500 pieces – Page 26 – My Jigsaw Journal

Freak Shakes – Cra-Z-Art – Approx. 125/500 pieces

My phone tells me that I started working on these in February of this year (that’s when I took a picture of me sorting them). Yikes. In my mind it was only a couple of months ago – not more than half a year! Anyway, I finished them. Finally.

I am obsessed with these puzzles and to my knowledge have gotten all of the ones I could find (that I wanted). But I will still be checking puzzle sites every now and again to be sure there isn’t one that’s been missed or perhaps if a new set has come out.

I adore small puzzles – I am currently the owner of well over 50 Wentworth micro puzzles – and many other small puzzles that my fellow puzzle blogger from Russia and I call “One Coffee Puzzles”. They’re small and entertaining, and you can assemble one in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. These sets from Cra-Z-Art certainly fit the bill, even though they’re technically 500 piece puzzles altogether. Each set is usually between 12-18 small separate puzzles, and they’re so much fun to assemble!

I had such a good time last year with the Unicorn and Selfie sets. Not only did the assembly make me happy, writing up the posts for each of them was quite entertaining as well. They were each given fabulous names and elaborate backstories, and it was wonderful, silly fun. These shakes don’t seem to have much personality, so they’re going to have to remain unnamed – but never fear, I assembled a set with pretty kitties and they should let me get a little wild and crazy with the stories, perhaps later on this month. 😁

I have never in my life seen a shake this EXTRA. Dayum! It may just be me, but these seem like they’d be more fun to look at than to actually drink/eat. There’s too much froo-froo stuff getting in the way and taking up space in the shake. Are those banana candies? No thank you. I’m old and crochety and I just want a plain ol’ chocolate shake thank you very much.

The colors of this one are beautiful, and I think that may be a piece of cake on the backside of the glass. The little marshmallows are pretty though.

This one also looks like it has a piece of cake sitting on the top – my goodness this one is over the top! Toasted marshmallows, cake, candies, a peanut butter cup (?), caramel and whipped cream. That seems like a couple of days worth of calories in one “drink”.

Good thing I don’t want to actually have any of them, just wanted to put the pretty pictures together. That was plenty satisfying on it’s own.

Goodie’s by Janet Kruskamp – Ravensburger – 500 pieces

So, I know that I’ve completed this puzzle. I mean, here’s the proof right here, several pictures that were found on my personal cellphone. But, honestly, my addled, menopausal old lady brain swimming in several different kinds of painkillers has absolutely NO recollection of even assembling it. Seriously. I couldn’t tell you a thing about it.

I do know that it’s a Ravensburger, and from the picture I can see that the fit looks good and it seems to be the usual, excellent quality that their puzzles normally are. The colors are more pastel than I would normally care for, but I’m sure I had a good time putting it together. Janet Kruskamp is an artist whose work I admire; one of her images is one of those sentimental puzzles that reminds me of my mom every time I see it. Interested in checking it out? Click here. She’s a very talented artist. 👩‍🎨

Love the kiddos having a shake, and the schoolbook and lunchbox on the floor. So detailed!

Look at these prices! 15 cents for a sundae or a soda float, and 10 cents for a malted! I feel so old! Does anywhere even make “malts” these days? I’m feeling quite old, as if I should be yelling at the kids to get off my lawn. 👵

I wish my memory was better, because I truly cannot recall this assembly. If I didn’t have 5 years or so worth of puzzles here to be assembled already I might entertain the thought of doing it again – but I highly doubt I will. This post is already written, and there are many, many other jigsaw puzzles here calling out my name.