Home For Christmas

Brand: Gibsons

Pieces: 500
Size:  48cm x 34cm

Product Code: G3608

Time for the third Christmas-themed puzzle of the month! 

This time, we're going with Home For Christmas, which was illustrated by Josie Shenoy for Gibsons Puzzles. Although it's somewhat difficult to tell from my photo, this puzzle features gold leaf highlights throughout the design, making it extra special to do.

This design was whimsical and cute, and the quality was wonderful. This is one of those puzzles that borders on both traditional and modern, and was a nice quick one for the holiday season.

I'm going to put up one more Christmas-themed puzzle next week (most likely) even though the holiday season will be on its way out, but in the meantime, I hope you have a safe and merry Christmas and I'll see you next time...

Christmas Book Flood

Brand: Reverie Puzzles

Pieces: 1000
Size:  50cm x 70cm

Product Code: -

Hey all,

Sorry I didn't post yesterday, as I usually do. I ended up working Saturday as overtime and started work early, so I had absolutely no time to put up a picture or anything. I've decided to remedy that today however, so never fear!

Last week was the Nationals and wow, what an experience! I had a great time competing in the individuals competition, even though I finished quite late in the game compared to many other people. I should have practiced more in the leadup to the event but I'm glad I at least completed it within the time frame. Next year I'll have to focus more on bettering my time...

In the meantime, I will continue getting through as many puzzles as I can so that I can clear a bit of a puzzle backlog- especially since more puzzles keep on jumping into my online carts and ending up at my home! Crazy how that happens lol.

Todays puzzle is another Christmas-themed one (as all of December will be), from Reverie Puzzles, titled Christmas Book Flood, and illustrated by the talented Sanna Nordahl. This design follows an Icelandic Christmas tradition which I personally think sounds amazing! Basically it's a Christmas Eve book exchange and read-in. What more could you want?

Do you have any Christmas holiday traditions? Maybe you'd want to start something like this within your household? Let me know your thoughts! Until next time...

Enchanted Nutcracker

Brand: Galison

Pieces: 500
Size:  50.8cm x 50.8cm

Product Code: -

Today is the Australian Nationals Jigsaw Puzzle Competition! It will be held in Melbourne at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and I'm so looking forward to attending! Because I don't have much time to write today in the lead up to getting there and competing, I have just decided to post this quick image. I hope you like the design as much as I did.

I'll tell you all about the competition next week. Wish me luck!

Pavlova & Prawns

Brand: Journey Of Something

Pieces: 500
Size: 38.5cm x 55cm

Product Code: -

Christmas Eve tomorrow and the holiday season has officially begun!

This is just a quick post to say that I hope you have a Merry Christmas and that you have a wonderful festive season with your families, friends and loved ones. Eat, drink and be merry!

I'm leaving you with a picture of a puzzle from Journey Of Something that was illustrated by Dawn Tan. It's not really a Christmas-themed puzzle, but I think it's a good representation of what most Aussie Christmas lunches/dinners look like each year. I know we've definitely had all of these on our tables at one point or another!

Until next time...

Cheers!

Outback Christmas

Brand: Mr Bob Puzzles

Pieces: 101
Size: 34cm x 22.5cm

Product Code: -

This post is going up a little later (time-wise) than usual. I'm not sure if it's because of the times I've been posting, the pictures I've been putting up, or because of some other reason, but lately my views have been lessening. 

So I've decided to test the theory of time and put this up a little later. 

This small wooden puzzle contains cute whimsy pieces following a Christmas theme. It features a candy cane, Christmas tree and snowman, as well as a not-so-Christmasy boomerang (in a nod to the indigenous theme of the design). Using Christmas colours and Aboriginal art, this design embraces an Outback Christmas and gives a different view of the festive season.

Have you got many Christmas puzzles in your stash that you plan on doing soon? Only 9 days to go!

Star Wars: All I Want For Christmas Is R2

Brand: Buffalo

Pieces: 500
Size: 54cm x 38cm

Product Code: 3364

It's the second weekend of December, so time to put up another Christmas puzzle!

This one is part of a Star Wars-themed series that features characters in Christmas attire. I have previously put up others like it, and thought it was time for this one to join the mix. I love the popculture aspect of the puzzle, as well as the quality, and ease it takes to put the design together.

Do you have any Christmas puzzles that also follow other themes like this one?

Deck The Shelves

Brand: Galison

Pieces: 1000
Size: 50.8cm x 68.58cm

Product Code: -

Today is the second day of December, so I thought I'd follow last year's format and put up Christmas puzzles for the month of December. 

There's just something about seasonal puzzles isn't there? They allow you to enjoy the holiday mood but without all the drama of gift buying and tree presentation.

The first puzzle I've selected for the month is a cute illustrated puzzle from Galison called Deck The Shelves. It features all your traditional Christmas motifs on a pretty shelf display which I absolutely love. This puzzle wasn't as hard to do as you'd expect, despite many of the colours repeating throughout the design, and they fit together nicely. 

Have you started your Christmas-themed puzzling yet? How many do you have in your stash?

Festive Reading Party

Brand: Reverie Puzzles

Pieces: 1000
Size: 50cm x 70cm

Product Code: -

Happy Christmas Eve! 

Tomorrow is the big day but since I usually post on Saturdays, today will be the day when I send you my well-wishes for the holiday season. It is also the day when I have put up this beautiful puzzle from Reverie Puzzles most recent collection! 

This puzzle was recently part of a puzzle-along- which I only realised after I had already completed it, unfortunately. But it was such a pleasure to do that I'm not bothered in the slightest. 

Featuring artwork by illustrator Karina Syevalnyeva, this puzzle brings together all the best parts of a Christmas scene- books, cute gingerbread men and beautiful booklover decorations.

I absolutely love the puzzles from this brand and have nearly all of them in my collection. I'm so glad they produced a gorgeous seasonal design like this one!

That said, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas- my next post will probably be on New Year's Eve if my plans don't get mislaid by the occasion! 

Seasons Greetings to you all! xo

Seasons Greetings From The Avengers

Brand: Buffalo

Pieces: 500
Size: 38cm x 54cm

Product Code: 3210

For my next Christmas puzzle, I have decided to put up this brightly drawn and illustrated design featuring Marvel's The Avengers. Most of the characters we know and love are depicted in this one, complete with a snowy background and jaunty 'Season's Greetings' banner (the only real Christmas-sy thing about the design if I'm being honest!)

This puzzle was a fun, quick one to do, with that wonderful Buffalo quality behind it. 

Next week when I post it will be Christmas Eve and I have a beautiful design ready to upload that I completed during the week. I look forward to putting it up for you then! 

Downtown Holiday Festival

 

Brand: Eurographics

Pieces: 500
Size: 48cm x 68cm

Product Code: 6500-5503

Here is my second offering for my Christmas puzzle posting!

This one, which features the detailed and colourful artwork of Mark Frost, was an absolute pleasure to do. 

The pieces were slightly larger than usual so it also felt like it was quicker to put the puzzle together.

I bought this one online earlier in the year from a company in the UK, when I realised that the only Christmas-themed puzzles I really had were all popculture-based. I have several (which will probably be put up over the coming weeks) that feature characters from film and TV in Christmas settings, but very few that show a traditional Christmas design. The aim of this puzzle was to break that up and show something a bit different. Hopefully I can get one of my other Christmas ones done soon to follow this idea... 

I absolutely loved putting this puzzle together, and enjoyed seeing all the little stalls come together in this traditional Christmas market design. I wish I could visit a market in real life that replicated this one- it's just so sweet! 

Does your town have a Christmas market like the one above?

Galaxy's Greetings

Brand: Buffalo

Pieces: 500
Size: 38cm x 54cm

Product Code: 3389

Here's the first of my Christmas-themed puzzles for the month of December- Galaxy's Greetings from Star Wars: The Mandalorian. Featuring an image of cute little Grogu, this festive design caught my attention as soon as I saw it. I loved the series' and this addition to my puzzle collection seemed fitting- especially since I don't have a lot of Christmas-themed puzzles to do! 

The pieces fit together well, and had that wonderful Buffalo quality. I have a few more Buffalo-branded puzzles to complete which I bought from Puzzle Warehouse during one of their sales, so you may see some more pop up in the future...

Super Mario: Happy Holidays

Brand: The OP Puzzles

Pieces: 1000
Size: 48.9cm x 67.6cm

Product Code:  PZ005-676

Merry Christmas! What better way to celebrate the actual day than to put up a picture of Mario, Luigi and the rest of the crew as they celebrate the festive season! 

This puzzle by The OP Puzzles features everyone's favourite Super Mario characters and is made up of irregularly cut pieces. While this was a little challenging in the plain white areas, it was also a fun puzzle to piece together and I'm glad I was able to find it.

Thanks for following my puzzle blog over the year (or longer if you've gone back through some of the images I've put up!) and I'll see you in the new year.

Stay safe and Merry Christmas!

Enchanted Christmas

Brand: Ravensburger

Pieces: 500
Size: 49cm x 36cm

Product Code:  168620

A case of insomnia has me up and posting this one a bit earlier on a Saturday morning than I would like. But I figured that since I was up, I may as well do it now...

This puzzle design is another by Demelsa Haughton- I absolutely love her work! She has such pretty and whimsical illustrations, and they come across as wonderful puzzle designs. 

This Christmas-themed puzzle is no exception. She puts lots of little details into her work, and sometimes you don't see them until you're piecing the puzzle together. The characters are all very cute and I am excited that I got to do yet another of her gorgeous creations. 

This is the last weekend before Christmas! Crazy how time flies. I'll have another (final) Christmas puzzle up next week and then we'll see what happens next in regards to design posts. What will the new year bring?!

Deck The Halls

Brand: Waddington's Of London (Winning Moves)

Pieces: 1000
Size: 66.5cm x 50cm

Product Code:  WM00507-EN1

The second of this year's Christmas puzzles is by Waddington's Of London, who have released this puzzle in Australia through the brand Winning Moves. Deck The Halls is a wonderful nostalgic scene of a Christmas gathering, with the kids helping mum to decorate the tree and the dog begging for Christmas treats from dad. 

This is such a classic scene that I couldn't help but order it when I saw it. The design is vibrant and features gold foil on the Christmas tree- giving it that extra sparkle (unfortunately it's not terribly visible in the photo). This puzzle also came with a certificate of authenticity and a collectable golden coin for people who have collected the series over the years. 

This was a great and busy puzzle to do and I might look out for more like it in the future.

Weasley Sweaters (Harry Potter)

Brand: The OP Puzzles

Pieces: 550
Size: 45.72cm x 60.96cm

Product Code:  -

It's December! As in previous years, I can't believe it's rolled around so quickly. The end of the year always seems to come around sooner than I anticipate! 

So that means it's time for Christmas-themed puzzles. I haven't really got a lot, but hopefully I've got enough to complete for the month of December's posts. 

I know for a fact that despite all the hundreds of puzzles I have and need to still do, a very very small percentage of them are Christmas-themed. Is that a valid reason to buy more? Speaking of which, how did you go with the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales? I know that I probably should have instigated an internet ban on myself for that weekend but some of the deals were too good to resist. I'm a sucker for a good sale! Especially when there are puzzles involved! Oops- I'll have to exercise more self-control for the next few months (ie years).

Anyway, back to the puzzles...

Today's puzzle features Harry Potter, Christmas and a lovely cross-stitched theme- a puzzle by The OP Puzzles. When I saw this one, I was strangely excited. Ugly sweater excited! This puzzle was different but I enjoyed doing it and is the first of the Christmas puzzles I will be putting up this month. It was the first time I had done a puzzle from this brand too, and I plan on doing others if I come across them

Star Wars: A Very Vader Christmas

Brand: Buffalo

Pieces: 300
Size: 54cm x 38cm
Product Code:  92500-2803

OK I did it. 

I just couldn't help myself.

In my own flimsy self-defence, I didn't have any other Christmas-themed puzzles in my photo collection that I could put up, but the fact that I've done two in a row of Buffalo, Star Wars and piece count is a little bit sad. 

You'll just have to show some Christmas spirit and forgive me for it! Haha 

I'll have to make sure I have some more Christmas puzzles in my collection before December rolls around next year...

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas- the next time I post will be in the year 2021 so I hope you also have a safe and happy New Year!

Keep puzzling!

Star Wars: Holiday Yoda

Brand: Buffalo

Pieces: 300
Size: 54cm x 38cm
Product Code:  92500-2805

Following the finale last night of Disney Plus' second season of The Mandalorian, I had big plans to put up a picture of the Baby Yoda puzzle that accompanied the Mandalorian one I put up several weeks ago.

But then I realise that there are only 6 days to go until Christmas, and that since I only really post on Saturdays, it would be past Christmas when I put up my next post- unless I make an exception this time of course! 

So I thought in a slight compromise, I would put up the above puzzle- it features Yoda (the real one, not baby Grogu) and a nice Christmas-y theme. I'll just have to leave the other puzzle for a different time- maybe when series 3 is announced?

The above puzzle was quite fun to do and there is an accompanying Vader one in the series (which I have also done, but will hold off on posting for a while). 

I hope you have a merry and safe Christmas and I'll probably post at least once more before the year is out. 

Hopefully next year will be a lot better than this year has been!

Princess Christmas Celebrations (Disney)

Brand: Ravensburger
Pieces: 500
Size: 49cm x 36cm
Product Code: 147786

Well it's the last Saturday before Christmas and so here is the last Christmas puzzle I have on offer for the time being- Princess Christmas Celebrations! Of course I had to finish on a high and include a beloved Disney design :)

This one features the main Disney princesses (and all the woodland animals that seem to favour them) in a wintery Christmas scene. The quality was perfect as usual and the design was appealing to anyone who loves the characters involved.

My next post will be put up in that weird holiday space between Christmas and New Year so I'll see you then for the final post of 2019! In the meantime, have a Merry and Safe Christmas!

Untitled Christmas Puzzle

Brand: Big W Branded
Pieces: 100
Size: 26.3cm x 23.2cm
Product Code: -  

When I shop in department stores, I like to look at the puzzle ranges that they stock. Sometimes they have some of the more well-known brands like Ravensburger or Blue Opal, but occasionally you also come across a no-name brand (made for the store that's selling it). This was the case with the above puzzle. I found this one in the Christmas section of Big W and I couldn't see any branding or title on it. Therefore it is now known as the Big W Branded Untitled Christmas Puzzle! 

The design was too cute to pass up, and it was only $4! Surprisingly the pieces were good quality and fit together well. A nice little Christmas treat! 

On another note, sorry about the super early post! We were meant to be travelling to Sydney again today but industrial action has meant that a lot of Jetstar flights have been cancelled or delayed. The flight my parents and brother were meant to catch tomorrow has been cancelled so they're no longer going. As for us, ours wasn't cancelled until early this morning (when we had already gotten up at quarter to four to get ready!) but we're now catching another morning flight. Unfortunately that means I'm up and awake now for no reason- no point in going back to bed now!- but it also means I had a chance to put this up. You would have had to wait till tomorrow night otherwise!! 

Oh well, c'est la vie. 

La Virgen

Brand: Ravensburger
Pieces: 1000
Size: 50cm x 70cm
Product Code:  198535

We're in December now, so I feel like it's time to unleash some of the Christmas puzzles I have done. I work in retail and for me, the Christmas season began long ago. In fact, we haven't even put up our tree at home yet cos I've already become Christmas-ed out at work and I'm trying to avoid it!! 

But puzzles are a different story, so I will be putting some up in the lead-up to the big day!

So the first one I'm posting isn't technically to do with Christmas, but at the same time it kind of is (?!)  I loved the bright and bold colours of this one, and the 'stained glass' look. It was actually a little bit more challenging than I anticipated too, which can occasionally be a good thing.

There are two more Saturdays before Christmas day so I will try to make those themed as well. Also, next week's post might be either a little bit early (Friday) or a little bit late (Sunday) cos I'm going to be interstate again. We'll see how I go!