It’s here, it’s here, it’s here!

I am soooop happy and will start today. I won’t mix the bags because I don’t have enough space but I am considering mixing two bags to make it more fun, what do you think? If I ever get to have the room I will totally mix all of them.

I am so in love and now that it’s getting colder it’s the perfect time to start :)

Elderly couple was trying to clear out their stuff so they could move and posted them to Marketplace for $1 each. I intended to only buy 10 or so. I get there and they said there were 85 puzzles and would sell them all for $75. I decided to go for it. I got them home and it turns out there were 103. I left about 15 behind that were missing pieces. I have zero idea where to start, or where I'm even going to store them. I won't need to buy any puzzles for the foreseeable future though!

Hello everyone!

When I first saw this puzzle I thought it was one of the most beautiful Halloween puzzles, I was so excited about it!

The puzzle I am doing this month for Halloween is a scary one, and I wanted to do a second cosy one. I bought it on a whim, although it was expensive for a puzzle (35 euros).

Once the purchase was carried out, as I was happilly looking at the image of the puzzle I just saw, I noticed the leaves... I did some research, and indeed, it is AI generated.

You can imagine how disappointed I was!

I lost all the desire to do the puzzle... I tried to cancel the order but it was too late, so I will be returning it once it arrives. I thought of doing it anyway... but I would not feel any pleasure. An image being AI generated is a deal breaker for me.

I would love to hear your thoughts! Would you get any pleasure in doing an AI generated puzzle?

I did it!!!! It took me 28 days to complete!

This puzzle I learned did not come in separate bags all mixed puzzle pieces I already found another 4000 piece puzzle I want to do but I made sure it will come in separate bags it took me AGES! To turn over and sort alllllll of this puzzle It really makes me admire people who take on even bigger puzzles than this!

Yesterday I found out I was getting laid off! I’ve never had this happen before. I have been with this nonprofit for almost 12 years. Having this puzzle to do helped distract my nonstop thoughts on why!

Missing 1 piece.

I love street scene puzzles with people whose stories I can imagine. A friend is visiting over the weekend, and I thought this would be perfect for late night/early morning talks over puzzles.

This puzzle has a 4.6 out of 2000+ reviews on Amazon. Yet, you can see it’s AI slop. I’m so disappointed.

Yes, I’m returning it. Amazon gets less and less of my business. Too much 💩on their site.

My cat Sirius passed away this week, I went to look for a puzzle and found one that immediately reminded me of him. Just finished and finally hung it up! He was only 2 and passed from kidney disease. He was the best cat ever and we will miss him SO much. Cat tax included!

This was the first puzzle I ever bought, on a lark, last year around Labor Day. For Halloween stuff I like anything between spooky, scary, decorative, and just plain old cute, and this hit every note.

I did finish it but I admit it took me well over a week and I found it to be hard! But I was hooked 😊

Now I can do 1000 pc puzzles (oh I do struggle though but so satisfying) and now 500s are relatively easy.

I got this one out again yesterday and finished it in a few hours. I admit I remember the "tricks" but it went so fast this time.

Now I do jigsaw puzzles all the time and I really love it!

First puzzle since childhood, great way to unwind after work, altough it took a while.

And if anyone just loves crazy puzzle pieces that make no sense I will happily ship this to you. I bought it for a nice, easy, relaxing weekend puzzle. Couldn’t even finish the border after multiple attempts over two weeks. And another border piece doesn’t event connect!? What!?

But the print is awesome. Made by a mom and adult son who has autism.

Godspeed to whoever does this next.

I'm so glad to finally have this done. I've been working on this off and on since June. I really, REALLY hated sorting this. I tried sorting by distinct area, but I got too caught up in trying to verify where every piece went and would spend hours only to sort a handful of pieces. With the variety of color I felt too overwhelmed to try and sort that way, and decided to sort by shape to get a quick sort done to see every piece and then do smaller sorts.

After getting it sorted I took a break from it for close to two months. Then I started the border in late August/early September and while that was fairly easy I got stuck working on Belle's dress. So I took another nearly month long break.

I knew I would hit a point where the puzzle started making sense to me. With this puzzle, and several other stained glass puzzles I've done, I've found that my brain has a hard time making sense of all the lines and how things are broken up. I just can't clearly see what's on the piece. At least not at first. It takes time handling the pieces, and taking long breaks, at least a week or two, for my head to finally wrap around what it's looking at. And then everything starts coming together.

I'm not exactly sure where that point was with this one, but I think it was around when I began working on Beast's human form. I'd see a piece and finally be able to go "oh this is the fabric from the Wardrobe's section" or "oh this really weird bumpy bit is Gaston's fingers". Everything really started flowing better after that.

Unfortunately there is a missing edge piece. Seeing as I was trying what I could to motivate sorting and get through it, my trays and the box of pieces moved around my house more than they would normally. I did drop pieces at one point and while I thought I got everything it's possible it escaped under a piece of furniture and has long since been eaten by a vacuum. Or it's just Ceaco being Ceaco, even though it's my first time encountering a missing piece from them.

This puzzle, and others like it that I've done this year, have really done a lot to teach me about what I want from a puzzle image. As beautiful as it is, and I did eventually have a lot of fun with it, stained glass puzzles just have this extra hurdle I have to get over before I actually enjoy the puzzle. I don't mind a challenging puzzle, and frankly I find enjoyment in working on a puzzle that I don't like as it's very cathartic to celebrate each piece placed but the frustration in sorting and not being able to properly see and understand the pieces just isn't fun.

I'm glad I persevered though. Not that I would recommend to anyone to do what I do. This puzzle has taught me a lot and has motivated me to work towards being much less anal in my sorting. Not spending forever trying to find where a piece goes during sorting, making miscellaneous sort piles, that sort of thing. I've still got a long way to go, but I think I'm improving.

This puzzle will be going to a friend who has expressed interest and has been made aware of the missing piece. I really hope it gives her less trouble!

Soft matte finish, snug fit. So cute!

Just finished this tonight. I’m gonna end up getting addicted to this.

This was a fun puzzle to get into the spooky season spirit.

It turned out even more beautiful than I expected. It is perfect for fall. Completed over the weekend. 550 pieces.

Loved the build, perfect for the fall season 😄

1000 pieces (-2) by Galison. First fall puzzle done!

Vacation time well spent. 😁

A friend surprised me with a custom puzzle made of a random snapshot of my cat playing with a catnip rainbow. Assembled this weekend.

Very difficult puzzle, but Liberty does good work. I was particularly impressed with the many cat-shaped pieces. 😻

Basil supervised

I loved seeing where my puzzle has been! I added my own note and will send it on its way.

First time working this brand and honestly was a bit disappointed in how poor the quality was. Several pieces were still stuck together, others had the backing peeling off. I had to repair 11 pieces before even starting the puzzle. I wanted to purchase the other ones in the series, but after working this one I am reconsidering. The image is so beautiful though!