Who’s Your Doggy? by Graffie*tee Studios – Buffalo – 750 pieces
This puzzle is so entertaining! The colors, the dog’s faces, the quality – and did I mention the dog’s faces? The cuteness factor is off the charts!
It’s been going together rather haphazardly, as you can probably tell from the picture. But it all seems quite natural as it’s happening. Normally I would try to find as many pieces for each section as I could before starting to assemble them, but I’m just putting pieces in as I find them and having a grand old time. 😁
I’ve been watching old dog shows on one of my streaming services lately, maybe that’s why I chose this puzzle yesterday. With all those sweet, lovable faces I just couldn’t resist. It’ll be finished pretty quickly I’m sure, because I can’t seem to keep my hands off it. It’s just too much fun. 🥰
This adorable puzzle was a very nice assembly, even though I was in a mood when working on it. It survived my menopausal madness, and went together pretty quickly despite sitting untouched for almost an entire day.
Typical Re-marks quality, which was quite good. The finish on this one was quite shiny though, and caused a little havoc on the darker sections. I don’t have much natural light in my puzzle room and working under artificial lights makes it difficult when the finish causes glare. It makes it difficult getting a good picture as well, especially if I finish in the evening or very early mornings; with no light other than artificial ones keeping the camera at an angle to prevent glare on the images makes for a more challenging editing process with each picture. I know, I’m complaining a bit. But if you’re looking for all positivity all the time, you’re in the wrong place.
These were my favorite little tableaus in the image. That little puppy peeking over the table at the cookies, while working on that section in the evening I had to stop and make myself some hot chocolate because that steaming mug had me dreaming of warm cocoa! The party section in the middle was colorful and fun, and the stark simplicity of the last section was absolutely beautiful.
My typical choice for collage images are usually quite different from this one, but I enjoyed it just the same. Every little section gave me a sense of accomplishment as they were finished, and the whole puzzle looks amazing.
This puzzle was lots of fun, and the pieces felt almost luxurious! What’s not to love about a great collage image like this on an excellent quality puzzle?
I’ve been doing a lot of MasterPieces puzzles lately, and have enjoyed every single one. Their catalog of images has great variety to it, and their quality is even better than I remembered. They have a random cut which makes for interestingly shaped pieces, and the fit is exceptional. The image reproduction is crisp and clear, and the matte finish makes it easier to work with under artificial lights. Overall they’ve got great puzzle images on wonderfully made puzzles and I’m a fan!
As a child of the 70’s and 80’s, of course I watched all four of these tv shows – my favorite of these four was Scooby-Doo, but I liked them all. These shows are from way back when many tv shows actually had theme songs and again Scooby-Doo wins this battle, it was the best theme song of all these shows, with the Flintstones coming in a close second. I’ve been singing these songs in my head for quite a while now, and I’m having a great time reminiscing.🎶🎶
It’s getting less impressive, isn’t it? All these puzzles standing up, ho hum – so boring. Doesn’t matter to me, taking these pictures still makes me happy!
Great Old Ads by Lois B. Sutton – White Mountain – 1000 pieces
I had such a good time with this puzzle! I chose it because even though it is a collage, it doesn’t immediately look like it’ll be an easy one – this image has more intricate sections and some softer colors and is a little bit of a challenge – but completely worth it.
This was a very good quality White Mountain, and if I was very careful I could have gotten a picture of it standing up. The most surprising to me was the image reproduction; when there is an image with older products, ads, etc. the reproduction can many times be fuzzy and difficult to work with. The reproduction on this puzzle, however, was excellent! There were one or two sections where it seemed much less crisp than others, but that was the artwork on the ad itself rather that the reproduction. On the ads with lots of small printed text you can read every word! (If your eyes are good enough that is).
Um, do you remember hamburgers in a can?? I certainly don’t! Of course my mom made as much from scratch as she could, for no other reason than it was less expensive to make things yourself. She would take ground beef, add a package of onion soup mix, cut up green peppers and mix it all up. She made them into patties with a hamburger press she got from Tupperware or something and those were our burgers. Even though I was NOT a fan of the peppers in my burger, it seems 100 times more palatable than one out of a can!
(Thankfully mom always used green peppers, so the color was easy to spot in my burger and I picked out as many of those little buggers as I could find! Yes, I was and am THAT picky.😋)
I like this section for some reason I can’t really articulate, other than it makes me think of my childhood. We didn’t drink Borden milk, or really use any of their products that I can remember; but it still makes me smile to see this.
How adorable is this? I love the matching aprons on mom and daughter, the little candle holders on the cake that also remind me of my childhood, and the dish itself on top of the image. I have several of my mother’s Pyrex dishes and I think of her every single time they get used.
Even though this was a more challenging image than many of White Mountain’s collages, it was so entertaining that it went together in less than 24 hours. When I know there’s a fun puzzle on the board I can’t help myself and keep sneaking back to it to put in just a few more pieces…
Things have been slow going for me lately, but I’ve got a good start on this one and it shouldn’t be long now. I love all the bright colors and big (but not too big) words to assemble. It’s a great image and it’s been so much fun so far.
Re-marks puzzles have always been in my favorites because they, like White Mountain, have so many fantastic collage images to choose from. And like WM there have been at times quality issues that I just have to deal with if I wanted to play with their puzzles. Thankfully, though, that hasn’t been the case recently. The Re-marks puzzles I’ve done since I came back earlier this year have been excellent, and other than a sometimes loose fit I have had no quality problems at all. Their cuts are random and fun for me to work, and this puzzle specifically has imaginative cuts that I’ve really enjoyed. I’m looking forward to finishing this puzzle, it’s been great so far.
Hope whatever puzzle you’re working on is as fun as this one is!
