Tag: 300 pieces

Greetings From the Upside Down

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Greetings From the Upside Down – Buffalo – 300 pieces

Loving both jigsaw puzzles and the series Stranger Things means that buying this puzzle was a no brainer when I found it at the thrift store on my last visit. The colors, the weirdness, it being basically only words – how could I not love this one?

Buffalo puzzles have such good quality, I never hesitate to get any puzzle if it’s one of theirs. Even secondhand this one was still in excellent condition even though it seems to have been assembled many times. Still an excellent fit, no splitting of the chipboard, etc. There was one small spot on the edge of one piece where it seemed slightly bent upwards, but it looks to me as if it may have happened when it was disassembled, perhaps a little too roughly.

Most of this was built at night, after everyone in the house was asleep. Sometimes it feels as though there is never any actual quiet around here unless I’m the only one awake. There’s always someone walking, talking, asking, breathing, eating – in general just making lots of noise so that I can’t fully relax and enjoy my puzzling. Perhaps that just the moody menopausal momma that I turn into sometimes, but today (and last night while putting this puzzle together) that’s exactly how I feel.

Taking pictures of puzzles this way started out as a joke between mom and myself; it’s a silly way to show how well a puzzle fits together. My mom and I could be our silliest, weirdest selves with each other and we loved making each other laugh. Pictures like this were one way to make her smile, so whenever possible I sent her standing up puzzle pictures over text. She loved them. Now every time I’m able, I take these pictures.

To make both of us smile. 😇😁

Coffee Klatch In Progress…

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Coffee Klatch by Graffi*tee Studios – MasterPieces – 300 pieces

After completing a VERY disappointing holiday image what I was longing for was something bright, colorful, and entertaining; thankfully this coffee klatch puzzle was here and just waiting to be assembled. It’s a good thing I stocked up on smaller piece counts the last time I went puzzle hunting at the local discount store.

It’s odd, I was actually looking forward to the Christmas Wasgij? that I had picked out, and shockingly it’s the first time I felt let down by the brand. There was nothing wrong with the quality of the puzzle itself other than a bit of a loose fit – it’s the image that was all wrong. Most Wasgij? images (at least the ones I’ve done so far) have been fun and funny, full of bright, interesting characters and things to see; the one I assembled though was too light, with an image I found tedious and annoying to complete. I haven’t given up on the brand, Jumbo makes great puzzles, I just didn’t care for this holiday image at all and it left me craving an image that was colorful and fun. That brings me to today’s puzzle which is full of neon and colors that are anything but pastel or just too pale.

This one is only 300 pieces so it shouldn’t take too long to finish. The colors are what drew me to this puzzle and I’m hoping it’s as much fun to do as it looks.

Hope you’re having fun with whatever you’re puzzling today!

Movie Cats

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Movie Cats by Angie Rozelaar – Rose Art – 300 pieces

Long time readers will know that I do not care much for cat puzzles as a rule, but there are always exceptions and this is one of them. When I saw this puzzle on Puzzle Momma’s Blog I knew that I wanted to do this one, it’s too adorable for words! When we finally met for the first time in September we had a great time putting this one together, and I thought we worked together really well. Sometimes puzzling with someone else can be a little anxiety-inducing or downright frustrating, but not so with Penny – it was as if we’d been puzzling together for years. 💗

This Rose Art puzzle’s quality was pretty impressive, and I hope it wasn’t a fluke. In the past there have been some issues here and there with some of their puzzles in the quality department, but this one had nice, thick pieces that fit together well and beautiful image reproduction. Keep it up Rose Art, very nice work!

This was the first little section that I put together, how silly and ridiculous is that? I haven’t seen the real movie, but love the look of this.

Come on! Is this adorable or what?! And you couldn’t have picked a better movie title either. I remember this movie from when I was young; the songs will forever be in my brain, and that child catcher gave me nightmares, yikes!

This is a movie that the whole family loves, and while the Dude abides, I’m sure he’d like this movie poster for The Big Meowski. Those glasses look likes his rug that got ruined, oh dear!

Overall this was a very good quality puzzle that was great fun to assemble with my bestest puzzle pal. We had the bestest time!

Fruits and Veggies In Progress…

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Fruits and Veggies by Helen Dardik – Buffalo – 300 pieces

Such an interesting collage of fruits and vegetables couldn’t possibly be left on the shelf when I was the one doing the shopping, I mean look how colorful and fun it is! There’s just something about an image that is out of the norm that makes me happy, no matter what it is. As long as it’s not bunnies, landscapes, fine art, kitties, or a Coca-Cola Santa I will definitely check it out and most of the time I’m likely to buy it.

That is the the case with this puzzle, when I went shopping (specifically looking for smaller piece counts) this gorgeous thing was hiding out at the back of the shelf, and I’m so glad I was persistent and stubborn enough to look through every puzzle to find it.

Even though not much of it is complete I can already tell you that the quality is fabulous and it is most definitely going to be standing on it’s edge when finished; the fit is exceptional!

Pepsi

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Pepsi – Rose Art – 300 pieces

My favorite drink combined with my favorite pastime, what could be better? I love the bright colors and the fun images shown with the Pepsi, it was just an all round entertaining and challenging puzzle that still makes me smile.

The quality was surprisingly quite good, much better than I expected really. The pieces were very thick, the fit was quite good, and the image reproduction was stellar. The finish on the puzzle was shiny, but not enough to bother me too much. I’m lucky enough to have a light over the puzzle board AND a room light, so when there’s a shiny puzzle I just have to turn off the one directly above the board and things are much easier.

My youngest one got into the game when I took a nap after posting my in progress update on this puzzle. I’d been up for hours so I stopped working on it, typed up the post, then immediately went for a nap even though it was a little before 8 am. While I was resting he came in the room and did a little bit of assembly, which always makes me happy. The only thing that would have been better is if he’d come and help when I’m in the room.💕

The fit was so nice on this puzzle that I knew immediately when I started assembling the border that it would stand up when it was complete; and I took the picture this way before the regular image with it laying flat. I was confident it wouldn’t fall because the fit was amazing!

If you like the look of this one I can recommend it, it was great fun but much more challenging than your usual 300 piece puzzle – but if you ask me the challenge is what makes it fun.