Goodwill Hunting — 10/26/19
Goodwill is one of the best places to find used puzzles for a good price and I personally have had very good luck with them being complete
Snarky Collage Puzzle
This snarky collage puzzle of Suzy Toronto artwork makes me smile. I loved doing it, and when I first purchased it at Goodwill, it reminded me of my puzzling friend and fellow blogger, Stacey. She not only loves collages, but is also wild over being able to spell lots of words in her puzzles. So, when I finished this one, I immediately shipped it over to her. It turned out to be an incredibly sentimental one for her so I…
I “Owleyes” Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me
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.
Whatcha Gonna Do With Your Life?
Many people have asked me over the last 8.5 years things like, “what are you going to do with it when its done?”, “where are you going to put it?”, etc. All very good questions and the answers have changed multiple tines over the years since starting Life: The Great Challenge in July 2010. Click here to read my very first post about this puzzle and the start of this blog. Initially, I figured I would hang the puzzle in…
Chef Art Puzzle Series
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…
Disney Moments (40320 pieces)
I fell in love with this puzzle from the first moment I laid eyes on it. I know…that happens to me a lot — what can I say, I am a sucker for puzzles! I am not sure yet whether I will mix this one or not. I actually started bag one about a year ago, the Snow White panel, but then just wasn’t “feeling” it at the time and set it aside to focus on a bunch of smaller…
A Completed Life
It’s been close to nine months since I put the last piece into place on the 24,000 piece Life: The Great Challenge puzzle, and tonight I FINALLY moved it off the table and took pictures of it mostly assembled. I have not connected the sections yet as the final section is very weak from a bad puzzle sheets experience I had. The kids and I had to re-work about 25 pieces tonight that had come loose from the backing. I…
And A Mixing We Will Go
Derek and I are now “famous” with all five of my Facebook puzzle groups after posting this video of our mixing of Educa’s Around the World 42,000 piece puzzle. Even though he was sick at the time, he had a good time helping out with the puzzle project. In fact, my all-time favorite moment came at the end after the video was over. I asked Derek to carefully re-check each bag to make sure no pieces got stuck inside a…
AROUND THE WORLD Puzzle Project: Supplies
Today I went out and bought most of the materials I anticipate needing in order to assemble this puzzle. Here’s what I got: 1. Forty-two 20 x 30″ foam boards — I anticipate I will need a few more since each board holds a little less than 1,000 pieces, but this will be plenty to get me started for sure. ? 2. Three packages of thin foam sheets ( each package contains 12 sheets). I love these for laying out…
My Momma Loves Me
Yesterday I received these two puzzles in the mail from my mom’s favorite online store to buy puzzles — Herschnner’s. These two cute and very country images immediately brought to mind my childhood home in northeastern California. We lived in the country on a 40-acre ranch, and our three-bedroom house had many wall decorations featuring birds, flowers, and other country landscapes. These would have fit perfectly with the decor in the house. Mind you, this was in the early 1980s,…