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…
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…
I find it funny how much I enjoyed this puzzle given how few Charles Dickens books I have actually read – maybe 2 at the most; LOL Anyone who knows me though will know the sole reason for my picking out this puzzle to begin with has everything to do with it representing one of my favorite puzzle themes — buildings! And boy does this puzzle have plenty of those! Each building is pretty distinct which made it a lot…
Dean MacAdam produces some really adorable jigsaw puzzle images. Mostly with fun, fairytale themes like this one of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The images are whimsical, cute, funny, and pretty easy to put together. I did this puzzle quite some time ago, then set it aside for Stacey and just recently found it again when I was going through the massive effort of organizing my puzzle collection / closet before our house full of company arrived. For some reason…
The moment I first laid eyes on this puzzle I knew I had to have it. It combines two of my favorite puzzle themes — Christmas and buildings in a big, beautiful and wonderful way. I absolutely adore the artwork and how amazing each of the cookies look. They’re so detailed. I especially love all the little cars throughout the scene. Each house was very unique and therefore pretty easy to pick out and assemble. I sorted the houses initially…
I completed this puzzle several years ago, but since I was not good about posting on the blog during this time, I never wrote up anything about it. This was my very first Magnolia brand puzzle and to say I immediately fell in love with the brand would be a huge understatement. Ironically, I am not big on Alice in Wonderland as a story / movie. It’s very fantasy based and unrealistic, and I struggle to enjoy movies like that…
I barely remember doing this puzzle and don’t appear to have very many pictures of it, including a completion photo, but I will share what I have anyway. I do seem to recall this was a very easy build and the quality was just OK. There’s an entire series of “Flashback” puzzles by Master Pieces and I think I have at least one more in the to do closet. I think I have eaten, at least once, almost every item…
This is definitely not a typical image for me, but I saw it online somewhere and my husband’s cousin loves gambling so I immediately thought of giving him this puzzle framed as a gift. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take a pic of it framed, but I do have a Stacey Stance pic, and really that’s all that matters anyway, right? Right! The puzzle was one of those no name brands from China with the letters on the back. I…
If you know me at all or have been reading this blog for any length of time, you will know how fond I am of dogs. I do tons of dog themed puzzles as I have to get my dog fix in any way I can since I cannot have any real fur babies due to hubby’s allergies. This was another image I fell in love with the moment I saw it and for good reason — it is ADORABLE!…