Brand: CeacoPieces: 1500
Size: 81cm x 61cm
Product Code: 3402-6
How's everyone's self-isolation (if you're doing it) going? Mine has been a partial isolation because I'm still working two days a week. And despite being home the rest of the time, I haven't gotten as many puzzles completed as I would have liked- I blame my husband for that! He would prefer me to do other things like tidy the house and work on fixing up some of the rooms than spend time puzzling. But I'm still getting a few sneaky ones in there!
I don't know what you do with your puzzles after you've completed them but I usually sell most of mine on eBay. It's been absolutely crazy over the last few weeks- I sold over 40 puzzles! Some of which had been listed for a little while but people are snapping them up cos they're bored at home. Thanks to whoever told people that jigsaw puzzles are a great boredom buster- business is booming!
The above is one that I also sold, even though there was a knob missing on one of the pieces (don't worry, I made it very clear in my listing so the buyer was aware!) Besides that little issue, this was a fantastic puzzle. Even though I love the wholesome Disney characters, I'm glad the villains are starting to get their time in the spotlight. There's been a few great puzzles released recently of Disney's naughtier characters and I'm looking forward to one day getting my hands on them.
The colours in the above puzzle were so vibrant and the puzzle was actually trickier to do than I anticipated due to the border but I persevered and I'm so glad I did. I love the Ceaco brand and their unique designs. I look forward to doing some more soon!
Brand: Spear's GamesPieces: 500
Size: 51cm x 35cm
Product Code: -
It feels like I'm running a repeat of last year! I'm pretty sure I did the exact same thing a year ago where I was lamenting the fact that I didn't have any Easter-themed or chocolatey puzzles and was saying I would purchase and do one for the following year... Massive fail. I didn't do it at all! And that time of the year has come around again! Oops!
To be fair, it doesn't really feel like Easter is here. My husband and I will be having a quiet one at home with just the two of us- not going to visit our families like we usually would. Which means no big Easter feast or exchanging of Easter eggs! Oh well, I guess there's not much we can do about that.
On the plus side, being at home more has meant that I have been able to get a few more puzzles done (as much as Hubby dislikes the fact that I'm not doing much else). I found this puzzle from my childhood that I decided to do for today's post- simply because it mentions the word 'chocolate' (good old Cadbury) and that's as close to an Easter puzzle that I'm going to get!
I must have done this puzzle a hundred times when I was younger. It's such a vintage image! I'm sure this puzzle was produced and released in the 1990s, although I'm not quite sure when. I don't even know if the company that made it even exists anymore!
Unfortunately there is a piece missing but I think it disappeared long ago- it isn't a recent loss!
Have you unearthed any old puzzles from your childhood and redone them in adulthood? Has it created a sense of nostalgia for you?
I hope you have a wonderful and safe iso Easter and I'll see you next week
Brand: PuzzlebugPieces: 100
Size: 22cm x 28cm
Product Code: -
I thought I'd get topical for today's post and put up the above picture...
Has anyone been watching the Netflix doco-series Tiger King?
It has to be the most insane thing I have watched recently!
I am only two episodes in at the moment but I guarantee I will have watched it all by the end of the weekend. I can't believe that the craziness that we have watched is real, and that people can truly be like that! Every episode so far has been so full-on and I can only imagine that it gets more crazy as the series progresses.
The missing limbs. The missing teeth. The cult-like parks. The power-hungry owners of the parks. The poor animals stuck in the middle of it all. It's all just insane!
So I have decided to put up a tiger puzzle for today. Because it's relevant. And it's majestic (as the title suggests).
This puzzle was a cheap Puzzlebug one and the quality was as expected. Vibrant colours and an alright design. We'll see if my puzzle choice for next week is influenced by what I watch over the coming few days...
Brand: RavensburgerPieces: 1000
Size: 70cm x 50cm
Product Code: 156528
Like a lot of people around the world, I have recently begun to stay at home during this corona-virus crisis. While our Government is still allowing my workplace to remain open (despite the fact that it really is not an essential business), I have decided it will be safer to stay home and avoid working in a shopping centre. With so many other stores closing, I hope that my boss will soon follow and allow my colleagues to also stay home.
As for my other job, I think I will still continue to work there as long as they are able to remain open. They are technically an essential business (because they cater to the agricultural and dairy industries) and there are only five of us (including me) in a huge warehouse-type space. We're way more than the required distance apart and there's plenty of room! I also need the money, with one stream of income cut, so we'll see how that goes!
In the meantime, I have dug out a really old puzzle that I remember purchasing while at university (over 10 years ago!) The population figures may no longer be correct along the bottom, but it was still a fun exercise to try and remember my geography while putting the puzzle together.
Hopefully we'll all get through this very soon.
Stay home and stay safe.
Brand: EebooPieces: 1008
Size: 58.4cm x 58.4cm
Product Code: -
Wow! It's amazing how much can change in a week.
Last Saturday I was still hopeful that our holiday to the USA in April could go ahead. Now it's very unlikely. Since my last post, many countries have closed their borders and gone into lockdown, and the Australian government has implemented bans on large gatherings of over 100 people (a few days ago it was 500). They have also made it so that all restaurants and bars have to have a 4m square space around each patron- social distancing in the extreme!
Meanwhile, around the world, the coronavirus is still going strong and infecting and killing people.
So it looks like our holiday is postponed indefinitely.
I know it has to get worse before it gets better but this is so sad- particularly when you consider all the small businesses that are getting affected by the lack of customers (who have gone into isolation). And another factor that is really doing my head in? The people who are stockpiling and making it extremely difficult for everyone else to buy basic grocery essentials. Frustrating to the extreme!
Luckily there are jigsaw puzzles to soothe the soul and keep us occupied during these crazy and challenging times!
I have decided to put up Zodiac today, because everything is being left to the stars to determine lately! This is a great puzzle, which can be turned any which way and still be facing the right way up, due to the way the picture was designed. Each of the zodiac signs are represented and the quality is lovely. This is the first Eeboo branded puzzle I have ever done and I was very happy with the results. I will definitely be doing more of them in the future.
Brand: TreflPieces: 1500
Size: 85cm x 58cm
Product Code: 26140
With the spread of Corona Virus worldwide, the travel industry is really feeling the strain. So many people are being forced to cancel their holidays for fear of the pandemic, especially with so much uncertainty about how long this will be going on for. We have booked to visit the USA next month and hopefully that will still go ahead. A couple of my colleagues have booked for the UK in July and they're just as hopeful. But time will tell...
In the meantime, the only way that many people will be travelling is by staying at home and viewing pictures of the places that they want to visit! I suppose that's where jigsaw puzzles of travel scenes come in handy!
The above puzzle features one of London's key landmarks, The Tower Bridge. Although I have never been there I would love to visit it one day. In the meantime, I will have to settle for the puzzle image.
This puzzle was from Trefl and was very good quality. I haven't done many from this brand before, as they are not readily available to me. However, I was very pleased with the ease of putting it together. Some parts of the sky were a little bit difficult due to similar blue shades, but I got there in the end! Overall, it was very satisfying to complete it!
Brand: AnatolianPieces: 1000
Size: 48cm x 66cm
Product Code: 3065
Tomorrow is International Women's Day, so I thought it would be fitting to put up this beautiful puzzle of three strong women.
When I first saw this design, I thought it was so striking, but it was difficult to find. Anatolian is not as easy to purchase in Australia as some of the other puzzle companies, and there are only a few businesses I have been able to find that stock the brand.
Luckily, one of the ones I do purchase from had this particular design in stock so I was able to get it. The colours are so rich and the design is so pretty. I've only done a few Anatolian puzzles but, like the others, the quality on this one was wonderful.
