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Spooky Treats In Progress…

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Spooky Treats – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

I’m running way behind schedule here, and have literally gotten out of bed this morning just to start a puzzle for this post! I had an appointment with my cardiologist yesterday and spent the rest of the day in bed – absolutely no puzzling went on at all unfortunately.

But, just in time I sorted and put together the border for this puzzle, and I can already tell that it isn’t going to be an easy one. The words are quite large and take up many more pieces than I bargained for. Usually putting together words is one of the most entertaining parts of a puzzle for me, but I think this one may be more difficult than most. Oh well, the only way forward is through, right?

Hope you’re puzzling something fun today!

Mood: Capybara

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Mood: Capybara – MicroPuzzles (Puzzle Packs) – 80 pieces

This little darling image was just what I needed after a rough week and a 1000 piece puzzle. It only took a few minutes but it was fun, not so easy as to be boring and perfect for what I wanted.

I’m enjoying these mini puzzles that have larger pieces than the regular MicroPuzzle that comes in a tube. They’re great for when I want a small puzzle to do but don’t have the fine motor skills or functioning brain cells to work with the smaller pieces. Actually, both sizes are great and thankfully I have plenty of them here for whenever I’m feeling like a little puzzle is what I need.

Mood: Capybara

Stance: Stacey

Ok, that actually made me laugh out loud. I kill me! 😂

Hello Fall In Progress…

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Hello Fall – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

I know I told you that after the last puzzle there was a 1000 piece all sorted and ready to go, and that’s still true. But I kinda got in my own way here and have taken a small detour before we get to that big’un.

The week hasn’t been much fun for me and there hasn’t been much puzzling. Yesterday was particularly difficult and I spent it almost entirely in bed, but I did get up for a few minutes and got myself into the puzzle room to get a small puzzle that I could do lying down – one of my 80 piece puzzle packs from MicroPuzzles.

But once I got that one finished I kept looking at it to see all the differences between the puzzle packs and their 150 piece test tube puzzles. Which led me to telling myself that I needed to do one of the test tube puzzles so I could show the differences close up in a post. That has led to where I am now, partway through this 150 piece fall puzzle. I didn’t get very far before I ended up back in bed, but it’s a start!

You can’t tell much from my picture, but the image is adorable and looks as though it will be very entertaining and engrossing to assemble. Hopefully after a medication adjustment I’ll be back at the puzzle board in no time. First I gotta finish this little one coffee puzzle so we can all say Hello Fall!

Peacocks

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Peacocks – MicroPuzzles (Puzzle Packs) – 80 pieces

So MicroPuzzles has come out with a new line, they’re smaller in piece count but the pieces themselves are larger and easier to handle – and they have some beautiful, adorable, cute as a button images to choose from. This is in the beautiful category (just my opinion) and while it’s a stunning image it was more than a little challenging to put together, even for only having 80 pieces.

These little beauties are even better quality than the MicroPuzzles that come in the test tubes; the pieces are thicker and sturdier, the fit is exceptional, the image reproduction is clear and crisp, and the finish is more matte. Overall, I’d say these were excellent quality mini puzzles. The finished puzzle is 5″x7″ (approx. 13 x 18 cm), and is a perfect size for puzzling when you are out and about or have only a small space to work with.

They come in a little plastic pouch that is easy to throw into a bag or suitcase so that you can puzzle anywhere, and the seal is very tight – you won’t have to worry about it coming open and spilling pieces everywhere.

Here you can see the difference in piece size between the newer puzzle pack pieces and the regular MicroPuzzles that come in the tubes. The test tube piece is on the far left next to the much larger piece from the new Puzzle Packs in the middle. They’re both relatively small, but the larger pieces are easier to work with and see the image on; I enjoyed working with them very much.

My youngest picked out this puzzle for me to assemble, and I told him that it was quite the challenge for me. Still, I enjoyed trying out these new puzzle packs and am looking forward to going through the rest of my recent purchases from MicroPuzzles. Oh, and speaking of a puzzle with a great fit…

You guessed it! My signature standing on the edge picture, which fellow puzzle blogger and my puzzle bestie Penny has named The Stacey Stance! This little guy stood up so well that it barely needed to curve around at the bottom. As I’m typing and looking at this picture I can’t seem to keep a smile off of my face, these pictures are so good for my mental health.

Enjoy mini puzzles? You might want to give these new Puzzle Packs from MicroPuzzles a try, this one was lovely! 🦚

Hummingbird’s Treasure

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Hummingbird’s Treasure – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

This little beauty was more difficult than it looks, but so much fun! After seeing just how many MicroPuzzles were here that still needed to be assembled, when I was looking for a smaller piece count puzzle I decided to look through my mini puzzles to find an image that spoke to me. This gorgeous hummingbird carrying a puzzle piece caught my eye and I’m so glad it did. It’s just beautiful. 😍

The image made for an interesting assembly. There were several times that I placed pieces that I was sure were correct, but they were not. If I had picked up the pieces and checked the back I would have seen that it wasn’t the correct placement, but I don’t always do that. Many people these days seem to be calling these “false fits” online, I do not. I call it putting a piece where it doesn’t belong. If a piece can fit into a spot that doesn’t mean it belongs there, many pieces can be made to fit in many places. A true false fit is when there are multiple pieces that are exactly the same shape and can fit perfectly in more than one spot. Placing a piece incorrectly is just that, not necessarily a false fit; you have to look at both the image and how the pieces fit together. False fit seems to be the new buzzword for puzzlers lately, and my hormonal menopausal brain finds this very annoying.

Thus endeth today’s rant.

I placed several pieces incorrectly in this puzzle; the darkness of the image in some places along with the shiny coating made it difficult for these old eyes to know for sure if the placement was true. Of course it became obvious when I tried to place adjoining pieces that I was wrong, but I found the challenge to be entertaining. This build was very enjoyable for me.

Of course when the fit is right we always try to get a picture of the puzzle on it’s edge, which hilariously (to me, anyway) has been named the “Stacey Stance” by fellow puzzle blogger Puzzle Momma, who is also my puzzle bestie Penny. I’m flattered! Getting this picture is more of a challenge when the image is oriented in portrait style like this one, but I got it done.

I absolutely adore this image, it’s so dang pretty!😍