Part One: Image Choice In the years I have been part of the online, social media-based puzzling groups, I have come to discover a common theme. Beginning level puzzlers often give up on a new hobby they might thoroughly come to love and have an intense passion for because of one simple and easily correctable mistake – they chose the wrong puzzle image to start with as a novice. What do I mean by that you ask? Well here is…
As a child I was fascinated by New York City. I loved the skyscrapers, the chaos, the romantic idea of spending my honeymoon there someday, and the desire to see the iconic Statue of Liberty. I was fascinated by the history, the architectural design, and the emotional draw of Our Lady Liberty. So naturally she was one of the very first elements of the Around the World puzzle I wanted to piece together. Unfortunately, my brain was not thinking too…
Is it just me or do you also find yourself watching these adorable movies over and over again? Whenever I am flipping through channels and see one of the movies airing, I generally will stop and watch even if it’s just for a few minutes. From the moment I first saw Despicable Me in the movie theater I have been hooked. They are just the cutest little, banana eating, mischevious dudes. They always make me smile. So no big surprise…
You know, you would think with all the extra time I am spending at home these days due to COVID-19, I would have made a lot more progress on this puzzle than I have. ? But, alas that is not the case. Both Randy and I are still holding down our full-time jobs, which we are extremely grateful to have right now, while also trying to help our two boys navigate a whole new way of learning. It has been…
I loved this puzzle! It was so much fun and a very easy assembly for sure. I haven’t heard of very many of these pops, but most of them look delicious, and I would love to try several. My absolute favorite one was the soccer ball — isn’t it cute? I also really liked the looks of each of these. The fit on this puzzle was pretty loose and there was only one piece shape other than the edges, but…
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…