Tag: Jigsaw Puzzling

Three Puzzles in Progress

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So after finishing the Hansel and Gretel puzzle yesterday I took pictures and chose my next puzzle. It will be one of three puzzles I’ve got going on at the moment…

  • On the puzzle board will be Jungle Selfies – 12 individual mini puzzles
  • In the bathroom hubby and I are working on Brian in Shipping from MicroPuzzles
  • Exclusively in bed I’ll be working on a new puzzle (new to me) called Starfish that my dad brought me yesterday.

Dad has been going through some of mom’s things, with a little help from me when I’m able. And yesterday he came across two small puzzles that I’d never seen before and he brought them over to my house. They’re extremely different, interesting, and a great idea (in my humble puzzler’s opinion).

I don’t want to go into detail about them just yet, but I’m planning on writing up a nice, long post once I finish one of them. I’m quite excited to give them a try, and am hopeful that they will be as entertaining and engaging as they look.

I’ll only be working on the new ones in certain circumstances. But for the first one, at least, it should be done relatively quickly; most likely within a week or so. It’ll be a while before the post comes up in the queue, but you’ll definitely be reading about it eventually.

Trying out new puzzles is always a little thrilling for me, it’s about the only adventure that I get these days!

Vintage Atlas In Progress

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Vintage Atlas – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

I was hoping to get this one finished yesterday, but life just wouldn’t cooperate at all. Hopefully though, since there are only three trays of pieces left it should be done sometime today.

This particular Re-marks puzzle is the best of the brand that I’ve worked with in a while. The fit is very good, the reproduction is excellent, and in general I’m loving working with it. Isn’t it nice when you can say that about the puzzle that you’re working on?

Eggcellent In Progress

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Eggcellent – Buffalo – 1000 pieces

Yesterday I finished sorting this beauty of a puzzle and completed the border as well. I have a couple of the eggs done, but there are many more to go. They’re all so bright and colorful, and I’m certain it’s going to be an eggcellent assembly!

I am very much looking forward to working on it today, and my plan is to put on my headphones and listen to music and block out the rest of the world. Here’s hoping it works – even for just a little while – I need a break. A break from people…and talking…and thinking…and phone calls, texts, noises, alarms, questions and all of the cacophony of this world that seems to be everywhere all the time.

Time with some wonderful music and a beautiful puzzle is exactly what I need. 🎶🧩🎶

Went a Little Crazy…

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling, Miscellaneous11 Comments

I bought a BUNCH of puzzles this past week – which is not something I usually do. Do you ever feel like even though you have plenty of puzzles to assemble that none of them are ones you really want to assemble? I understand that’s absolutely not an actual problem or what is called a “first world problem”. I’m just dealing with a lot right now and not handling it well, and when I was trying to decide on what puzzle was next I was not in a good place.

Add quite a severe case of P.A.D.S. into the mix and you’ve got a recipe for crazed online puzzle shopping late at night – and also a trip to a brick and mortar store earlier in the week. You can see from the picture above that the P.A.D.S. was in control of me and I went a little puzzle crazy. (Surprisingly there is no remorse whatsoever)

I only bought Ravensburger and Buffalo puzzles; I wanted good quality that I wouldn’t have to worry about. Also, I wanted to get some Aimee Stewart puzzles, some that I hadn’t seen before. All the puzzles shown above were online purchases, I forgot to add the brick and mortar buys to the picture – sorry.

From Buffalo I got seven Aimee Stewarts (only four shown here), a Charles Wysocki with quilts, a Ciro Marchetti, a couple of the Country Life series (both with quilts), and one of the Vivid Collection.

From Ravensburger I got a couple of interesting 500 piece puzzles, a Hansel and Gretel puzzle that is too cute for words, and one of their Abandoned series called The Deserted Department Store.

Sixteen puzzles later there are even more puzzles at my house to choose from; I haven’t decided which one is next, but I’m happier with my choices at the moment (and in a slightly better headspace). 🧩❤

Working on….

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzling5 Comments

I’m working on laying out all the pieces of my next puzzle. I’d put an image on the homepage, but the puzzle is so old that there’s no image online that I can find. I could take a picture of the box and put it up, but it is pretty damaged (thrift store puzzle) so it wouldn’t work very well or look very good.

You’ll be surprised to hear that it’s a Ceaco puzzle – from the mid 90s. I think it’ll be pretty when it’s finished, and I’m interested to see if the quality was any better back then, at least as far as the fit is concerned. The piece shapes are quite different than their usual grid cut shapes; so it may be, at the very least, a more interesting assembly. They’re about the same thickness, but the board seems much sturdier than the average Ceaco puzzle I’ve worked with before. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see how it all works out.

I’m hoping you all are working on beautiful, interesting, or entertaining puzzles at the moment – and hopefully no duds or bad quality.

Happy puzzling! 🧩💜