Manufacturer: Sure-lox? Name: Cinque Terre, Italy Series: Part of a 6-pack of puzzles box Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 500 Piece Quality: Pretty good – laid flat when assembled New / Used: New Fit: Good Assembly: I assembled this beauty several years ago. It was one of six various size puzzles that come in a big box at WalMart. I think the brand might have been Sure-lox, but I cannot remember for sure.In any case, this was a fun…
Manufacturer: Ravensburger Name: Eyes for Pies Series: Food Porn Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 500 Piece Quality: Excellent New / Used: New Fit: Great; snug Assembly: Believe it or not, I am still a relatively NOVICE puzzler. Even though I have completed a puzzle with 24,000 pieces, it was just ONE puzzle. Overall, I have only done a very small handful so it might really surprise you to know that this puzzle was only my 3rd Ravensburger puzzle ever! …
Manufacturer: Buffalo Name: Raining in Paris Series: Cities in Color Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 750 Piece Quality: Very good New / Used: New Fit: Good – not super loose, but not tight Assembly: I was immediately drawn to this image as it’s both romantic and travel based – two of my favorite things. This was a puzzle that was hard to walk away from and thereby, one I finished pretty quickly. Each night I worked on it, I…
Manufacturer: Brother Sister Design Studio, Oklahoma City, OK sold by Hobby Lobby Name: Pretty in Pink Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 100 New / Used: New Quality of Pieces: High; with a non-glare, smooth finish Fit: Good — not super loose, but not tight Assembly: This adorable little puzzle was a pleasant surprise. At first, I thought the pieces were a little thin, but as I put the first two or three pieces together I quickly realized they were…
Isn’t this the cutest and most adorable owl? I absolutely love it and had a ton of fun putting this together. It was not nearly as difficult as I feared it would be given the craziness of the image. I started with the yellow eyes first on this one as they were the most obvious standout pieces. It really came together pretty quickly and I was very pleased to see this Goodwill find was complete.
My kitchen is decorated with chefs. I have several sprinkled around the top of my cabinets, with a few plaques on the wall as well. I found this cute little 3-puzzle series and thought — wow, these will be perfect in my kitchen. They were a lot of fun to assemble. At only 300 pieces each they were easy to knock out. I especially love the expression on the chef who is proudly holding up the entire big salad bowl…
In the almost four years that I’ve been doing this blog, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to meet a lot of wonderful people from all over the world. It’s always so much fun to talk with others who share the same passion for jigsaw puzzles that I do, and it also almost always turns out that we have lots more than just jigsaw puzzles in common. About a year or so ago I “met” Lani who is from…
They were both Christmas presents for my son, Derek this year. He desperately wants to help me with my Life puzzle, but Mommy is still a little gun shy on letting him help with that one just yet. So, instead we worked on two puzzles together this week. The first one, a Peanuts theme featuring Snoopy was 35 pieces, and almost made me want to go camping – not quite though! LOL The other one, Spiderman with friends and foes,…