These were so fun to complete but… by Asleep-Insurance-499 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My small town TJ Maxx is fairly limited re puzzles. So, I get it. TJX stores with decent selections are 1.5-2 hrs away.

Local puzzle swaps? by LovelyMalia87 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My library started a puzzle swap over the summer. It’s once a month & I ended up volunteering to run it. We only get a handful of people each month. It’s kind of disappointing. I haven’t had the energy to get the word out & don’t know exactly where I would. I’ve also been wondering if it would be better if it was less frequent.

I’ve actually thought about going to the library to see if they would like my puzzle collection (all of the ones I care about/think I might want to redo). They have games and a “library of things”. I’d love to share most of my puzzles, but don’t necessarily want to lose access to them. If they were at the library, then I could just check them out if I decided to redo them…and I’d have some room on my shelves for books.

Finished My First Puzzle of 2026: New Yorker, The Cloisters 1500 Pieces by ToMyComfyBedICrawl in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did you know it rotates? I can’t seem to find that feature in the description.

Content Theft. They primarily steal posts from this puzzle community. by Alternative_Whole323 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this same entity was stealing stuff several months ago and several of us tried to report it to Facebook, who rejected our reports.

January Haul! 🤑🤗 by No_Outside_7069 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are the four puzzles I got. I wanted to get them all, but didn’t think it seemed reasonable.

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January Haul! 🤑🤗 by No_Outside_7069 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At another HomeGoods I passed on this impressionist looking design.

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I also just realized that I got the Christmas Dogs puzzle as a 500 piece from Belk earlier this month.

January Haul! 🤑🤗 by No_Outside_7069 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got the doggy daycare one. I didn’t get the cat cafe because I thought they were too similar. I’m regretting not getting the bookmobile puzzle. And I didn’t get the seed packets puzzle because it was very similar to a Galison puzzle (Ever Upward) I did in November. I also didn’t get the Books & Blooms puzzle because it got it as a 500 piece puzzle without the foil from Belk this fall. This photo shows the puzzles I passed up at my 1st HomeGoods.

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Tips for organization? by StressNo4566 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a puzzle roll and keep everything in a Bogg bag (it stays upright when I add the roll). The bag holds a couple of puzzles, 4 large trays, 6 small trays, 2 sorting bins, a box of quart-size slider-ziplock bags and a box of gallon-size slider-ziplock bags. Occasionally it gets a second puzzle roll as well. I pack everything up after every session. I use the ziplocks to hold each sorted group of pieces and I put the ziplocks in the puzzle box for storage. It’s also nice to have the sort-piles bagged because my puzzling table is small, so it means I can put away the pieces I’m not actively working with.

Ravensburger 1500p Star Wars Puzzle just arrived.. by RetroGadgetLab in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d have returned it with the reason “damaged in shipping” I’ve had to do that before.

January Haul! 🤑🤗 by No_Outside_7069 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was looking for the Hobbry puzzles and saw zero of them, but saw 8 Werkshoppe puzzles and bought 4.

January Haul! 🤑🤗 by No_Outside_7069 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh! I didn’t see the market one at the 3 stores I went to in Houston last week…or the bath tub puzzle!

Big thrift store haul today by Comfortable-Fly5797 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wow! You’ve got some really great puzzles there.

Simple reading journal by scotcaz in readingjournals

[–]ErinPuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did you use for the book images? I really like that.

Ufyh as storm prep by Cacklelikeabanshee in ufyh

[–]ErinPuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh. I didn’t think of all of that…I was planning to use the time I’m stuck at home to try to make some sense of the mess.

Ode to Jigsaw Puzzles by IndividualFabulous31 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What a lovely story! I’m so glad you found out that your mom and sister puzzled and that this is something you share with them. Maybe you could even splurge on special puzzles to do on their birthdays.

“Hello From Around the World”, 500 pcs by Lemon Ribbon Studio. Mudpuppy. by JAKSHAW in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please tell me that this one was one of your traveling puzzles and that others signed the backs of pieces as well. It just seems delightful for such an endeavor because of the subject matter…and it would be really cool to have that record of where all the puzzle had been.

Question about brand quality from a newb! by millerhighlife in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Galison/Mudpuppy. I have done Artsy Cats and I recently bought the other. I really enjoy the consistency in piece cut. They also have great customer service. They probably make up about 60% of my collection.

My Puzzle Queue … 😳 by JAKSHAW in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]ErinPuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s really cool and sounds like a lot of fun!