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The Junk Journaler’s Desk In Progress…

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The Junk Journaler’s Desk by Aimee Stewart – Buffalo – 1000 pieces

There’s just something about an Aimee Stewart image that makes me unbelievably happy. It isn’t just the colors, it’s how they work together, and how so many seemingly disparate things come together to form such a cohesive and pleasing image. Not only is it pleasing to the eye, they’re almost always extremely fun to assemble.

When I was working on this yesterday I was thinking to myself how you couldn’t really tell what’s what on most of the pieces; and then after going through them only once to pull out some pieces I began to recognize colors and textures and have more of an idea where they might go and which pieces would fit together with them. Every time I went through them I got more and more familiar with them and where they belonged.

It’s one of those images where you could use the poster or box image, but I also find it entertaining to just let the pieces take me where they may and eventually it all fits together.

I’m having such a good time that I overdid the puzzling yesterday and am already feeling it this morning. Here’s hoping my pain meds and a few cups of coffee get me back to the board and this gorgeous puzzle quickly!

Anna’s Ice Cream Parlor In Progress…

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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!

Posters with a Superhero In Progress…

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Posters with a Superhero – Trefl – 500 pieces

Last night I put together the border for this one, and then my son took over and everything else you see here has been assembled by him. I’ll be able to do some today, but so far, other than the border, this is all him.

I knew he’d be excited by this puzzle, even though he tried to seem as if he wasn’t.

Actually, I’d love it if he ended up doing more of this puzzle than I did – just because his continuing enjoyment of jigsaw puzzles makes me very happy.💕

Coffee Klatch In Progress…

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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!

Wasgij In Progress

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A Bright Christmas Night by Graham Thompson – Jumbo (Wasgij)was – 1000 pieces

There’s a Wasgij puzzle on the board, which means NO SPOILERS. So although I can’t show you how the puzzle is going, I am sharing with you the image shown on the box, which is not the image being assembled. For this puzzle you have to assemble the image as it would look from the point of view of the owl that’s flying just above the tree in the yard.

It seems ridiculous to say on October 25th, but this is my last larger Christmas puzzle of the season. With the advent calendars taking up the first 24 days of December and all the puzzles currently in the queue, this last one that I’m currently assembling will be posted on Dec. 30th. I will be putting together the advent puzzles daily in December, but they are each only 56 pieces and nowhere near as challenging (hopefully) as this one is.

There are still wintery puzzle images I have here at the house that aren’t holiday specific, so there are still chilly puzzles to do this winter. Thankfully though, this is my last big Christmas puzzle this year!