Puzzles, puzzles and more puzzles! Welcome to my blog where you'll find photos and updates on past and current puzzle projects.
There is an old Latin saying, “Aude aliquid dignum", which means "Dare something worthy". I love this quote because it seems to apply not just to puzzling, but also to life generally.
Happy puzzling! May the pieces be with you!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Pre Olympic Puzzling
Hello puzzle enthusiasts!
I've been busy puzzling away at several 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. Recently, I completed a puzzle by Jan Van Haasteren titled, "The Olympics". With the actual Olympics coming up in London, this puzzle was a lot of fun to do. Highly recommend it! A+
Hello Puzzle Diva! My name is Penny, and I’m a stay at home mom of one 3-year-old boy, and getting another one in August. I love doing jigsaw puzzles myself, and have off and on since I was a child. Up until I purchased the huge “Life” puzzle, I had never completed more than a 1,500 piece puzzle because I had no good place to leave the puzzle permanently until I could finish it. I always used the dining room table, and inevitably, I would need the table back before the puzzle was finished, and most of the time I just didn’t have the desire to take it apart and put it back together again. Then, I discovered puzzle rolls on a website and my life changed! I purchased one that held up to 3,000 pieces and I got started with a Christmas scene one that was 1,500 and another one that was a neat looking 2,000 piece puzzle of the Las Vegas strip. I never ended up finishing that one because I moved, and the puzzle roll got put on the moving truck accidently so I have no idea if there are pieces missing, and I’m just afraid to try and finish it in case there are…too much of a disappointment.
In any case, about 4 years ago I was looking around just to see what the largest jigsaw puzzle was at the time, and that’s when I discovered the Life puzzle website, and fell in love. Even though the puzzle was massive, and the price tag almost as massive, I knew I had to get the puzzle. I spent three hours the first time on that website reading all of the Hall of Fame stories, and each one inspired me more and more to want to do the puzzle. After much convincing, my husband finally let me purchase the puzzle, and on July 22, 2010, I ordered it and began my own puzzle blog. Here is the link in case you would like to check it out.
http://pennysjigsawblog.blogspot.com/
If you do decide to check it out, go to the archive section on the right, and go to the ones marked 2010 first….this would be where I initially ordererd it and started working on it. It’s more fun to read it from the beginning than to just start where I’m at currently with the puzzle.
I am having sooo much fun with the puzzle, and though I’ve now had it for close to 3 years, I am no where near being done, but a lot of things have contributed to that slow progress. The first and foremost one being my son was 5 months old when I purchased it so I was busy taking care of him, and then he was old enough to get to the puzzle so I had to put it away most of the time and only pull it out on occassions when he was asleep or out with daddy. Then, real life happened as well, and my husband and I moved, lived in a hotel for 8 weeks while doing a consulting assignment, and just had a lot of life events happening that kept me from the puzzle. However, on September 14, 2012, we finally moved into our new and final (I hope) home in the Atlanta area. We built the house from the ground up, and in our fully finished basement I made sure that I had a “puzzle room” so that I could set the puzzle up one time and LEAVE it until I was finished with the section. So right after we got the house set up and dealt with the Thanksgiving holiday, I was able to set up the puzzle in it’s permanent home in the basement. It now sits on a piece of foamboard on top of a table that was cut to hold one section (6,000 pieces) at a time. I have made more progress on it, by far, in the last 3 months that I’ve had access to it whenever I have a spare minute or two, than I did the rest of the time I’ve owned it…over 2 years. LOL
I am now happy to report that I’m almost done with the first Section. You will see all my progress from start to finish on the blog if you check it out, which I hope you will.
Have you done the Life puzzle yet? If not, have you thought about it? And if yes, do you have blog entries about that as well?
Alright, I guess that’s long winded enough, isn’t it? LOL I can really babble, but I always love it when I come across someone else who loves puzzles too.
Hopefully you will see this, and we can start chatting about one of our mutually favorite topics soon.
Hello Puzzle Diva!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Penny, and I’m a stay at home mom of one 3-year-old boy, and getting another one in August. I love doing jigsaw puzzles myself, and have off and on since I was a child. Up until I purchased the huge “Life” puzzle, I had never completed more than a 1,500 piece puzzle because I had no good place to leave the puzzle permanently until I could finish it. I always used the dining room table, and inevitably, I would need the table back before the puzzle was finished, and most of the time I just didn’t have the desire to take it apart and put it back together again. Then, I discovered puzzle rolls on a website and my life changed! I purchased one that held up to 3,000 pieces and I got started with a Christmas scene one that was 1,500 and another one that was a neat looking 2,000 piece puzzle of the Las Vegas strip. I never ended up finishing that one because I moved, and the puzzle roll got put on the moving truck accidently so I have no idea if there are pieces missing, and I’m just afraid to try and finish it in case there are…too much of a disappointment.
In any case, about 4 years ago I was looking around just to see what the largest jigsaw puzzle was at the time, and that’s when I discovered the Life puzzle website, and fell in love. Even though the puzzle was massive, and the price tag almost as massive, I knew I had to get the puzzle. I spent three hours the first time on that website reading all of the Hall of Fame stories, and each one inspired me more and more to want to do the puzzle. After much convincing, my husband finally let me purchase the puzzle, and on July 22, 2010, I ordered it and began my own puzzle blog. Here is the link in case you would like to check it out.
http://pennysjigsawblog.blogspot.com/
If you do decide to check it out, go to the archive section on the right, and go to the ones marked 2010 first….this would be where I initially ordererd it and started working on it. It’s more fun to read it from the beginning than to just start where I’m at currently with the puzzle.
I am having sooo much fun with the puzzle, and though I’ve now had it for close to 3 years, I am no where near being done, but a lot of things have contributed to that slow progress. The first and foremost one being my son was 5 months old when I purchased it so I was busy taking care of him, and then he was old enough to get to the puzzle so I had to put it away most of the time and only pull it out on occassions when he was asleep or out with daddy. Then, real life happened as well, and my husband and I moved, lived in a hotel for 8 weeks while doing a consulting assignment, and just had a lot of life events happening that kept me from the puzzle. However, on September 14, 2012, we finally moved into our new and final (I hope) home in the Atlanta area. We built the house from the ground up, and in our fully finished basement I made sure that I had a “puzzle room” so that I could set the puzzle up one time and LEAVE it until I was finished with the section. So right after we got the house set up and dealt with the Thanksgiving holiday, I was able to set up the puzzle in it’s permanent home in the basement. It now sits on a piece of foamboard on top of a table that was cut to hold one section (6,000 pieces) at a time. I have made more progress on it, by far, in the last 3 months that I’ve had access to it whenever I have a spare minute or two, than I did the rest of the time I’ve owned it…over 2 years. LOL
I am now happy to report that I’m almost done with the first Section. You will see all my progress from start to finish on the blog if you check it out, which I hope you will.
Have you done the Life puzzle yet? If not, have you thought about it? And if yes, do you have blog entries about that as well?
Alright, I guess that’s long winded enough, isn’t it? LOL I can really babble, but I always love it when I come across someone else who loves puzzles too.
Hopefully you will see this, and we can start chatting about one of our mutually favorite topics soon.
Take care,
Penny