Anna’s Ice Cream Parlor by Eduard – MasterPieces – 750 pieces
I’m absolutely loving this one, especially the colors – they’re bright and fun and make for excellent puzzle building. It’s going together a little haphazardly, but I don’t care, I’m having a great time.
Hope you’re working on something just as fun today – happy puzzling my friends!
Creators by Sarah, Paola, Kylie, Sonia, and Marta* – MasterPieces – 100 pieces
This was a great puzzle that would be fabulous in a larger piece count – 250, 300, 500, 1000 – any of them would be great with this image. Apparently this is part of the Rebel Girl series by MasterPieces and Gibsons inspired by the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls books. I’d love to do any of the others, they all look like such fun! Although I haven’t read any of the books, I’m guessing they’d be right up my alley – me being a rebel girl myself. 😎
Good quality MasterPieces, although this one had the “sharp” white backing that I’m not a fan of; luckily with only 100 pieces I didn’t have to put up with it for too long. Overall this was a good quality puzzle that made me very happy.
As for the artists, each woman shown in the image was illustrated by a different artist. I only put their first names above in the name of saving space, but each one deserves their credit, the artist’s name is first with the subject of the illustration in parentheses…
It is amazing to me how it works together to make such a great image that was so perfect for puzzling. The build was really enjoyable, but unfortunately the fun was over too soon. Hopefully the other puzzles in this series find their way onto my board soon so I can enjoy so more of these great collage images.
As usual I started with the words, and I was surprised that the puzzle seemed so close to being finished at that point. Putting together words is my happy place though I couldn’t tell you exactly why that is.
I stand with all Rebel Girls, so of course we had to get a “Stacey Stance” picture!😂 Some puzzles need to be REALLY curved at the bottom in order to stand up properly, but not this one. It almost could have stood straight up on it’s own.
This puzzle was so pleasant to put together; it was the right puzzle at the right time with the right image and the right quality. Exactly what I needed – just love it when that happens!
*This was puzzle number 100 for me this year. I didn’t plan it that way, but very cool that it was a 100 piece puzzle. 😁
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!
Flight of Creativity by Jena Dellagrottaglia – MasterPieces – 300 pieces
Gorgeous, colorful, bright, beautiful, quality – so many words to describe this stunner of a puzzle. Loved every piece from beginning to end.
This is one time where I think it was the perfect piece count. Many times I’ve wished for a puzzle that was great fun to be available in a larger size so that I could work on it longer and enjoy the process even more; and sometimes I’ve wished that a puzzle had fewer pieces because it was so challenging or frustrating. This one though, 300 seems like the exact right amount of pieces. I think in a higher count it would have been more difficult, perhaps so much so that it would have become frustrating and taken away from the joy of the assembly.
Assembling larger puzzles is difficult for me at times, especially when I’m having trouble with my chronic pain or depression. It’s so nice to have a choice of smaller piece counts here so that I can continue to puzzle even when puzzling is challenging for me.
Hanna-Barbera Collage – MasterPieces – 500 pieces
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!
