Artist: Brigid Ashwood
Maker and year: LaRose (Cra-Z-Art), 2024
Count: 500 pieces
Final size: 20 x 12″
Piece Type/Variety: Ribbon cut, one shape
Piece quality: Poor
Skin irritation: Yes, minor
Puzzlebug series. It says “thicker pieces!” on the box, but they’re still pretty darn thin and flimsy. It was easy enough to do with all the varied textures and patterns though, in spite of having just one shape. Like many of these cheap puzzles, the pieces align one way or the other- some being narrow, others wider, and they all run up or down, so not too difficult to place things.
I did this puzzle in three hours at the library table, and casually took a bunch of progress pics from where I sat. My flip phone doesn’t do too badly when things are close range- but I failed to align things as well as I though I was doing. I even checked after each shot to see if it was all in the frame- uh, nope. Well, still an idea of how the puzzling went:
I divided the completed puzzle in half to carry home in my cardboard “sandwich”, then reassembled it for a final photo. Much better.
It’s a fun but absurd image. I can’t imagine who would keep three cats and fourteen dogs in one household, and they look quite spoiled to me, too. Posh surroundings, one listening to headphones, another on a laptop and a third reading a book! So quite the little fantasy.
