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12-31-19, 11:05am
CathyA

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I think that the smaller the pieces and the higher the number of pieces, the less it looks like a puzzle and more like a picture/painting. What are the dimensions of your puzzle?
I have done some puzzles that have a lot of light colors....like the sky, snow, and darker colors always seem to do better in not showing the individual pieces. Yours looks really good in terms of clarity of the images.
I hate it when a person's face is divided by 2 puzzle pieces. It sort of ruins it.

Here's two of my latest puzzles. I really liked the image of the first one, but all that lightness really shows the edges of the puzzle pieces. (Time Stands Still)
The second one I really liked. My daughter always loved fairies when she was little, and I love owls and moons, so this one was nice. (Fairy Tales)

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12-31-19, 12:23pm
Teacher Terry

Cathy, those are pretty.
12-31-19, 4:38pm
CathyA

Thanks TT!
12-31-19, 5:32pm
happystuff

Cathy, both of those are sooo pretty!! Dimensions on last one were 33" x 24".
12-31-19, 7:12pm
razz

The owl one must have been especially challenging but they are both lovely.
1-1-20, 11:56am
CathyA

Thanks happystuff and razz. The cabin/snow one was 1000 pieces and it was hard because of all that white.
The Fairy and Owl one was pretty easy. It had 550 pieces. But my memory is so bad, I can't remember for sure. haha
I absolutely love the Fairy and owl one. Maybe that made it easier to do. The woman who paints those images is mostly into witchcraft (?)-type stuff. This was about the only image of her's that I could relate to. I wish she would do more moonlit night and owl stuff.
1-2-20, 5:06pm
kib

Have you ever tried a Liberty puzzle? They're wooden and absolutely different shapes from traditional jigsaws (they have rectangular ones as well, but the pieces themselves are unique.) They're hella expensive but very collectible, so it's possible to exchange them on ebay without breaking the bank. Some people love these and some people hate them. I've found them a lot harder than standard jigsaw puzzles because the language I use in my head to describe pieces simply doesn't apply. Very satisfying to finish!!

https://www.libertypuzzles.com/userf...image-1900.jpg https://www.libertypuzzles.com/userf...s-back-500.jpg
1-3-20, 8:29am
happystuff

kib - that's beautiful!!!
1-3-20, 9:14am
CathyA

Wow, that is cool, Kib. Actually, I have done 2 wooden puzzles. I think I may have shown them earlier in this thread. One is of a carpet merchant market (I'm assuming in the middle east?) and the other one is of a bird and a vase. Oh.....I just remembered 2 smaller ones I did too. It's amazing the different shapes that they use. And it's different how you put the pieces together. It's like you have to "air lift" them over the opening, and drop them in. It's a different, fun experience!
1-3-20, 11:59am
kib

Sorry Cathy, I hadn't looked through the whole thread. You've done some beautiful puzzles! Funny, my Mom is the big puzzler in our family, I never seem to find time or space here in Tucson, but when I visit her we can spend hours on them and it's so peaceful, such an easy way to be "in the zone" even while I'm sitting next to another person. I really should work on finding more room for puzzling. Happy new year!
1-14-20, 8:38am
happystuff

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Here's the last holiday jigsaw puzzle and, actually, is the last one I have in the house right now. Maybe now I'll get some stuff done around here - lol.

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It is "Engelberg, Switzerland", 2000 pieces, 36.25 x 26.5

Not too bad once my eyes started distinguishing the subtle colors.
1-16-20, 1:53pm
kib

Could someone please tell me how you upload your photos, step by step? (the photos I posted were just copy paste from online images, not my own pictures.) I'm using a phone to take pix and a pc to access SLN and it takes a ridiculous amount of time and steps to get a properly sized photo from one device to the other. I'm assuming this doesn't take everyone else ten minutes and sixteen steps. :help: (I know Alan would prefer links to actual images, but any method I have to do that produces a pathline, not an actual picture).
1-16-20, 6:14pm
happystuff

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Could someone please tell me how you upload your photos, step by step? (the photos I posted were just copy paste from online images, not my own pictures.) I'm using a phone to take pix and a pc to access SLN and it takes a ridiculous amount of time and steps to get a properly sized photo from one device to the other. I'm assuming this doesn't take everyone else ten minutes and sixteen steps. :help: (I know Alan would prefer links to actual images, but any method I have to do that produces a pathline, not an actual picture).

I have the image saved on my computer. When I am in the Quick Reply box, I type my message and hit the Insert Image button along the top of the reply box. It allows me to browse my computer to the file I need to access the image. Hit the button to upload/save/I can't remember the exact terminology. It saves it in the Quick Reply box along with my typed message and then I hit Post Quick Reply.

Sorry if all that came out confused.
1-16-20, 7:08pm
kib

Thanks Happystuff. Now I just have to get my pix onto the computer; I have ways to do it, I'm just lazy.
1-29-20, 6:35am
razz

https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed...ate-puzzle-day

Happy Puzzle day! to all the big and little kids.
1-31-20, 8:49am
happystuff

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https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed...ate-puzzle-day

Happy Puzzle day! to all the big and little kids.

Didn't even realize there was such a day. Yay!
1-31-20, 9:06am
CathyA

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Here's my latest. I bought it several years ago and started to put it together back then, but the pieces were cut so poorly, I quit. I called the company (back then) and they said they no longer had that puzzle, but that they'd send me a different one with a similar theme. They both had owls in them. Fortunately, I didn't throw the "defective" one out. Now that I've had a couple years of doing puzzles, I decided to give this puzzle another try. I finished it yesterday. Yes, the pieces were still cut poorly and I had to use an emery board on many of them since they edges were so rough. At first, I felt guilty having gotten a new free puzzle out of the deal, but after all that filing down of the pieces, I got rid of the guilt. haha

This one was very hard because a lot of the pieces were the same shape, and the colors made it a challenge. Plus, owls are always fairly difficult to do.

Towards the end of putting it together, I realized there was a piece missing. After it was all together, I asked DH to look under a big piece of furniture that was nearby, since it's too hard for me to get down on my knees. He got a bright flashlight to look.
I couldn't believe it. He found the piece in a little space in the arm of the chair. I had found 3 lost puzzle pieces there awhile back, that I had already replaced by making my own pieces. I have one of those desk chairs with the padded seat and back and arms and is on wheels. And at the bottom of each arm are small recesses that are hard to see. But I had checked those spaces several times, while looking for this lost piece. But I had only felt in there, instead of looking. Low and behold, with his flashlight, he could see the design on the piece, which fit perfectly in that chair arm hole. So........now I have a completely finished puzzle.
I love the images that Terry Doughty paints. They are all rural themes.

Anyhow.........here it is.

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1-31-20, 11:57am
CathyA

Happystuff.........I don't know how I missed your earlier post about the 2000 piece one! Wow! That's beautiful. And with all that orange, it must have been really hard! I'm not sure I'd attempt a 2000 piece. How big was the finished puzzle?

I know what you mean about getting used to the different color shades. After working on a puzzle for a little bit, I start to get a feel for the different "neighborhoods" of a puzzle. Putting puzzles together is an interesting brain exercise.

I'm like you.....once I finish a puzzle, more starts getting done around the house. haha
Unfortunately, I don't go too long before starting another one.

Very nice job, Happystuff!
1-31-20, 12:34pm
JaneV2.0

That's a handsome owl--really like the light effect!
1-31-20, 3:36pm
CathyA

I should have waited until I had glued it to show it. The spaces between the pieces wouldn't have shown as much. Yes Jane, I love the lighting in this piece. You can't see it in this puzzle, but there are such tiny objects in the background that the artist painted. I can't believe how small he could have painted them......There's a tractor pulling a wagon with straw in it, chickens in the yard, etc. They are soooo tiny. I can't believe how artists do it. I can't even draw stick figures very well. haha
2-2-20, 12:30pm
CathyA

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A friend of mine knows how much I love putting puzzles together. Like I told her, I'm not a team player when it comes to putting together "my" puzzles. As I said above, about DH finding that one lost piece and putting it into the puzzle, it was extra funny when my friend sent me this cartoon. It really made me laugh.

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2-2-20, 1:06pm
razz

That is funny, Cathy. The last piece!!!!
2-3-20, 6:50pm
happystuff

CathyA - thanks. Beautiful owl! I love the animal puzzles, I just don't seem to get many of them.
6-9-20, 11:43am
Tybee

We just tried a 500 piece puzzle and it was so pleasant that I just bought another. The pieces in the 100 piece puzzle were so small, and we were getting frustrated, and it wasn't the joyous puzzle experience. Found a 500 piece at a Goodwill and it is the sweet spot--I feel absolutely ancient, that's the only downside. But we both enjoyed it, and it was relaxing.
6-10-20, 7:46am
happystuff

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We just tried a 500 piece puzzle and it was so pleasant that I just bought another. The pieces in the 100 piece puzzle were so small, and we were getting frustrated, and it wasn't the joyous puzzle experience. Found a 500 piece at a Goodwill and it is the sweet spot--I feel absolutely ancient, that's the only downside. But we both enjoyed it, and it was relaxing.

Congrats on finding a puzzle you like! I'm not sure what you mean by the "I feel absolutely ancient". I love doing puzzles! I only have one left in the house right now and keep thinking about setting up the puzzle table, but I can't/won't. If I do, everything else will fall to the way-side and I just have too many projects and things to do first. LOL. Maybe sooner rather than later, though. ;)
6-10-20, 8:03am
Tybee

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Congrats on finding a puzzle you like! I'm not sure what you mean by the "I feel absolutely ancient".

It was the 500 piece thing that made me feel old--the 1000 piece puzzles had pieces that were too small to see! So it was an eyesight/arthritis dexterity thing, that's why I said that.
6-10-20, 8:51am
happystuff

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It was the 500 piece thing that made me feel old--the 1000 piece puzzles had pieces that were too small to see! So it was an eyesight/arthritis dexterity thing, that's why I said that.

LOL. Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking it was the actual "activity" making you feel old. I can relate to the eyesight!
6-25-20, 11:00am
Tybee

So we bought another 500 piece puzzle, a Springbok, which had the weirdest shapes ever, which made it much harder and upped the annoyance factor.

I am now learning to look at the shapes to see if we are going to like it.

We are attempting a 1000 piece one that is high in annoyance because of tiny pieces, but it's a great picture, and we are out of puzzles, and I'm too cheap to buy them right now.

We need more estate sale puzzles! Last week I saw one in a plastic bag, no picture, for 5 dollars. That's insane.

I am drooling over this one right now, once we force ourselves to finish the 1000 piece-er.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....AC_SL1500_.jpg
6-25-20, 11:13am
nswef

We had a stash of 500 piece puzzles maybe 5 or 6 which we didn't use in the winter. We've done 2 so far. The are not too hard, pretty pictures and from the Dollar General store. The are only about 11 X 15 so don't take up too much space.
6-26-20, 7:54am
frugal-one

Received thanks from a friend... got her 29 puzzles (varieties she liked) last summer from garage sales. It is helping her save her sanity now.
6-26-20, 8:09am
Tybee

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Received thanks from a friend... got her 29 puzzles (varieties she liked) last summer from garage sales. It is helping her save her sanity now.

That is so cool, Frugal!
6-26-20, 2:21pm
happystuff

Love the Dogs with Jobs - lol. And that was a very sweet thing to do, frugal-one. I'm down to one puzzle which I haven't pulled out yet. Swore to myself that I would get some other projects done before I start ignoring everything to work on a puzzle - LOL.
6-27-20, 8:39am
Tybee

Just bought two new puzzles at Goodwill yesterday and already gave up on the first one. Even though it s 500 pieces, pieces are tiny, about one inch. Note to self--buy only larger piece puzzles, even if they have weird shapes like the Springbok.
9-7-20, 1:26pm
happystuff

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Just finished. I have no puzzles left in the house...for now - LOL.

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9-7-20, 5:28pm
Tybee

Just finished two Buffalo games puzzles from the 80's--one was Boston, which was wonderful, and made me happy to think back on my days in the 70's visiting my brothers at college, and one was of Chicago, which wasn't as great because we lived there and so much was left off the puzzle and they take such liberties with the geography. Sent the Boston one to my son who went to college there, and the Chicago one to sil to pass around the family.
12-27-20, 11:35am
happystuff

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So here is my Christmas jigsaw puzzle for this year. Billed as the World's Smallest 1000 Piece Puzzle, it's title is "Harbor of Hope". I don't have a new one, so did this one again. It will be passed on this time around, but was still fun.
12-27-20, 5:00pm
rosarugosa

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So here is my Christmas jigsaw puzzle for this year. Billed as the World's Smallest 1000 Piece Puzzle, it's title is "Harbor of Hope". I don't have a new one, so did this one again. It will be passed on this time around, but was still fun.

Wow, those must be some tiny pieces! Good job!
12-27-20, 5:11pm
razz

I keep thinking that I would enjoy doing one and then get sidetracked with other things. If one is set up, I can put in a pieced as I go by.
Loved the one with all the backyard birds as I look at the projects over the past few months.
12-28-20, 7:58am
Tybee

Cannot handle the little pieces--that is why we have gone to the 300-500 piece ones because I can't see on the little pieces! Very cool though Cathy if you can stand it.
I bought a US map one with cartoon images of each state and we will do that one when we stop painting and get a place to set it up.

I am using kitchen table for computer and sewing, so don't want to set up there.

Can't wait to do the Boston one with my son's family now that we are in Maine! I wrote a message on the piece that is the college where he went to school, so that will be a fun surprise for him.
12-28-20, 9:26am
razz

So, Tybee, you are moved to your permanent house closer to family that you wanted to do? That would be something really good happening in 2020 to celebrate.

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