Glorious Vintage

On December 24, 2016 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw PuzzlesLeave a comment

Another Aimee Stewart, cause it’s just gorgeous! Ravensburger really is my favorite brand of puzzle. Always a pleasure with such wonderful feeling thick pieces and gorgeous colors.

This puzzle was way more difficult than I thought, and took me longer than the average 1000 piece. Still, I’m stubborn as anything and the end result is beautiful. Aimee Stewart’s shelf puzzles are all just stunning, I believe I own them all and only have 1 left to assemble. To be honest, I didn’t really look closely at this one before I purchased it. I saw it was an Aimee Stewart shelf by Ravensburger, loved the colors and ordered it. When it arrived I was a little shocked that it was about wine, and shocked that I ordered a puzzle without knowing the subject of it!

Excellent quality pieces, and piece fit; just an all around fun puzzle to assemble even with the extra challenge of all the green areas.

I Love Great Britain

On December 23, 2016March 22, 2020 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw PuzzlesLeave a comment

My first Gibson puzzle. If I hadn’t found the Jigsaw Junkies website I would probably not even know about some of these puzzle companies. The brand comparison on that site gave me confidence to try new companies I hadn’t before, because I knew what kind of quality I would be getting.

I enjoyed the Gibson brand which is another puzzle with a waxy finish. The pieces are thick and sturdy, although there are a lot of the 2 prong 2 hole pieces. It would be nice to have a few more piece shapes to work with. The image and colors were sharp and bright, and the artwork by Mike Jupp is so fun!

I would be careful if you’re going to get a Gibson puzzle and try to choose an image that doesn’t have too much sameness. There were a couple times even in this busy puzzle where the pieces fit but were not in the correct place. Other than that I like this brand very much!

Super Models – Wasgij Destiny #9

On December 21, 2016 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles2 Comments

Wasgij Destiny #9 Super Models by Graham Thompson – Jumbo – 1000 pieces

I can’t show you the whole finished puzzle, it’ll spoil it! The Wasgij puzzles are some of my favorites. They feel amazing, fit together wonderfully, and the mystery of figuring out what the puzzle will look like just adds to the fun!

On the box are beautiful ladies modeling swimsuits, and the finished puzzle is how they’ll look about 50 years in the future. I knew this image was going to be humorous and I couldn’t wait to put it together. I loved it! It’s so much fun to get to the end and see all the little jokes in both the foreground and background. The Jumbo quality is awesome and the puzzle feels lovely to run your hands over (which I always do). 🙂

I can’t recommend Wasgij and Jumbo puzzles enough. The quality is superior! I have a 5 foot tall stack of new ones waiting to be done in my closet. I went a little crazy. 😉

Spirit of the Elements

On December 20, 2016January 30, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store PuzzlesLeave a comment

My mom was surprised I wanted to do this puzzle, but I thought it looked like fun- and who can say no to glitter?? I was in the mood for an image that wasn’t a collage or too busy, and this one spoke to me for some reason.

It was also from another puzzle company that I’d never tried before, TCG. When my husband sat down to help me, he commented on how nicely the pieces fit together, and I agree. They fit together very satisfyingly. There were only 2 piece shapes, which isn’t ideal, but the image is gorgeous. Josephine Wall does things with blending and color that are absolutely stunning! This was my first puzzle with her artwork, but it definitely won’t be my last.

Even with the sameness of the piece shapes, I still enjoyed the assembly very much. Another wonderful thrift store purchase. Mom is always finding the coolest puzzles! Thanks mom!

You Won’t Believe It

On December 19, 2016 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, World's Largest Puzzle Progress5 Comments

Right here is where I would tell you how many pieces are complete and how many are left to go. Not going to happen this time. I have proof that I completed this section, which is good, because while trying to take a better picture IT FELL OFF THE BOARD!!! 😮 😡 😮

The fabric on my board keeps everything in place. So much so that my husband and I can take the board and hold it almost vertical while walking it into another room, doesn’t slip the least little bit. So I finished, and was trying to prop up the board to get a better angle for a picture without so much glare and bumped it just a little – and it’s all gone. I feel like a complete and total idiot. I am a complete and total idiot. For about 5 minutes today I was halfway done with the world’s largest puzzle. 5 whole minutes.

I know, it’s just a puzzle. It’s not the end of the world. No one was hurt. It can be re-done. I know all those things in my head, but I just want to cry. While trying to find all the pieces and picking them up I was thinking that I am not going to do this one again right away. It’s too upsetting at the moment. I don’t even want to look at these puzzle pieces right now. Then of course practicality reared it’s ugly little head and said “If you don’t do it again right away, you are taking a chance of losing pieces.” If I didn’t find them all, and one got vacuumed up or chewed by the dog, I would be even more upset. And, by the way, almost nothing is still together. The fit is somewhat loose, and it just all collapsed and fell apart. I have to do the entire puzzle again.

So it looks like everyone is going to be getting a break from daily updates for a while. No one wants to hear about me doing the same section all over again. I don’t wanna hear about it either, I just have to do it. I’ll probably add posts daily about other puzzles I’ve done, there are plenty of those to choose from. But I won’t bore everyone with updates and pictures about a puzzle I’ve already completed once. Once I finish it AGAIN and am ready to start the 2nd half of the puzzle I will again write my daily updates.

I’m sure this will be a funny story later on. MUCH later. At the moment it doesn’t seem humorous at all. Ha Ha Friggin Ha. 😐