish causes glare. It makes it difficult getting a good picture as well, especially if I finish in the evening or very early mornings; with no light other than artificial ones keeping the camera at an angle to prevent glare on the images makes for a more challenging editing process with each picture. I know, I’m complaining a bit. But if you’re looking for all positivity all the time, you’re in the wrong place.

These were my favorite little tableaus in the image. That little puppy peeking over the table at the cookies, while working on that section in the evening I had to stop and make myself some hot chocolate because that steaming mug had me dreaming of warm cocoa! The party section in the middle was colorful and fun, and the stark simplicity of the last section was absolutely beautiful.

My typical choice for collage images are usually quite different from this one, but I enjoyed it just the same. Every little section gave me a sense of accomplishment as they were finished, and the whole puzzle looks amazing.

Country Delivery

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Country Delivery by Eduard – Buffalo – 1000 pieces

This puzzle was so entertaining that I spent WAY too much time at the board with no breaks. I’m paying for it today, but it was totally worth it! I love a slice of Americana, and this puzzle is so beautiful with just the right amount of challenge.

Usual Buffalo quality, no problems at all other than a shiny finish. The completed puzzle is lovely and it’s one I’d do again if there weren’t hundreds of other puzzles here for me to do. The Country Life series has so many great images, seeing how fun this one was makes me want to get more of them – many more. 😇

When’s the last time you saw one of these out in the world? I couldn’t even tell you the last time I saw a real phone booth or public telephone anywhere. The Bell system, anyone still remember that? My dad worked almost his entire adult life for Michigan Bell, before they were taken over by AT&T. Man, that seems like a lifetime ago.

This puppy seems out of place to me, adorable as it is. I have no problem with digital artists, obviously, as Aimee Stewart is my absolute favorite and she is a digital artist. I know the images we puzzle are many times manipulated to make them more pleasing to the eye, etc.; but for some reason this puppy and bucked just seem very out of place – like they were just plopped there because something was needed to break up all the pavement. Nothing else in this image seems to me like it doesn’t belong, just this. This is all just my opinion of course, if you don’t agree just pay no attention to my rantings.

I just love the look of this old delivery vehicle. Can’t you hear that old timey horn blowing? Ah-oo-ga!

If this image gooses your gumdrops I say go for it; it’s absolutely worth your time and money. 👍🧩💚