Tag: 1000 pieces

Classic Sitcoms

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles6 Comments

Classic Sitcoms – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

This puzzle went quickly once I slogged through the sorting, which I find to be the worst part of puzzling – but for me it makes the rest so much more entertaining – that’s why I do it. At the time I’m typing up this post the virus still hasn’t fully let go of me, so it took a while to get through the sorting and putting together the edges. Once I made it thru the boring sorting and was able to actually start on the inside assembly it seemed to fly together.

Collages really are my happy puzzle place, and this one was no different. It looked like such fun it had to be the first one I assembled once my huge puzzle order arrived. If you can believe it, I’m old enough to have seen at least one episode of every single sitcom shown – except one. The Wonder Years never made it to my screen, it was just never my cup of tea. But I’ve seen every other show! I Love Lucy was already off the air before I was born, but most people my age have seen at least an episode or two, it’s been in re-runs forever.

It was a little more challenging than I thought it would be, but not too bad at all. The entertainment factor was high though and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. There were some easy to pick out sections like Bewitched, Mary Tyler Moore, I Dream of Jeannie, etc. Once those were done I picked out all the words, then the pieces with a bit of the white frame around each section, and then there weren’t many pieces left and they all seemed to jump right into the puzzle very quickly!

As per usual I picked out a couple to show you close up, shows that myself and my family really loved. Also, check out how clean and clear the pictures are close up, the image reproduction on this puzzle was excellent…

M*A*S*H was a favorite when I was younger, and my oldest son (the lover of all things movie/tv related) loves to watch the show with me as well. We’ve seen every episode, and it brings back many good memories. I remember the whole family gathered to watch the final episode of the series back in 1983. Seemed like the whole of America stopped to watch it too as I remember there being a whole lot made in the press about it being the most watched tv episode ever. After I typed up the previous sentence I checked the internet and according to my googling it still reigns as the most watched tv episode in US history – that’s amazing!

Soap was a favorite of mine and Mom’s; it makes me think of her.💕It was a satire/spoof of soap operas and was so over the top and stupidly funny that we absolutely LOVED it! Someone gifted me a box set of the entire series (there were only 3 seasons unfortunately) and Mom and I used to love to watch it together. I still have it though we barely watch DVDs anymore with all the streaming these days. Soap isn’t available on any of the streaming services, so thankfully whenever I need a good laugh it’s easy enough to pop in one of the discs and reminisce. Soap is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time, so I’m glad it was included in this collage.

This puzzle was a great time, and if you’re looking for a few hours of entertainment I can highly recommend it. Very good quality and an excellent image for puzzling!

Rebels In Progress…

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling4 Comments

Rebels – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

I’m sure it won’t be a surprise for you to hear that this puzzle is making for a completely entertaining assembly. If you ask me it needs to be a 2000 piece puzzle because it seems to be going together much too quickly and the fun is going to be over way too soon. 😥

There are most likely many things to tell you about the assembly so far, but I need to get back to my puzzle; it’s calling to me…

It also occurs to me that there aren’t nearly enough collage puzzles here, perhaps I need to do some shopping!

Get Your Stitch Together In Progress…

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling4 Comments

Get Your Stitch Together – What The Puzzles – 1000 pieces

This puzzle has only just gotten started, but I’m already having the loveliest time with it! First of all, my darling daughter came over to spend time with me yesterday on Mother’s Day, and she helped me put the edges together. We haven’t worked on a puzzle together in what seems like forever and it made my heart happy. Secondly, my sweet puzzle pal Penny sent me this puzzle (and one other) just because she’s an awesome friend. And last but not least, this is a new-to-me brand, and it seems to be quite good quality – which is always a great thing to discover!

I’ll have to be careful when I write up the post for the completed puzzle though, it is full of cuss words, rude language, and in general is extremely R-rated. As the wife of a retired Marine there isn’t a swear word I haven’t heard or seen before, and not much can shock me. To have such bad language and sometimes awful things cross-stitched into little samplers, however, I found absolutely hilarious. I laughed so hard when I saw the package, you have no idea! 🤣 (Of course that’s the reason for the big question mark in the “what’s on my board” section of the homepage too – I don’t wanna put a picture of the puzzle where I can’t give fair warning first to allow anyone to opt out of it if they’d prefer.)

The pieces are on the thinner side, but are extremely sturdy – and the fit is exceptional. I’m very much looking forward to working on this puzzle some more!

Dark Academia In Progress…

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles2 Comments

Dark Academia – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

I’ve started another collage, this is another book covers collage from Re-marks and I can already tell that it is going to be extremely entertaining to assemble!

Usually there are many books from these types of collages that I have read, this time there’s only one – it shocked me. You may be surprised to find that I consider my self relatively intelligent and well read but in this collage the only book shown that I’ve read is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Does that make a uncultured swine? Perhaps. I don’t really care; I’m past the age of giving a crap what other people think of me and doing things because someone else thinks I should. A few of the books look interesting, but at the moment I’m not going out of my way to stock up on any of them. For me the draw here was the image of the book covers themselves, not to get a suggested reading list. It just looks like a fun puzzle and that’s it.

So far it’s been great. The initial sorting didn’t seem to take forever, I pulled the pieces for a dozen or so books that were easy to find, and got all the edges on the first try. Excellent progress so far. 😎

Vintage Matchboxes

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles2 Comments

Vintage Matchboxes – Colorcraft Puzzles – 1000 pieces

*This is the last puzzle from 2024, I promise! Since it sat on my puzzle board for just over two years I am CERTAIN it’s the last one; we had to dust it off just to take a picture. Ick.*

Sorry there aren’t any close up pictures of this one, I actually did take them, but they were awful. It’ll get better, I just have to get my blogging sea legs back.

As per usual there are no memories of this assembly. Colorcraft Puzzles are about mid-range in puzzle quality if memory serves; the fit and image quality are good, the finish is a bit shiny and can cause glare under indoor lights, the boxes are quite small for 1000 pieces and JUST fit all the pieces.

It’s a cool image and my hope is that it was entertaining to put together. But if it wasn’t, I don’t remember so it’s all good. 😉