Thoughts of an introverted bookworm and avid jigsaw puzzler
The Bird House is a 1000-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Charles Wysocki. I got this at a puzzle swap with a bunch of other Wysocki puzzles.
I really enjoyed this one. It has the classic Wysocki feel with enough going on that it wasn’t too difficult. Although I have been thinking, if I get more of his puzzles, I will try to get 500 or 300 piece versions for when I want a quick one.
Loving Kindness is a 300-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Lisa Marie Thalhammer. I love how bright the colors are in this one. This was a super fun, easy puzzle that I got to celebrate Pride Month. It was so satisfying to pick out the colors one by one and assemble. One of the light blue pieces was damaged, but overall the quality was great.
I am a big fan of the artist Josie Lewis and have collected several of the puzzles that feature her artwork. I recently completed these two and loved them. They are both 500 pieces and from Buffalo Games.
The first one is Colorful Diamonds. This one was really enjoyable and is just so pretty with the gradient.
The second one is Geometric. This one was quite a bit harder than I thought it would be. The greens and blues were especially difficult since they appear on both the left and right sides of the image. I did have to sort by shape to finish it up. I still really enjoyed it and love the way it looks finished.
Cosmic Colors is a 300-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Josie Lewis. I started puzzling pretty late one evening, so I decided to do a smaller piece count so I wouldn’t be tempted to stay up way too late.
I love the fun, swirly patterns in this image, and I really enjoyed doing this puzzle.
Sunset Bay is a 1000-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Charles Wysocki. I got this one at Community Aid one day when they had gotten a whole bin of puzzles. I think I got 4 or 5 Wysockis that day.
This is such a lovely image. I found the blue and gray color palette of the main buildings so soothing, and I especially like how the sky meets the water. The greens and browns got a bit tricky at times, but a bit of shape sorting and I was good to go.
I did two more puzzles from Josie Lewis this week. I just love her artwork! Both of these are 300 pieces and come from Buffalo Games.
The circular puzzle is called Seed of Life. It was very relaxing to put together – I found the whole thing just flowed from one piece to the next. The square puzzle is called Square Petals. It was a bit harder to do but still enjoyable.
Rainbow/gradient puzzles are some of my favorite puzzles to do. It is so fun to be able to start a puzzle in one section and just work your way around the puzzle, and seeing the colors all lined up is so pleasant!
Wicked is a 300-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games. A friend gave this to me for my birthday because she knows how much I enjoyed the movie.
It was super quick to put together. Even though there is a lot of green and pink, the shades varied between sections so pulling out the pieces I wanted was easy. It was also a lot of fun to do; I love puzzles that are in a sort of grid like this one.
The puzzle she gave me for Christmas looks very difficult with lots of dark areas, so I’m glad I was at least able to do this one easily.
Vivid Vinyl is a 500-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Josie Lewis. I just love her artwork! I have been collecting a lot of the puzzles with her artwork because they are so fun. I actually have an ebay alert set up for Josie Lewis Puzzle so I can watch for the ones I still want to get.
This puzzle turned out to be pretty easy to do. I started with the border and then pulled out all of the pieces with the middles of the vinyls. Once I had those in place, I just worked my way from the pieces with the most color on them down to the last few that were just white.
I think this is such a happy puzzle (at least that’s what it evokes for me, lol), and I am looking forward to doing more of hers.
The Cambridge is a 1000-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is the much-loved Charles Wysocki. I love his images, and this was an especially good one because it had so many different buildings as well as some fun words and interesting boats.
I really enjoyed putting it together. I still have four more of his in the 1000-piece size to do when the mood strikes!
Crows Nest Harbor is a 1000-piece puzzle from MasterPieces, and the artist is Art Poulin, who was an American folk artist. This puzzle was actually the oldest on my to do shelf. I kept passing it over and finally decided it was time to pull it down and do it.
I really enjoy puzzles with buildings, and this one was especially fun with the distinct bright colors for each building. The amount of dock and sky was small enough that they weren’t very tricky, either.
It felt good to be puzzling after an almost two-week break. (No big reason for the break, I’ve just been reading a lot more.)
I was still in the mood for Americana the following day, so I did this 500-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games called Young Patriots. It is a Charles Wysocki and features more of my beloved buildings along with other charming details. It was a lot of fun.
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