Puddle Jumpers
made by Bits and Pieces ~ artist John Sloane ~ 300 pieces
Finished size 23.5 x 17.75″. Completed on 12/30/23
This puzzle was perfect for my initially short attention span (before fatigue set in): simple and with a low piece count. With the odd angular random cut I really enjoy with this brand, and the picture is very cute, too. It would be nice to find this one in a 500-piece version. It did give me some finger pain, but not bad. (I didn’t even bother to put gloves on this time, just rubbed my fingers on my pants leg occasionally. That seemed to remove the residue). A thrift store find.
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Table Manners
made by Cobble Hill ~ artist Braldt Bralds ~ 500 pieces
Finished size 23.5 x 17.75″. Completed on 1/1/24
Love this picture- so fun! I had this desire when I was done, to trace a yarn color line with my finger and see if it was continuous all through the picture (but I forgot before I broke it up). Also, somehow I missed taking a final photograph! Can’t believe it. Either that or my camera memory lost that one image. More likely I just forgot. But you can see the completed puzzle in the picture on my previous post. Cobble Hill is still one of my favorite brands. Nice sturdy pieces with a lovely surface texture. Traded for on Puzzle Swaps.
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Stained Glass Songbirds
made by Buffalo Games ~ artist Ciro Marchetti ~ 500 pieces
Finished size 21 x 15″. Completed on 1/1/24
This one was so bright. The vivid colors, I mean. An odd thing from the previous puzzler- someone had put the edges in a separate plastic baggie. Except it wasn’t all of them. I had to sift another six or seven out of the main lot. I don’t know what’s the point of bagging the edges separately if you don’t get them all. It was a nice puzzle, but not a keeper for me. Quite a bit of finger pain, too. From public library swap: