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Happy Socktober

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Happy Socktober – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

How fun is this image? So fun! After exhausting my supply of Halloween puzzles I was thrilled to get this month’s subscription box from MicroPuzzles with two more puzzles for my favorite holiday; plus the gift in this month’s box was a perfect compliment to to this puzzle…

Puzzle socks for Socktober! They don’t quite match the colors of the socks on the witch in the middle of the image, but they’re close enough. I don’t normally wear socks here in sweaty, sunny Florida, but how can I part with these? I love everything puzzle related, even these socks that I will wear only rarely.

Even though there was a different micro puzzle in progress in the master bathroom, I had to jump in and immediately get going on this one. As I’m typing up this post the date is October 1, but by the time you’re reading this it will be very close to the end of the month. There are puzzle posts already typed up and scheduled for most of October already, so there’s no waiting on these two holiday puzzles – they need to be assembled quickly in order to be sure they’re ready for posting before Halloween.

Although this is a brightly colored image, it isn’t an easy one to assemble. The two sets of striped socks on either side were much easier to find and assemble than the puzzle socks in the middle, so obviously that’s where I started. The middle bit with the darker background and the socks with four different colored puzzle pieces made for a much more challenging assembly.

Still I absolutely loved it, and was so excited to have some more Halloween puzzles to put together. The quality that MicroPuzzles has makes for fun puzzles that I usually enjoy very much. This one was no different in the quality department, but the image made me so happy that it made for even more entertaining puzzling than usual. I had the best time.💟

Happy Socktober my friends!

Robot Repair

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Robot Repair – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

Isn’t this the cutest little image? I thought it was anyway. It turns out that the cuteness doesn’t translate to ease of assembly – this was much harder than I thought it would be!

Does it sound dumb to you that after the hundreds and hundreds of puzzles I’ve done that I still can’t always tell whether a puzzle will be easy, difficult, entertaining, or a dud? It sounds dumb to me; yet I can’t always tell and can’t give you a reason either. You just do the best you can and pick puzzles that you like the look of, I suppose. Anyway, back to our puzzle…

This puzzle came in my MicroPuzzles subscription box, and the theme of that month was Mad Science. It was the companion puzzle to Tube-Tastic that I posted about in August. I love the image, but the size of the pieces and the number of pieces that constituted each little robot made it more challenging than I thought it would be. I ended up having to bring this one into the puzzle room in order to complete it under better lighting.

Even with the challenge I enjoyed this puzzle very much, and it’s too darn cute! 😍

Choose Joy Giveaway Winner!

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Choose Joy – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

The random number generator has spoken and the winner of this adorable little MicroPuzzle is………….

Entry #2 – Jess

Congratulations Jess! I hope you enjoy this charming little puzzle as much as I did. I will be sending you an email shortly, and will hopefully get this on it’s way to you very soon.

Thank you to everyone who entered, I always enjoy holding giveaways here on the blog; putting a little bit more puzzle joy into the world is a good thing, and I am extremely grateful that I am fortunate enough to be able to do that here every once in a while.

And a heartfelt thank you to everyone who stops by here at My Jigsaw Journal, it is much appreciated that you spend even a few minutes of your day here, and you are always welcome!

*For those of you who don’t enjoy the tiny little puzzles, don’t worry, I’ll be holding another giveaway next month, with a regular sized puzzle!*

As always, happy puzzling my friends. 💚🧩💚

Choose Joy

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles12 Comments

Choose Joy – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

Is this not an adorable image? It’s just too cute! The middle bit went together pretty quickly and easily, but the blue background and the edges themselves were much more difficult than anticipated. Still, challenging puzzles can be highly entertaining – and this one was.

This image is part of the Puzzle Pandas Kindness Collection from MicroPuzzles; you are encouraged to pay it forward and share this puzzle with someone else when you have completed it. Puzzle Pandas was started during the pandemic as a way to show kindness by sharing puzzles in your community. It’s a way to upcycle your puzzles and give someone an unexpected pick me up in the form of a free puzzle. You can check out the Puzzle Pandas website by clicking the link.

Rather than leaving this little test tube somewhere in my community, I’ve decided to give it away here on the blog, where I know whomever receives it will (hopefully) enjoy it. I know these small puzzles aren’t for everyone, but I hope there’s someone among my readership who will enjoy assembling this adorable little puzzle and perhaps pass it along in their community once they’ve completed it to keep the joy going.

So, if this looks like something you might want to assemble, you can enter the drawing by leaving a comment on this post. Each comment will be numbered and the random number generator will pick the winner on October 11, 2023. It doesn’t matter where in the world you live, you can enter the drawing.

Good luck! Happy puzzling my friends!

Grin & Bones In Progress…

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Grin & Bones – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

And here I thought I had all my Halloween puzzles done and ready to publish – NOPE! Saturday I received my monthly subscription box from MicroPuzzles and it had two more spooky holiday puzzles for me. Normally the MicroPuzzles aren’t completed at my big puzzle board, but there are exceptions to every rule.

There are already enough puzzles in the queue for the entire month of October, so now things are going to have to be moved around a bit to make sure these puzzles are published before Halloween. It isn’t too much of a big deal, but usually I post about my puzzles in the order they are completed. But like I said, there are exceptions to every rule. 😉

The first of the two new puzzles is already finished, and this one has just begun. There wasn’t much puzzling done yesterday because I hurt my shoulder just moving around in bed (getting old ain’t for sissies), so I wasn’t at my puzzle board for very long.

I will get this little guy finished today though, it’s too cute to sit here for very long, and at only 150 pieces it won’t be that difficult. Hope you’re having as much fun with your current puzzle as I’m having with mine. To all members of the puzzle posse everywhere – happy puzzling! 🧩