Tag: Secondhand Puzzles

Check Please!

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles1 Comment

Check Please! – Re-marks – 500 pieces

This beauty was one I got secondhand from Penny, and I couldn’t love it more! Even the sorting of this puzzle made me happy, the piece shapes were so interesting – even the border pieces were unique and fun. I absolutely adored this assembly, and when I got down to about two trays worth of pieces, maybe 100 or so left, I had to leave for an appointment. When I got back home to my surprise there were only about 17 pieces left because my youngest son had spent a bit of time working on it! (That makes me so happy, you have NO idea!)

Great Re-marks quality, especially the piece shapes, and I loved it from the first piece to the last. Wish there was more to say, but honestly it would just be another few paragraphs of the same thing told in slightly different ways – that’s no fun to read in my opinion.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT!!

Spring Patchwork

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles6 Comments

Spring Patchwork by Bethan Janine – Elena Essex – 1000 pieces

This was another lend from Penny, and boy was she right about how much I would enjoy this one. I could not leave it alone. I kept going back to it over and over again and it was started and completed on the same day for this reason – it was too much fun!

My first Elena Essex puzzle – quality. It was good, excellent variety of shapes, beautiful reproduction with a matte finish, nice thick pieces that fit together well.

This was my favorite section to assemble, there’s something about the colors and the image itself. Most of the details are paler colors than I normally enjoy, but the dark background made this so entertaining for me. Gorgeous!

Most of this puzzle was super easy to sort, but this little section was the hardest to get all of the pieces for, I just kept missing ones I should have seen. And that little greenhouse was harder than it looks for me to assemble. Still this was a fun section to put together.

There’s something so beautiful about this simple little section. It was one of the last I assembled, but I enjoyed every piece. Absolutely gorgeous.

I enjoyed this puzzle very, very much – and like several others I’ve done lately I found myself wishing it had been a larger piece count because it was over much too soon. Each little section was it’s own little puzzle and they fit together beautifully into this gorgeous 1000 piece stunner. Of course I loved it. 💖