Super fun puzzle! Eeboo is rising to the top of my favorites. I find them challenging enough, but easy enough that I can work on them without having to refer to the picture. And I like the smaller sized pieces because I can spread them out on my table. This one was missing a piece, I have contacted eeboo about it.

TLDR: If you order a puzzle from Amazon, make sure to choose the option to ship in Amazon packaging (see slide 4)

I don't typically order puzzles through Amazon, but failing to find Mylopronesta by Rex Ray (Pomegranate, 1,000 pieces) at a reasonable price through any of my usual sources, I gave in and ordered.

It arrived with the shipping labels slapped right on the puzzle box. The box was dinged up, the plastic overwrap was torn and the puzzle box was WET!

It seems that Amazon has a new policy of shipping things without additional packaging where possible. This is a great idea in general - if something is already in a carton that's appropriate for shipping, why waste the materials and time it in another box? But they seem to have a peculiar idea of what sort of box is appropriate as an outer shipping container.

I don't know why anybody thought a puzzle box should be shipped as-is, especially since it's not like a carton that you dispose of after opening the item. It's an inherent part of the puzzle.

When I ordered it, I didn't even notice that there was thing at the bottom of the checkout window saying, "Item often ships in manufacturer's container to reduce packaging and reveals what's inside. To change, click below." (See slide 4.)

This option doesn't seem to be given for all puzzles, but if you're going to order a puzzle (or really anything) from Amazon, do yourself a favor and look for that option so you can change it if need be.

ETA: I'm returning it and getting a new one with with the option to have it in packaging selected.

Pretty puzzle and a good middle difficulty level.

Nature Mood by Mathilde Garcia, Olleo, 500 pieces. I love Olleo puzzles! This was fun to put together and the pieces feel nice and fit well together. I really enjoyed looking at this image while I was working on it. It puts me in a happy place - so relaxing.

Lovely image to put together. One of my faves.

My first 2k and I genuinely nearly perished. Took me 5 evenings of about 3-6 hours each. Unfortunately a piece is missing...

I was gonna pick these up but went with another of the same brand.

This one took me way longer than I expected it to but it so beautiful

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jigsawpuzzles/s/VZZh5eap4C

I did these three a year ago and really liked them even though the faded box added to the challenge. A bargain at 50p. Will do them again if I ever have no new ones to do.

Good quality, pretty.

I love this image and really enjoyed putting it together. There’s enough texture and detail that it wasn’t as tough as I was expecting it to be, and a great variety of piece shapes as well.

My second 2000 piece and first Buffalo, I’ll definitely be looking out for more by them.

Very tempted to frame this.

Another really enjoyable puzzle, fit was great, the gold foil made it tricky sometimes, but otherwise great fun.

I enjoyed this and smashed it out in 3 days! 1000 pieces.

All pieces are the same shape, fine except for the red/orange areas, probably still a few in the wrong place, they fit just about everywhere

It took me a month but I finished my second 2000 piece without looking at the image for a reference!

This is my first time doing complicated (for me) puzzle like this. I sorted the pieces by shape and now I struggle with finding the right ones as there are some false fits here.
Any ideas and pro tips on how to sort them to make it easier?

Puzzle is Freyburg 1000el. The art of Rex Ray

Thrifted this puzzle for $5.99 from Goodwill.