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My Happy Place Boho Coffeeshop Puzzle from RoseArt

Things. Lots of things. Colorful things. That’s what we were looking for in the next puzzle we were going to work on. We went to ‘that room’ in the house. The one where ‘they are’. Yep, the puzzle to-do pile room. It’s where we found this My Happy Place Boho Coffeeshop Puzzle from RoseArt. It’s supposed to be the spare bedroom. And it was before we discovered puzzling. Now the bed shares the space with the pile!

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That Sortin’ Thing

We like to sort our puzzles first. First, we pull out the edges and corners. Then we divide the rest of the pieces by colors. Well, we try to at least. This My Happy Place Boho Coffeeshop Puzzle from RoseArt was not the easiest one to sort. There were lots of colors on each piece. What do you do? Go with the red? Blue? Green? Well… you bail if you’re us. And you put it in the ‘lots of colors’ pile. In the end it all worked out. We loved the final result. This was another great puzzle and experience.

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 750 pieces. The final puzzle is about 24″ wide and 18″ high. There was a nice, colorful poster included. The pieces fit well and we didn’t end up with any ‘mis-fits’, where pieces looked like they went somewhere but didn’t. This puzzle was actually not terribly difficult but was certainly fun to assemble. The image is well-done and fun to look at.

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The Travelling Man Puzzle from MasterPieces

We’re always on the lookout for puzzles of Americana scenes. More often than not that means a puzzle based on the artwork from Charles Wysocki. But this time, we lucked into finding an older used puzzle from artist Bob Pettes. It has some Wysocki vibes, but the style of the art is a bit different. We think it’s one of the best works we’ve done. Well, we didn’t ‘do’ it, but you know what I mean! The Travelling Man Puzzle from MasterPieces is a great example of Americana-style artwork. The detail is fantastic, as are the colors.

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The Farm’s Buzzing

The scene in The Travelling Man Puzzle from MasterPieces is of a travelling salesman bringing his wagon to the farm. He is peddling all sorts of wares. The people are excited, buying this-and-that off his wagon. It’s a great, detailed scene with wonderful colors. There are lots of ‘things’ to be found. One of our favorite things to do after the last piece goes into a puzzle is to find all the fun things in the imagery. This one has many to be found.

The Last Piece

This 1000 piece puzzle did not include a poster. The assembled puzzle is about 34″ wide and 23″ high. That’s large for a 1000 piece puzzle, but that’s because the pieces are larger. The pieces fit fairly well (ours were a little loose but this is a used puzzle) and are pretty easy to identify. The colors were clear and nice. We did not encounter any ‘false fit’ pieces. Everything went and fit where it should.

This was a fun puzzle.

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Hoopla At The Harbor Puzzle from Buffalo Games

My wife and I tend to divide our puzzles into halves. She works the lower half of the puzzle. I sit on the opposite side of the dining room table and I get the upper half. It seemed like a good idea when we started and it’s worked pretty well. Most of the time. Sometimes along comes a puzzle where I kinda think that maybe I got the short end of the deal. Like when we put together this Hoopla At The Harbor Puzzle from Buffalo Games.

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Whew!

Now, I’m not saying that the bottom portion of this puzzle didn’t have its challenges. Nope, not at all. But what I am saying is that the clouds, sky, water and ships were absolutely no picnic at all. They weren’t “I give up” tough. But they were “whew, I’ll be glad when I’m done!” tough.

But in the end, we both stood back and really enjoyed admiring this puzzle. It’s a really nice piece of art from one of our favorites, Charles Wysocki. I feel it demonstrates more of his painting ability than some of the puzzles we’ve done. We both loved it!

The Last Piece

There is a poster included with this puzzle. The completed puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. This is a challenging puzzle! The pieces all fit well and it’s fairly hard (but not impossible!) to put one in the wrong place. This puzzle contains 1000 pieces.

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I Brake For UFOs Puzzle from Buffalo Games

I gotta tell you straight up that I thought we were in for a long build when we started this I Brake For UFOS puzzle from Buffalo Games. Featuring art from one of our favorite artists, Aimee Stewart, I could tell that the colors were going to be an issue. Or so I thought. But then, I wasn’t the one doing the sorting. My wife was. I showed up in time to start putting the pieces together so I had it ‘easy’.

I Was Kinda Wrong

In reality, this I Brake For UFOs Puzzle from Buffalo Games came together a lot easier than I ever thought it would. My wife thought the sorting was challenging, but not impossible. My fears of us spending day after day on this puzzle were actually unfounded. We knocked this out a whole lot quicker than I ever thought we would. It was fun. A lot of fun. And another great piece of art from Aimee Stewart.

It helped to use our bright LED puzzle lamp. It made it possible to tell the colors apart. Otherwise, every purple would’ve looked the same. Every blue. Every yellow. Well, you get it. It would’ve been a lot harder for sure without it!

I could not find this puzzle on Amazon. But you can find it in antique malls (like we did), thrift shops and online auction sites!

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Always Fun!

Aimee Stewart’s artwork is always fun. Here are just a few of the great things we found in this puzzle!

I Brake For UFOs Puzzle from Buffalo Games

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 1000 pieces. The final puzzle is about 27″ wide and 20″ high. The puzzle included a small poster. The pieces fit fairly tightly. Sorting the pieces (if that’s your thing) is challenging, but it was actually not that hard to assemble. We got this puzzle in a trade. It had a note on the box that one of the pieces had been chewed by a dog. Well, yep, they weren’t lying! But it still fit!

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Sunny Side Up Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We’re back home after a week-long vacation. No puzzling for a week. It was tough not to have that place to go during the day, to check out, and relax while working on a puzzle. We decided to get reacquainted with our hobby by doing this Sunny Side Up Puzzle from Buffalo Games. It’s another great work from Charles Wysocki. This one is a tad different than the others we’ve done. It’s quite a bit more whimsical. And very busy. This was a great ‘welcome home’ puzzle.

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How Eggs-Citing!

There’s an egg-stravaganza going on in this Sunny Side Up Puzzle from Buffalo Games. Chickens everywhere. Funny scenes. Funny things. This is definitely one of those puzzles where you have to spend a little extra time after you are done finding all of the neat things in the imagery.

Here are just a few of the fun things to be found!

So much fun!!!

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The Last Piece

This 1000 piece puzzle includes a nice, large poster. That’s a good thing because some of the image is obscured on the box cover so you’ll have to reference the poster. It’s a minor thing but when there are multiple people working on a puzzle at the same time it’s nice to have both a box cover AND the poster. The assembled puzzle is about 27″ wide and 20″ high. The pieces fit very well (and rather tightly) and the image quality on the pieces is fantastic. We did have a few pieces that were mis-fits, meaning they could easily go into the wrong spot if you weren’t really careful. The colors were great. This is a quality puzzle that brings hours of enjoyment.

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St Augustine Puzzle from Dowdle

Some days you get lucky when you’re out perusing antique malls or thrift shops, looking for puzzles. I hit the jackpot at the West Chester Antique Center outside of Cincinnati the other day. It seemed like every time I turned a corner I came upon a booth full of used puzzles. All in great shape. All at great prices. One of the ones I picked up was this St Augustine Puzzle from Dowdle. We’ve done a number of Dowdle puzzles and enjoyed them all. This one was no exception!

Tough Out Of The Gate

At first glance, I really thought that sorting this St Augustine Puzzle from Dowdle was going to be a nightmare. I usually leave the sorting to my wife. She’s a sorting genius. I’d probably have given up on this one or at least taken 3 weeks to do it. But nope, she got to it and got it done. I have no clue how.

Oddly, from there this puzzle got easier. The pieces are cut so that you can’t get them wrong. That’s a big help. I often found myself putting pieces into place not because I could tell from the image, but from the way the pieces were cut. And they just fell into place! Like boom boom boom! And in no time we were done.

I wasn’t able to find this puzzle for sale on Amazon, but you can get it from Buffalo Games’ website.

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The Last Piece

There is a small poster included with this puzzle. There are numbers on the poster that you can use to identify landmarks in St. Augustine. The completed puzzle is about 16″ high and 20″ wide. The pieces are randomly shaped and fit well. It’s very hard to get a piece in the wrong spot. The colors are bright and the imagery is fun. This puzzle contains 500 pieces and is fairly easy to complete despite the image looking really complicated!

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Ocean Park Puzzle from MasterPieces

My wife can blame me for this Ocean Park Puzzle from MasterPieces. It was my idea to get it. We were at the house of someone that we met on FB that wanted to trade puzzles. After exchanging a few photos, we hauled over 30+ puzzles. I was excited about making a dent in our ‘done pile’. Well, so much for that idea because we came home with 40+ puzzles. Not that I’m complaining. They’re all awesome! But now our ‘to-do pile’ is huge.

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Bring It On!

One of the puzzles I picked was this Ocean Park Puzzle from MasterPieces. I liked the scene in it. I liked the way it felt like working on an actual painting. It had an ‘old-time’ feel to it. From the outset, though, it was obvious this was going to be a challenge. Even sorting the pieces took hours. But we aren’t in a race here. Even with a huge pile of puzzles yet to do, there’s no hurry.

I felt like this was one of my favorite puzzles of all time. I can’t really put my finger on why. It’s like when you go to an art museum and a piece sticks with you days later. You’re drawn to it, but it’s almost like a subconscious thing. Or I’m crazy. Or both!

Great Artist

Artist Art Poulin was behind the art in this puzzle. This is our second puzzle of his work. The first, Roses at Snapdragons, was similar in its feel. And just as great. We will continue to seek out puzzles of his works as we really enjoy them!

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The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 2000 pieces. The final puzzle is about 39″ wide and 27″ high. It completely filled the puzzle board we use. There was no poster included. The image on the front of the box is obscured in places, which is kind of annoying if you need it for reference. The pieces fit fairly well but are somewhat loose. But we did get this puzzle used and that may be why. The image is well-done and fun to look at.

Here are just some of the fun things to be found in this puzzle!

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Moonmeadow Cove Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We think one of the signs that you really enjoy a puzzle is when you spend just as much time looking at the finished art as you did assembling it. The Moonmeadow Cove Puzzle from Buffalo Games is a good example of a really enjoyable puzzle for us. It’s classic Charles Wysocki in many ways. The Americana-style setting. Smoke coming from chimneys. Horses pulling carts. All the things that we usually associate with a Wysocki creation.

Not As Easy As It Looks

We all have different skill levels when it comes to puzzles. We’ve certainly done our share of puzzles. And almost every single one has had its ‘spots’. Those spots that take a little more thought to complete. This Moonmeadow Cove Puzzle from Buffalo Games had its spots, too. The trees were one with their darker colors. The rocks at the bottom were similar, making it a little tougher to know what went where. And the big house in the middle had its challenges too. These were not frustrating challenges, no. They were fun and we really enjoyed this puzzle from start to finish.

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The Last Piece

This 1000-piece puzzle included a poster. The assembled puzzle is about 27″ wide and 20″ high. The pieces fit tightly. We did have a few ‘false fits’ as we assembled it. You know, those pieces that test you, thinking they go where you put them but they really don’t. The color and image quality are fantastic.

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Next! Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We had just finished a 2000 piece puzzle that took us a good bit of time. We wanted something a little less… challenging. So we grabbed this Next! Puzzle from Buffalo Games and got to sorting. It’s not that this Charles Wysocki work is super-easy. But we always find his art to be relaxing and fun, and usually, a bit easier than some of the puzzles we do. There are common elements in his puzzles. There’s always a heart. The chimneys and smoke are similar. As are the wagons, trees and many other things. But yet each puzzle is still quite different.

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Animal House

There’s a lot going on in the Next! Puzzle from Buffalo Games. All of the locals have brought their animals in to see the vet. Chickens. Dogs. Cows. Sheep. There are objects everywhere and that made this fun. A lot of fun. The trees are always a bit challenging, though.

Hopefully everyone stopped by Jackie’s Jams and Jellies on their way back home!

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 1000 pieces. The final puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces fit really well. The image is nice and fun and the colors are great. A poster is included that is clear and easy to work from. You can never go wrong with a puzzle of Charles Wysocki’s art.

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Gnomes Get Baking Puzzle from Ceaco

We finish any puzzles we have ‘in progress’ before we take long vacations. It’s like a thing with us. We don’t like leaving them out half-finished. We like to come home to a clean dining room table. Clean… for about 15 minutes. As soon as we are unpacked, out comes the puzzle board and the next puzzle. We needed something to get us back in the groove. Loosen ourselves up a bit. So we decided to ‘stretch’ with this Gnomes Get Baking Puzzle from Ceaco. We knew it wouldn’t be too terribly challenging. But still fun. And we definitely knew we’d love the final result. And we did. All around, from start to finish, this was a great ‘welcome home to puzzling’ puzzle!

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Hi Ho, Hi Ho!

Ok, that’s not gnomes, that’s the dwarves… but close! The characters in this Gnomes Get Baking puzzle from Ceaco are quite fun to look at. They’re baking. Or some of them are, at least. Some are up to hijinks. Or eating the cookies. Everywhere you look, there’s something fun to be found.

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The Last Piece

There is a poster included with this puzzle. The completed puzzle is about 15″ high and 21″ wide. This is a fun puzzle and would make a great gift for all ages! The pieces are large and fit well. The colors are bright and the imagery is fun. This puzzle contains 300 pieces and is fairly easy to complete.

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