Thoughts of an introverted bookworm and avid jigsaw puzzler
Rainbow Buttons is a 750-piece puzzle from Ceaco, and the artist is Lars Stewart. I always love a good rainbow puzzle, and this one did not disappoint! I did this over two nights, starting with the red, pink, and orange the first night. Then I finished up the rest of the colors going left to right the second night. So fun!
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.
Rainbow Stationery is a 750-piece puzzle from Ceaco, and the artist is Martha Roberts. This is part of their ColorStory line. It was a very satisfying rainbow puzzle. The fit was pretty loose, but I really enjoyed the process of working through each color. There is something pleasing about seeing the items all lined up like that!
Seashells is a 1000-piece puzzle from Elena Essex, and the artist is Katherine Herrell. I just love rainbow/gradient puzzles. It is so enjoyable to pick out the colors one by one and work on each section. I also love the quality of this brand. The pieces are a nice shape and weight, and they fit together well.
I love how each of the seashells has a slightly different pattern; they are so beautiful. There were also very few pieces that had just the background color on them, which was very nice.
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!
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.
Rainbow Sunrise is a 500-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Josie Lewis. This was such a relaxing puzzle to put together, and the rainbow gradient is so beautiful.
I have actually started collecting Josie Lewis puzzles because of how much I love them. I have five so far, three of which I still have left to do. I also started following her on TikTok, where she shares her current art as well as spotlights other artists who are doing interesting work.
Buffalo Games puzzles are very good quality. The pieces have a nice smooth finish to them that is very pleasant to the touch. I wish I liked more of their images, but unfortunately a lot of them are not my preferred style.
Here are the three Lewis puzzles I have on my to do shelf right now:
Diamond Dahlia is a 500-piece puzzle from Buffalo Games, and the artist is Josie Lewis. I think this is a perfect example of a rainbow puzzle. It is so satisfying to do a puzzle where I can start with one color and work my way around.
The white lines in the design along with the shading of the colors made it easier to place pieces than I thought it would be, although the red and pinks were very similar and took a bit longer than the other colors.
I really want to get one other puzzle of hers, Rainbow Sunrise. It is out of stock everywhere I’ve looked, though, so I’ve got an alert set up on ebay in case one shows up there. Here’s a picture of that one:
Hue Wormhole is a beautiful puzzle by Wenjia Wang. This is a 1000-piece, circular puzzle from Antelope Puzzles, and it was a lot of fun to put together. I have never done a circular puzzle this big and it actually ended up being too big for the puzzle board I was doing it on. I had to carefully transfer it to foam board to get photos of it.
The colors in this puzzle are gorgeous, and the quality is impressive! The pieces were a nice thickness and fit together well. I started with the border and then worked my way from the outer green and blue up to the purple edge. The greens and orange went pretty well, but then I got a big bogged down in the reds. I kept working it and eventually got to the purples, which were a lot easier.
All in all, this was a joy to assemble and I highly recommend it!
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