Today’s post is more of an opinion piece where I’d like to get your thoughts on a topic I struggle with most of the time. Grab your favorite beverage and sit back — this is a long one! Have you ever quit on a puzzle before it’s finished? Up until very recently, I really had not quit a puzzle midway through in an extremely long time. It is not something I like to do as I truly feel if I…
This was the first puzzle I did in the Abandoned Series by Ravensburger. I absolutely love the looks of each puzzle in the series. I have four of them, but there may be one or two more out there now, I’m not sure. I did this puzzle during a visit from my bestest buddy since kindergarten. She flew out with her son Logan around New Year’s Eve 2022. My mother had passed away at age 83 on December 21 that…
As soon as I saw this delightfully colorful and unique puzzle I knew I wanted it on my table. I decided pretty quickly into assembly that I would glue and frame this one for my office / puzzle room. I figured it would be fun to look at on the wall above where my desk faces. Randy helped some on this one too and did quite a bit of work on the bricks between window frames which was super helpful….
Isn’t this puzzle adorable? I thought so when I assembled it a year or two ago. I’m really loving the fact that I’m going back through all my completed puzzles and starting to post them on the blog now. Not only does it bring back good memories of doing a particular puzzle, I’m also discovering new things about own puzzle likes / themes. In a recent post I had mentioned discovering I’ve done a couple of really cute puzzles by…
This little 300-piece Ceaco puzzle was exactly what I needed recently. I had just quit on a Ravensburger Disney-Pixar Toystore puzzle that I was not liking at the time. Believe it or not, I thought it was too detailed, and I couldn’t find a big enough area to focus on which was driving me nuts. I put it away to try again later. As my puzzle friend Stacey says, “It was not the right puzzle at the right time.” I…
Isn’t this image adorable? I immediately fell in love the moment I first saw it. So cute! It’s a Re-marks puzzle and after having been working on a really crappy Big Ben puzzle with extremely thin and tiny pieces, these pieces feel thick and luxurious!
I don’t think I’ve ever “met” a Dominic Davison puzzle image I have not either loved or at least really liked. He is one of my all-time favorite puzzle artists. I have often picked up a puzzle in a store because I loved the image immediately only to discover after the purchase when I actually looked at the artist that it was one of his. I would then usually say to myself, well that makes sense because I love all…
The title alone on this puzzle makes me chuckle. I think most cats feel this way if they happen to live with a canine sibling. I’ve always said dogs have owners and cats have staff. It’s true though, most cats feel like you were put on this planet just to cater to their every whim — and only on their terms. Dogs love you unconditionally and just want to be close to you no matter where you are at the…
One of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons was The Flinstones. I loved watching them, Scooby Doo, The Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, Richie Rich, and a few others. I would get up early on Saturday, by 7 a.m. usually, grab some cereal, and park myself on the couch for several hours of back to back cartoons starting with Superfriends. It was probably my favorite day of the week back then. This Ravensburger puzzle was a ton of fun to assemble and…
No, the letter “C” on my keyboard did not suddenly stop working nor did I forget how to spell. This is literally the name of a 500-piece puzzle I did some years ago by Anatolian. I recall liking it okay at the time. If I remember correctly the fit was decent too. For some reason looking at it now, I don’t think I was ever truly in love with the puzzle and I think it’s mostly because of the limited…