Tag: Springbok

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Garden Goodness

Garden Goodness is a 1000-piece puzzle from Springbok. This puzzle had its pros and cons. The pieces were a nice thickness, but there were quite a few that weren’t completely cut apart and there was a ton of puzzle dust. There weren’t false fits, but sometimes I had to force the pieces together even when they were in the right spot.

I did enjoy this image. I like grid puzzles a lot; it is satisfying to complete each block of the puzzle. I also like putting together words, and there were a lot of different typestyles represented here. So while I wouldn’t say this is a really good brand, I did have a good time doing it.

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Take Flight

Take Flight is a 350-piece puzzle from Springbok. I got it from a local puzzle box and used it to fulfill the third clue in the current Facebook group challenge, which was for beach or coast. I enjoyed all the colorful hot air balloons. They are in sharp contrast to the nondescript green and blue landscape in the background, which were quite easy due to the size of the pieces.

I can tell this puzzle has been done many times. The pieces felt soft rather than crisp and didn’t have the usual click when they fit into place. I haven’t decided whether to keep it in my collection; I may just hold onto it to do one more time before passing it back on.

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Board Games & Early Spring

This month our library had a book sale that included some puzzles, so I headed over to see what I could find. There were probably about 40-50 puzzles available, and I found 2 that I liked. They were only $2 each, which was great!

I have done one of them so far – Board Games from Springbok. It was 500 pieces. It was so fun to put together; I really enjoyed doing it! I have fond memories of most of the games pictured in the image.

A couple of days later, I did another puzzle that I had found at the local puzzle box. It was called Early Spring, and it was a 500-piece puzzle from the Americana Collection at Mega Puzzles. The artist’s name was Steve Klein.

This was a nice little puzzle to do. The colors were very bright and the image is pleasant. I had to search a bit for some of the pieces, but it wasn’t super hard.

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Hot Dog Truck & It’s a Tie!

Hot Dog Truck is another entry from the Food Trucks line by Ceaco. It is a 500-piece puzzle, and the artist is Stephanie Peterson Jones. I really enjoy doing puzzles from this series. They are cute and have a lot of fun, colorful elements, including different types of words, which I love putting together.

It’s a Tie! is a 500-piece puzzle from Springbok, that I had first done in July 2021. It was only the third puzzle I had done at that point. My friend Renee had helped me with it that time, but this time I did it by myself. It is a great puzzle! I love all the different patterns of the ties; it is so satisfying to bring the all together.

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The Sewing Box

It’s been a few weeks since I did my last puzzle, but last weekend I did a new one called The Sewing Box. It was a 500 piece puzzle from Springbok, and the artist was Polly McMillan. I started it by myself one night. The border came together pretty easily with just one piece missing, and I was able to put together parts of several of the sections from the sewing box as well.

The following evening my friend Renee came to visit, and we ended up finishing the puzzle that night. It was a lot of fun working on it with another person. The puzzle was harder than I thought it would be but was still very doable. The puzzle piece shapes were pretty wild, with lots of unique shapes. That actually helped on some of the sections that were difficult to do.

Here’s a picture of the finished puzzle:

Not only did Renee help me finish this puzzle, but she also gave me a new puzzle for a birthday gift. It’s one that was on my wish list, so I was very excited to get it. The new puzzle is The World of Jane Austen, a 1000-piece puzzle by Laurence King Publishing.

I love Jane Austen and am really excited to tackle this puzzle!

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It’s a Tie

My third puzzle was It’s a Tie by Springbok. It was 500 pieces like the first two, but the shape of it was round. I started it on a Friday night when my friend Renee was visiting. She enjoys puzzles, so we decided to open this one up and give it a try.

I did sort out the edge pieces first, but they were mostly black so we ended up starting by putting some of the ties together. Once we had several mostly together, we used the picture on the box to put them where they should be. We worked on it for a couple of hours and then decided to take a break from it.

I returned to the puzzle on Saturday morning and was able to finish it within another couple of hours. It wasn’t very difficult to do the border once the center part was together. Here’s a picture of the finished puzzle:

This puzzle was a lot of fun to do. I enjoyed the subject matter of neckties and it was fun seeing all of the different patterns and how they came together.

Puzzling is turning out to be a good hobby for me. I ordered another puzzle on Amazon but it was going to take a few days to arrive, so Joe & I went to the mall so I could get a new one right away. It’s 1000 pieces, so it should be a bit more of a challenge!