Flower Jungle II by Krovblit – Buffalo – 300 pieces
Loved this one even though it was difficult for a 300 piece. There’s something about the colors and the way it’s put together that is so beautiful to me.
I had never done a puzzle with an image by Krovblit before, and enjoyed it very much. His color choices remind me of Ciro Marchetti and Aimee Stewart. No wonder I love it!
Another Buffalo puzzle with a great fit; another picture of a puzzle standing up. Stacey is a happy lady!
Flower Jungle II by Krovblit – Buffalo – 300 pieces
Got started on this puzzle yesterday, but didn’t work for very long at all and spent most of the remaining day in bed. Sigh.
The Buffalo quality is very good, and the colors and image are amazing. Even though there is still plenty left to go I’m enjoying it very much. I haven’t come across this artist before, Krovblit. Apparently he is an artist who works primarily with collages, but combines that with digitally altering some images before he cuts and pastes them by hand.
I hope there are more puzzles of his to find!
Garden Shed* – Hua Cao Shu Mu – 300 pieces
Sorry to do this to you two days in a row, but I’ve got no puzzles left in my queue, and I did these two puzzles one right after the other. Wanna guess about the quality? Did you guess that it needed a very big straw? You are correct!
I did not enjoy the assembly, it was just one I wanted to get it done to get this box of puzzles out of my sight.
If you see a puzzle box with the name Hua Cao Shu Mu on it, set it down and walk away. It isn’t worth the frustration.
Puzzler’s Desk by Steve Read – Hua Cao Shu Mu – 300 pieces
Ugh. This puzzle sucked. I would enjoy doing this image put onto a quality puzzle, but on this crap-tastic thing wasn’t any fun at all.
I have a bad attitude about it, admittedly. But it is what it is, this is my blog and I’m expressing my feelings. Here they are – if you see puzzles that are so friggin’ cheap that you can hardly believe it, there’s a reason and you should run away. I didn’t purchase this new, it was bought second-hand at a thrift store, so at least this company didn’t get any of my hard-earned money, but it still ticks me off.
Also, I know for a fact that these companies steal these images and the artists get no compensation at all, which makes me even more upset. It shouldn’t be easy to get away with theft like this, but unfortunately it is. It’s depressing.
This puzzle sucked. End of story.
Garden Shed* – Hua Cao Shu Mu – 300 pieces
Can you believe it? The third of the three puzzles in one box from a company that makes crappy puzzles – yep, I went there.
Like I explained a few days ago, these things are stinking up my puzzle room with the stench of low quality puzzles that feature stolen artwork and I want them gone as soon as possible.
I can say with some certainty that this will be finished today. Then perhaps we’ll hold a small funeral ceremony in the backyard with a cremation immediately following the service so as not to inflict these puzzles on anyone else.
*They’ll most likely end up in the recycle bin, but it has put a HUGE smile on my face thinking about lighting these pieces of trash on fire while I dance around the flames making rude gestures. 😈
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