This harder than it looks puzzle is finally finished. And after a thankfully short-lived freak out moment over a missing piece, I can put a checkmark on this one and get it glued for Derek’s room. The quality was superb, and I think this one is going to look awesome mounted on his wall. This also means one more thing — Around the World here I come! Woo hoo!!
My boys aren’t as interested in puzzles as they used to be which makes me sad. It’s very bittersweet.
This 1,000-pc. Buffalo Games puzzle puts up a good fight. It has been way more challenging than I thought it would be initially. The quality of the image and the fit has been top notch, and other than the small, 300 piece Wysockis’ I have done recently, it has been the best Buffalo puzzle I have done. Certainly wayyyy better than the piece quality of the 2000 piece Winterland Fun puzzle I did earlier this year by Aimee Stewart. I…
One of my most favorite puzzle “themes” is Christmas or wintery scenes. I most especially love doing them in the middle of the hot FL summer. I know it’s all in my head, but somehow it always makes me feel just a tiny bit cooler to do a winter puzzle when it’s 95 degrees out with a humidity factor making it feel over 100! I also love Aimee Stewart puzzles. She is one of my favorite puzzle artists so of…
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
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…