This was one of the more difficult 750-piece puzzles I’ve done. All those pink azaleas in the background was very reminiscent of Quite Fetching! Not to mention that it’s a photograph. An altered one though, I think. The butterflies looked a bit off- the way they were posed, so many so close together- and peering very close, you can see the tiny legs don’t quite sit on the flowers in a natural way. I really think only the dark-winged one on the upper left side (that’s facing to the left) was part of the original photograph, and the others were all pasted in. Pretty good job, but still! The butterflies were fun to do, and a tad easy. It was all the pink flowers that gave me a headache. Very standard ribbon cut, with the one extra variation of some wavy edges instead of knobs / holes. It didn’t get easy again until I was down to the last twenty pieces, and could more readily pick out shape matches. Three missing pieces. I made replacements to patch in. My first attempt with colored pencil on white cardstock wasn’t bold enough, couldn’t get the background dark to blend in. Used markers on thin cardboard instead (three layers) and that was a much better match.
Husband picked out the replacements right away (but he’d seen where I was working on them). Turns out two are a tad too dark now, and the layer of tape I added made them a bit too shiny- but from a distance or at a glance you don’t really notice them, so I’m satisfied enough. I left this one out on the table for a day just to admire my handiwork.
Funny thing, when I first spread out the pieces on the table, I found a surprise- someone else’s handmade cardboard puzzle piece! Much larger, and roughly made. Of course I’m curious about that, but I’ll never know.