Everyone who reads my blog knows I am a huge lover of Aimee Stewart puzzles and have completed many over the years. However, I think Blanket Fort may be my all-time favorite that I have completed so far. It was fabulous in every. single. way! I don’t even know where to start with this post as I just loved every detail it contained. The color palette was amazing too.
One of the things I love best about Aimee’s artwork is some of small details she puts in her puzzles like the below, and because I think she is very close to my age, most of the items she puts in her puzzles are things I either had, my parents had, or were popular in the 70s / 80s when she (and I) were growing up.
This first picture shocked me when I first saw it as my mom had this EXACT same mini suitcase! Down to the very color of the flowers and the plastic blue handle on the top! This brought back so many memories from my childhood when I used to play with this suitcase and pack up like I was going on a trip somewhere for work of course! LOL
The middle picture I just adore because it’s clearly a very personal element Aimee put into her art that I’m presuming is from her own childhood. We had very similar “collage” style picture frames in our house, and I very recently hung up one of my favorites that I got from my mom’s apartment after she passed.
I had to take a pic of the Chinese Checkers board as seeing this very familiar and beloved game from my childhood brought such a smile to my face. My grandmother, on my mom’s side, taught me to play this game when I was probably 7 or 8. It took me years and many a game to get to the point where I could beat her, and even then it was only sometimes. We even got to the point where we would play each other using two colors each. I loved this bonding time with grandma — it was so much fun!
Here is an in progress shot — of course her dog Miso had to be one of the first parts I completed! So cute!
The fit on this puzzle was excellent and typical Buffalo quality which I always enjoy. I wish their images were a little less glarry, but they’re generally not too bad. It just makes them sometimes difficult to see completely with overhead lighting.
I cannot say anything negative about this puzzle though — and I would like to give a big shout out to Aimee for creating such a wonderful and engaging puzzle, and providing me with an extremely fun, feel good trip down memory lane in the process!
Thank you!