Tag: Whimsy pieces

Living In Bird World

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Living In Bird World by Lisa Houck – Liberty Puzzles – 498 Pieces

This artwork is beautiful and so different, it made for excellent puzzling; I had a great time with this one and found myself completely absorbed in the assembly, which is exactly what I needed at the time. Beautiful artwork on an excellent quality puzzle and I even got to spend a little bit of time with my wonderful daughter who puzzled with me for half an hour or so, it was lovely. 💕

Liberty Puzzles are my favorite modern wooden puzzle company, their puzzles have beautiful artwork, and their pieces are complex and designed by some of the best in the business. Liberty puzzles have more whimsies than most other companies, and they are designed to go along with the artwork. I’ve never been disappointed by one of their puzzles, or their customer service. When I came back to the puzzle board after my two year hiatus I went a little crazy and ordered four of their large puzzles, and this beauty is one of them.

Look at these whimsies, so many birds! And because this is Bird World, there are no people at all, just birds, insects, and foliage. It made for such an entertaining assembly.

I hope you guys like these pictures of the back of wooden puzzles, because this one was a bear.🐻 When I was flipping it over I accidentally hit the light above the puzzle board and bleeped it all up! It probably took about five minutes or more to put everything back where it belonged. It made me think though, wouldn’t it be a fun exercise to assemble one of these puzzles upside down? It probably wouldn’t be as difficult as it may seem, but the only way to know is to try, right?

The symmetrical section in the middle is where I started with the assembly, the pieces were obviously easy to find. Want to know why those shapes are in this bird puzzle? Well, they all fit together to make an interesting little bird house!

I saw the image on the Liberty website, on the page for this puzzle, so of course I had to try it for myself. It took a bit of doing, and figuring out how to get the pieces connected without breaking them took me several tries and several minutes, but eventually I got there. It’s adorable! The top looks a little wonky, but I did my best. 🕊🏠

The Golden Trio In Progress…

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The Golden Trio – Wentworth Wooden Puzzles – 225 pieces

I am absolutely LOVING this puzzle! It’s one of the nine (yes, nine) I purchased when I found out that Wentworth was having a sale and that all Harry Potter puzzles were 70% off. This gorgeous 225 piece puzzle was mine for less than $19! If you’re a teeny bit jealous, don’t be; as of today (July 2, 2026) the sale is still going on.😁

Normally this puzzle would have been finished yesterday, but I spent almost all day with my daughter; we went and got our hair done, she went with me to a doctor’s appointment, went to the bookstore (yes, I bought a few puzzles) and then we just spent time doing nothing together at my house. I probably only put 10 pieces into this puzzle yesterday, but it doesn’t matter one bit cause I got to spend the day with my beautiful baby girl. 💖

The cut on this puzzle seems trickier than I remember Wentworth puzzles being, and there have been several times where I absolutely could not find the right piece because I thought I knew what the shape would be – it turned out to be very wrong. It’s been so much fun! I love a good challenge, and the cut is giving me a run for my money, and I haven’t even started with most of the flowers yet. Flowers are really hard for me most of the time, I’ll let you know how it goes with these flowers everywhere.

I’m looking forward to finishing this today and seeing the completed puzzle, it’s gonna be beautiful!

Living In Bird World In Progress…

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Living In Bird World by Lisa Houck – Liberty Puzzles – 498 pieces

I’m having a bad day today, and this beautiful Liberty Puzzle has been helping me keep my mind off of things. That’s number 138 on the list of reasons why puzzling is good for your mental health. When you work on a puzzle it isn’t possible to multi-task, every part of your brain must be engaged with finding out what shape, cut, and color you’re looking for. The best puzzles can do that with ease, they keep you engrossed in what you’re doing, there’s no time to dwell on problems you may have or situations you can’t change, etc. It’s a mindful, peaceful meditation, and that’s just what I needed today.

I love to puzzle and being a dissectologist has been such a blessing in my life.🧩❤

The symmetrical section with many repeating pieces is where I started, that’s the top section shown; when that began to become more difficult and I needed something a bit easier I went with the darker section of dots in the bottom corner. It took a bit to reorient my brain to how all these pieces worked together, but from then on it’s been pretty smooth sailing. When that was finished I started on the smaller dots in the section above it and that’s where I am now. I’ve pulled out all the pieces (I hope) with the dots on the light background and am attempting to put everything into it’s place and hopefully connect these two sections together.

When I work a premium wooden puzzle like this one I normally put the box away where I cannot easily catch a glimpse of the image on the box. It makes the assembly last a little longer for me and I enjoy figuring out where each piece and whimsy fits into the overall picture. And when I’m finished it gives me a greater sense of accomplishment.

God Bless this puzzle for being here for me today, to keep my mind otherwise occupied when things that I can’t do anything about are happening and I don’t want to wallow (which I would definitely be doing right now). Puzzles have always been a cozy, warm hug for me when I’ve needed it, and I need many hugs today. 🤗🤗

Mojo

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Mojo by Kristian Adams – Artifact – 118 pieces

This little cutie is finished once again and I found it just as engaging the second time around. The interesting shapes of the pieces made it extremely entertaining to assemble, as did the image itself. At only 118 pieces you would think it would go together quickly, but for me it took a bit of time to orient my brain to the way the pieces fit together.

There weren’t many whimsies in this one, but the creatures all made for an interesting fit in and around all the other pieces. I think the odd little sausage-shaped dog (?) is my favorite, and in second place is the two piece caterpillar. 🐛

To be honest I didn’t take a new picture of the front of the puzzle or the whimsy pieces, I already had them in my media from the first time I posted this puzzle. I did, however, flip it over to give you a different look at the pieces; there’s something about the backside of a wooden puzzle that makes me happy so why not share it, right?

I’ll probably start re-assembling more of my wooden puzzles, just because I feel like it. Hope all you tens of readers are up for a little repetition!

Flight of Scarlet

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Flight of Scarlet by Daniel Merriam – Artifact Puzzles – 364 pieces

Absolutely stunning image that wasn’t quite as difficult as I’d made it out to be in my head. Good thing I decided to just jump in because it was a lovely assembly all around.

There wasn’t much in the way of whimsies, but I think it’s because it was one of Artifact’s “challenging” puzzles. The whimsy pieces weren’t as important in the design of the pieces, and that’s ok. It was still completely entertaining.

You can see from the back the symmetry in the design of the pieces and where they go, how it makes it’s own gorgeous little design with just the piece shapes.

I had this puzzle for quite a while; bought it because it was beautiful but then was intimidated by the piece shapes and how it was categorized a challenging puzzle. As usual, I should have just jumped in without listening to what others thought – it was so much fun!