Jigsaws

[susanm9006]

Finally starting a new puzzle! It is one I picked up at the thrift store over the summer. I has never heard of the maker, Brain Tree, but it was a pretty beach image so I took a chance on it. A pleasant surprise so far. It turned out to be unopened which is always nice, with images that are crisp and colorful, and the puzzle shapes have a lot of variety, sort of like a Springbok.

 

[mani]

An unopened, good puzzle from a thrift shop is an absolute bonus susanm9006 !
It looks like a good brand.

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Buy Jigsaw Puzzles Online in US at best price from Brain Tree Games. We have vast collections of best jigsaw puzzles for sale. Order jigsaw puzzles near me

www.braintreegames.com

Not available in Australia though.

 

[Silver Crazy]

Photographer friend of mine does landscape pics and pics of her cats, gets them printed onto cardboard sheets and cut as a jigsaw.
Gives them to her mum and sells a few..thought that was a great idea

 

[susanm9006]

Finally finished this Braintree. Really a challenge with the odd size pieces but great image.

 

[mani]

It looks pretty challenging susanm9006 !
I quite like odd-shaped pieces though.. It helps me to work out what goes where.

 

[Margot Lane]

I’m casting about for truly unusual, odd, or different puzzles w/ off the beaten path images…anybody got any links?

 

[mani]

I’m casting about for truly unusual, odd, or different puzzles w/ off the beaten path images…anybody got any links?

Bit tricky for me Margot Lane as I'm in Australia and we don't have the range of things that exist in the US.

 

[rubysmama]

I’m casting about for truly unusual, odd, or different puzzles w/ off the beaten path images…anybody got any links?

I googled "unusual puzzles" and these came up: Maybe one will be what you're looking for.
unusual puzzles - Google Search

 

[mani]

Have you looked through this thread Margot Lane ? Some of the ones posted are a bit different.

 

[susanm9006]

I’m casting about for truly unusual, odd, or different puzzles w/ off the beaten path images…anybody got any links?

Maybe start with a online store like puzzle warehouse.com. They carry a big selection of puzzles from various makers. You can also search by image type like abstract, comic, floral etc.

 

[mani]

I really enjoyed this one.. just the right amount of difficulty and interesting.

 

[gilmargl]

My first jigsaw this season! 1000 pieces but it only took a few evenings to do - in spite of the "help" provided by 4 cats. It was both interesting and amusing."Lady Chatterly's Plover", "Lady Chatterly's Bowler", "Lady Chatterly's Diaper", "Lady Chatterly's Rover", "Lady Chatterly's Pullover", "A Pram for All Seasons", "Seven Pills of Wisdom" were just a few of the book titles arranged on the shelves among some very odd items incuding wine bottles, toys, a pumpkin, chicken, peas in the pod and knitting needles with a ball of wool.

Although the cats sent many pieces flying, they did not take a single piece away to bury in a litter box!

 

[susanm9006]

My first jigsaw this season! 1000 pieces but it only took a few evenings to do - in spite of the "help" provided by 4 cats. It was both interesting and amusing."Lady Chatterly's Plover", "Lady Chatterly's Bowler", "Lady Chatterly's Diaper", "Lady Chatterly's Rover", "Lady Chatterly's Pullover", "A Pram for All Seasons", "Seven Pills of Wisdom" were just a few of the book titles arranged on the shelves among some very odd items incuding wine bottles, toys, a pumpkin, chicken, peas in the pod and knitting needles with a ball of wool.
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Although the cats sent many pieces flying, they did not take a single piece away to bury in a litter box!
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You are fast! This looks like a Ravensburger. They have done a number of these bookshelf type and I love finding the little characters tucked into the shelves and the cute book titles.

 

[mani]

My first jigsaw this season! 1000 pieces but it only took a few evenings to do - in spite of the "help" provided by 4 cats. It was both interesting and amusing."Lady Chatterly's Plover", "Lady Chatterly's Bowler", "Lady Chatterly's Diaper", "Lady Chatterly's Rover", "Lady Chatterly's Pullover", "A Pram for All Seasons", "Seven Pills of Wisdom" were just a few of the book titles arranged on the shelves among some very odd items incuding wine bottles, toys, a pumpkin, chicken, peas in the pod and knitting needles with a ball of wool.
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Although the cats sent many pieces flying, they did not take a single piece away to bury in a litter box!
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I do like those 'booky' ones. I haven't done that one yet so will keep an eye out for it.

I've never thought to check the litterbox for missing pieces.

 

[susanm9006]

The funniest place I have ever found puzzle pieces is the dishwasher! The dishwasher wasn’t draining so I was cleaning the screens and found two pieces. Apparently they stuck to the bottom of a bowl or more likely coffee cup and then got quite thoroughly washed.

 

[susanm9006]

Just finished this. It was a fun one to complete.

 

[gilmargl]

…gonna TRY the new rule of not looking at the box.

I don't normally apply this rule except perhaps for puzzles with less than 1000 pieces. For some puzzles the picture is of no help - as in the case of this picture - something borrowed, something blue, blue and even more blue, which I am working on at the moment. The sunset and its reflection were fairly straightforward but the rest ........ trial and error matching shapes.

In the case of the book puzzle most of the fun was finding a puzzle piece, with say a small carrot in the corner, and studying the picture to try to find out where a carrot goes and why. I suppose it all depends on the details in the picture and how much interesting information can be found in the small details - in addition to simply completing the puzzle. Both puzzles have 1000 pieces and are from Ravensburger but they are completely different to work with.

I have to finish puzzles quickly - with 4 cats playing with the pieces, it's not safe to vacuum until the puzzles are 100 % complete.

 

[susanm9006]

I don't normally apply this rule except perhaps for puzzles with less than 1000 pieces. For some puzzles the picture is of no help - as in the case of this picture - something borrowed, something blue, blue and even more blue, which I am working on at the moment. The sunset and its reflection were fairly straightforward but the rest ........ trial and error matching shapes.
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In the case of the book puzzle most of the fun was finding a puzzle piece, with say a small carrot in the corner, and studying the picture to try to find out where a carrot goes and why. I suppose it all depends on the details in the picture and how much interesting information can be found in the small details - in addition to simply completing the puzzle. Both puzzles have 1000 pieces and are from Ravensburger but they are completely different to work with.

I have to finish puzzles quickly - with 4 cats playing with the pieces, it's not safe to vacuum until the puzzles are 100 % complete.

I have a couple cafeteria type trays to keep puzzle pieces confined while working on it. Otherwise Lola would have them flung everywhere.

 

[gilmargl]

Finished! Woolly Bear is so happy! At last she can sleep on the table in the sun without somebody playing with those ridiculous pieces of cardboard!

Yes, I managed to finish it fairly quickly because I've had 2 days doing little else while suffering with a fever (bronchitis or flu but not Covid!). Here's a photo without Woolly Bear to prove it.

I could hardly believe that I didn't have to do a final search under the table for any missing pieces. I'll now have to try to put it back in the box - without too many cats' hairs! It was a borrowed puzzle. Rather difficult and boring - the picture was no help at all. A simple question of matching shapes and to a less extent colours - but it's finished and will probably be my last puzzle till Christmas.

 

[mani]

Wow. That's a difficult puzzle!
Hope you're feeling better.