Bubbly Gaze

Bubbly Gaze is a 500-piece puzzle from Olleo, and the artist is FNY. I’m not normally an underwater puzzle person, but this image just spoke to me. I love everything about it.

This was my first full-size puzzle from Olleo, and I am beyond impressed with the quality. The packaging is great – the pieces come in a drawstring cotton bag and a nice size reference poster is included. The pieces have a smooth matte finish and the printing is clear and crisp.

Beyond all of that, the puzzling experience was amazing. The fit of the pieces was great, even on the border, and I could pick out what piece I needed easily due to the unique shapes of the connectors. I was also able to easily see color variations, even on the darkest and lightest pieces. This is in sharp contrast to a puzzle from a different brand I did earlier the same day where the border took until halfway through to figure out and I struggled with finding the right pieces.

I have several more of this brand on my wishlist and am excited to get more of their puzzles in the future.

I won a Puzzledly gift card!

I recently entered a giveaway for a $50 gift card to Puzzledly, which is one of my favorite online puzzle stores, and I was shocked to actually win! I do have puzzles on my wishlist on the site, but when I looked at the new arrivals section, I found two Werkshoppe puzzle that were on pre-order that I fell in love with.

The one on the top is called Beach Boardwalk, and the bottom one is Autumn on Main Street. Both are 1000 pieces, and the artist is Cathy Walters. I have always enjoyed puzzling buildings, so these storefront images really spoke to me.

Because Puzzledly gives 20% off when you buy 3 or more puzzles, I was able to add in a mini puzzle. I chose Garden Serenity, which is a 99-piece puzzle from Olleo. The artist is Salome Herzog. I actually did that one during my lunch break one day, and it is so pretty!