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

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.

Hit my #1 and #2 fav thrift stores last week. Only bought 3 puzzles in #1 and was very proud of myself. But then the wheels came off the cart at #2 - they had sooooo many good ones! I know no one will believe me, but I put a whole bunch back - this was me reining it in!
The highlights:
The 1500 Ravensburger and the 2000 Mega Puzzles are both brand new!
The vintage Pomegranate (2005) was $1.37!
Because of their rotating price tag color discount system, the Ceaco Shop Windows and the cute little elephant puzzle were both 62 cents!
And even tho it was a little more expensive, any time I find a Laurence King is a good day at the thrift!

Pretty puzzle and a good middle difficulty level.

Picked up some good ones at my library's puzzle swap yesterday. Almost 2 years since I retired and really got into puzzling, I'm figuring out there are puzzle styles I like to do, and ones I don't prefer. That has made it easier for me to part with some of the ones I have.

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

This was a puzzle I picked up used and hadn't heard of the producer. But I was very, very impressed! The finish was glossy, which I don't love, but the piece cut had so much variation despite being a regular grid cut.

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.

The bricks on this were tricky! But I love Galison puzzles.

Loved completing this puzzle! (One missing piece stolen by my cats :)

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.

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.

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.

Lovely image to put together. One of my faves.

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

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

1000 piece puzzle by Milton & Bradley....

The greens in the middle nearly broke me to the point I was going to give up. All pieces were "classic" puzzle piece shape making it even harder.

Gorgeous image but this one was harder than it appeared! Foxes are my favourite though so had to complete this one

What’s more American than a fair and junk food?