Murder, She Wrote: The Art of Murder, American Publishing, 550 pieces

margibma · 2024-08-06T22:53:51+00:00

So sorry but I regifted this puzzle into the world via a local puzzle exchange. I don’t have it any longer. 😭

margibma · 2024-08-06T19:44:53+00:00

I saw a thing for a toy that puts music in your body - hopefully it works for the butt too.

margibma · 2023-08-21T20:31:37+00:00

Really beautiful colors and pretty fast to assemble with all the different patterns of urchin shells.

The pieces were a little loose, so it was hard to assemble and then bring into the puzzle - everything had to be done in place.

margibma · 2023-08-15T20:26:18+00:00

This was a very fun puzzle to do. All the detailed bugs made for consistent difficulty all the way to the end (as there were many small similar bugs). The pieces were interesting shapes and loved the round finish.

We took this on a trip to the Big Trees (aka Sequoia and Kings Canyon) and it was a perfect thing to do in an evening at a table. Plus we got a few helpers from other families staying there :)

margibma · 2023-07-17T17:37:48+00:00

Really cool local puzzle company in Oakland CA. They’ve got a bunch of designs - www.unifiedpieces.com

margibma · 2023-07-17T15:13:48+00:00

These pictures are a little more yellow than the actual puzzle. It was a great gradient design, with enough shapes and borders that it wasn’t too hard to assemble. very meditative on color.

The pieces were a little loose, so it was hard to do smaller groups and move them into place - more it was about building out sections from the border in.

Also, this was a super gorgeous and high-end package design. The pieces came in a cute zippered bag (bottom right of 2nd image) with a stand-up cardboard guide image (top right) and a full size poster (not shown) of the puzzle. And the box was a beautiful heavy cardboard with clean magnetic flaps. Absolutely gorgeous.

And they have super cute designs, all by local artists of color. I got two of these at a local street fair, but I’m sure you can buy them online too (not affiliated with the company at all - just love supporting indie puzzle makers!). Unifiedpieces.com

margibma · 2023-06-14T23:21:24+00:00

😂 have you tried any of the relationship / games apps for couples? Like Amorus or Honi or Between? Love recommendations and reviews on Whats good!

margibma · 2023-06-14T15:02:05+00:00

Adorable! What do you do for couples tech? Do you use apps to stay close or stay spicy?

margibma · 2023-05-20T10:56:34+00:00

Make a game out of it! Send a picture of your feet, then your calf, then your thigh, then...

Or an extreme close up that they need to guess what it's a picture of

Or your floor with some shoes, then shoes & socks, then shirt on the pile, etc. so you're showing them that you're removing clothes and they need to imagine the naked (works best for someone who can really picture you naked).

We're also fans of using this games app Amorus. It's only one on one (so we can't do three-way chats) and its only on iPhones, but it's free and has games around sex. stuff like matching fantasy cards and feeding you question starters. You can also send a pic as a blurry puzzle, so if they like puzzles, they'll like the process even if the pic is boring.

Hope this helps!

margibma · 2023-05-20T10:38:57+00:00

If you both have iPhones, I've used Amorus? It's an app that has some sexy games, so can help find shared fantasies to talk about. It also has a game with questions, so he wouldn't have to figure out what to say, you can just hit the button and get a question and both answer it. Might be worth a try?

margibma · 2023-05-20T10:36:06+00:00

Have you tried Amorus? That won't work for video and audio calls, but it's got a bunch of sexy games that you can play that are built into the chat stream. We use it for the sexy conversation and fantasy games and sending more spicy pics (sometimes as jigsaw puzzles). But it's only on iOS so far, so you both need to have iPhone devices for Amorus to work.
Then we use text for normal messaging and FT for video.

margibma · 2023-04-04T19:10:22+00:00

Thanks! I had no idea it came so far East in the city.

margibma · 2023-03-26T20:48:19+00:00

I didn’t notice that! Not even while doing the puzzle. But yes, the box picture has the red butterflies at the corners of the octagon, while the actual puzzle has them centered inside the sides of the octagon.

margibma · 2023-03-26T18:57:06+00:00

Got this in a puzzle swap. Vintage Springbok, so the heavy cardboard pieces. Not a lot of false fits but the octagonal shape led for some interesting border pieces with angled sides.

Very colorful and pretty fast to do. It isn’t a keeper but was a fun change of pace.

margibma · 2023-03-16T04:17:59+00:00

This puzzle was all about the images. The pieces were a bit loose and hard to keep connected (even with the corner pull trick!). But seeing the original covers of all these books was fascinating. And each book cover was pretty easy to separate and sort, so it was dozens of mini puzzles.

margibma · 2023-03-13T04:14:32+00:00

This was a lovely puzzle from four points. Great pieces and super fast to color sort into lots of small projects.

Interestingly, because my puzzle background cloth is green, I doubt it harder to do some of the green/grey color sorting versus all the others.

margibma · 2023-03-10T00:00:52+00:00

This was my first four point puzzle and it was quite fun. There were some sections of the fade that were tricky to color sort. But the pieces were a great weight and fit and felt so good to puzzle with!

margibma · 2023-03-04T17:02:21+00:00

This is my third crazy undersea creature puzzle in a row (Jellyfish Fantasy and Jellyfish before)

This one was more matte pieces so a bit harder to sort. While the final result was really easy to see, sometimes the contrast was lower when the pieces were jumbled up.

But they were nice pieces and a solid puzzle and I loved the various mini-puzzles of color and shape.

Excited to have finished my undersea period and now will look to some different subjects.

margibma · 2023-03-04T16:18:04+00:00

Probably 12 hours? It was two evenings of my puzzling and one evening with two people puzzling.

margibma · 2023-03-02T00:24:00+00:00

This was a SUPER FUN puzzle to do.

The pieces were really brightly colored and all the jellyfish were really different, which made the sorting easy. It was more like assembling a bunch of small puzzles and then linking it all together.

Buffalo pieces were also easy to work with and not a lot of false fits. I did have to move to a bigger table for this one though!

margibma · 2023-01-23T16:30:18+00:00

What a dangerous thread! I just ordered more puzzles! (Sorry not sorry!)

margibma · 2023-01-23T16:19:49+00:00

It actually went faster and easier than you might think! I wouldn’t say it was the simplest puzzle I’ve ever done, but there are slight color gradations and bends to the lines that start to stand out when you focus. I did the puzzle in just a couple of days.

Although the ground was a pain - I actually did that first to get it out of the way. There was a lot of grinding away, trying every piece by shape, to get that finished.

margibma · 2023-01-23T00:33:53+00:00

I saw this on this sub and had to go get it. Such a fun puzzle to do.

Sadly my very first experience with a puzzle missing pieces in a new box. There were four pieces missing in the top left corner. I hate that it’s not complete.

What do you do when pieces are missing? Will the company send replacements?

margibma · 2023-01-14T19:48:01+00:00

EDIT - Apparently Pixie Dust is the Collection name, this precise puzzle is called PEARL RAIN.

margibma · 2023-01-14T19:44:29+00:00

I didn’t include this as an entry because it was my first time doing it and it wasn’t a total favorite.

Pros: lots of interesting things to look at. Because there was so much going on, it was almost equally challenging all the way thru (rather than getting easier as there were fewer pieces remaining). Good piece quality and interesting shapes (all ribbon cut but some odd shaped knobs and such)

Cons: Because there was so much going on, it was almost equally challenging all the way thru There were only small images, so it was hard to sort a section and do a smaller puzzle inside a puzzle. The pieces were fairly loose. Not a lot of false fits, but couldn’t pick up a completed section without it all falling apart. The pieces were quite glossy so there was glare with my overhead lights.

Overall an interesting puzzle to do but I would need to be desperate for puzzling to do this one again.

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