This week I had the pleasure of doing something I am not sure if I have done since I was a very young child, if even then. I worked on a puzzle with my mom and my brother! It was so much fun too. We all had a great time working on it together. I selected this image specifically because of the type of dogs represented. Each of these cuties looks very similar to a dog one or more of…
February is American Hearth Month and February 14 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day. Of course, we all know Valentine’s Day is a day filled with hearts and love, but also an excellent day to bring awareness to an extremely important and under advocated medical condition of the most vital heart of all – our own. According to the CDC, Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs), the most common type of birth defect in the United States, affects nearly 1% of live…
Title: Disney Friends Manufacturer: Ceaco Series (if any): none Piece Count: 200 Purchased New or Used: New Piece Quality: Great Assembly: Picked up this super cute little puzzle to do at my in laws the last time we were there. However, I didn’t end up doing it until well after we got back. Cole helped a little bit, but once Mickey’s face and Pluto’s butt were assembled he said he was done. ? This puzzle has a lot of nice…
Manufacturer: Ravensburger XXL Name: Minions: At Work Series: None Artist / Photographer: Pixar Piece Count: 100 Piece Quality: Excellent New / Used: New Fit: Excellent Assembly: When Cole was about 4 years old he was really into doing jigsaw puzzles all the time. He was getting quite good and fast at the 48 piece puzzles so I got him a stretch goal puzzle – this 100 piece, high quality Ravensburger puzzle of The Minions. This adorable puzzle was NOT easy. …
Manufacturer: White Mountain Puzzles Name: California: The Golden State Series: None Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 1000 Piece Quality: Excellent New / Used: New Fit: Excellent Assembly: I absolutely LOVED this puzzle! It was one I received years ago from a small company called Games 2 Puzzles. I did a review of their website on the blog and they sent me two puzzles which I got to pick out. Of course, being a native Californian, this one was my…
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Koren, a 25-year-old software engineer and burgeoning puzzle designer living in Berkeley, CA. Alex is on the brink of bringing a unique and much desired product to woodie puzzle enthusiasts around the world — an affordable, high quality wooden puzzle with beautiful, theme-based whimsies! A couple of years ago Alex started puzzling with a group of friends. They completed numerous 500 and 1000 piece cardboard puzzles. Halfway through the build,…
Indeed, what is a fancy girl to do when presented with so many glittery and gorgeous options?? Wear them all of course! ? This is my first Fancy Nancy puzzle, but will certainly not be my last. What an intoxicatingly fun puzzle to piece together. I loved every second of it, and at 100 pieces it was just the right amount of difficulty I was looking for after a long day of cleaning amd planning for a host of upcoming…
A cute and sweet little 48 piece puzzle my mother in law got for Cole on our last trip down to visit them. They are always buying them something every time we go down there. Grandparents are awesome, aren’t they?i I would love to see this one in a full A to Z puzzle, but not sure if there are characters starting with every single letter in the alphabet.
This puzzle was too adorable to pass up at Walmart this morning. I loved the first Re-Marks 100-piece dog puzzle I did of a handsome little Boston Terrier. Read about him here. El Senor did not disappoint either. The pieces fit tightly enough together that I could pick it up with just two fingers and hold it. Always a plus in my book. I also grabbed another Re-Marks puzzle with it this morning as well. An adorable dog having fun…
Manufacturer: Sure-lox? Name: Soda Caps Series: Part of a 6-pack of puzzles box Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 300 Piece Quality: Good – laid flat when assembled New / Used: New Fit: Good Assembly: This was probably my second favorite in this big box of six puzzles I picked up from WalMart a few years ago. Cinque Terre was my first favorite, but this one was a lot of fun to assemble too. Like my friend and fellow puzzle…