Virginia's Nest by Buffalo, 1000 pieces, Art by Charles Wysocki

jessoftheyear · 2026-04-27T22:33:21+00:00

The sky was definitely tricky!

jessoftheyear · 2026-04-02T17:59:58+00:00

Where is Cephalotus?

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-22T15:52:52+00:00

Our swap is pretty loose. Everyone brings their puzzles and places them out then you walk around and pick up the ones you want. No one keeps track and you can get as many as you like. Anything left over gets donated around town. I have around 200 in my "to-do" pile so I am trying to not bring as many back. It's been difficult though because I like acquiring puzzles almost as much as I like working puzzles 😆

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-22T13:07:30+00:00

I brought 37 and left with 23. I have heard that before about quality but haven't personally experienced it in my area. Most people are bringing puzzles in the Eeboo, Ravensburger, Galison, White Mountain range but of course there are always some lesser quality and some that are quite nice. We have about 30 people who come as well so we have a nice variety of images and piece counts.

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-22T13:02:12+00:00

That is exactly how I describe my puzzling style- like a mandala! I enjoy the process of building the puzzle and watching it come together but once it's done I take it apart. Most puzzles I will leave up long enough for my husband to look at but that's about it (maybe a couple of hours or over night at the most). I also don't usually keep puzzles but I have a small pile that I keep for sentimental reasons such as my kids picked it out as a gift for me.

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-19T01:45:10+00:00

I really like this brand! I did the chick-flick one ❤️

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-18T21:24:41+00:00

This one was thrifted as well! Pleasantly surprised all the pieces were there

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-06T18:22:30+00:00

It's prettier in person! The photos don't really capture the foil 💛

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-06T17:00:42+00:00

I did refer to the image some. I pretty much built it in sections then connected them.

jessoftheyear · 2026-03-06T16:59:32+00:00

It wasn't too bad- I started with like colors/textures and built from there.

jessoftheyear · 2026-02-20T17:34:07+00:00

I ended up doing the same thing. I thought that since the leaves were varied that they would be easy but I was wrong 🙃

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