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.

You Won’t Believe It

On December 19, 2016 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, World's Largest Puzzle Progress3 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. 😐

Sunday 12-18-16

On December 18, 2016March 24, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

Got a lot more done than yesterday, and it should be only one more day!! The halfway point is within reach!

I have 2 more rows to do at the top of the puzzle, and as you can see I have to fill in the left side. Hopefully I can get all my running around Christmas stuff done in the morning so I have plenty of time to finish this section. If I can get it done tomorrow, it’ll leave me plenty of time the rest of the week to make sure all Christmas preparations are complete.

Thank goodness all presents are purchased – I can’t imagine going shopping this time of year. I don’t even want to get groceries! Unfortunately the people who live here insist on eating food every day – rude! So, off to the grocery store I have to go. Ugh.

Saturday 12-17-16

On December 17, 2016March 24, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

Not a good day, wasn’t able to put very many pieces into the puzzle. Got some done, but now it’s time to sort the twinklies and put them on trays because there are a lot of holes to fill!

Hopefully I’ll make better progress tomorrow, enough that you can tell that I actually worked on it.

Friday 12-16-16

On December 16, 2016March 24, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

It’s moving along quickly now, I’m getting to the end of the pieces without twinklies. There are a lot less pieces to go through now and it’s much easier to find exactly what I’m looking for. I didn’t spend much time on the puzzle today at all and I put in about the same number of pieces that I did yesterday. 😮

I should be able to have it finished in 3 or 4 days. Depending on how I’m feeling and if I get any help. Just have to finish the regular pieces and then it’s on to the twinklies! I’m excited about finishing this one because it will be the halfway point. I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying it and how much I’ve accomplished already. Not bad for someone whose largest puzzle completed previously was 2000 pieces! What in the world made me want to accomplish this behemoth of a puzzle? No idea. But I’m having a wonderful time!