The Brightly Coloured Bakery, 2024-10-05

Since painted cakes is one of my all time favourite thing to puzzle, it’s no surprise that I loved this. I also love the Schmidt quality, nowadays it’s every bit as good as Ravensburger, perhaps even better.

The Brightly Coloured Bakery, Schmidt, 1000 pieces. Completed on October 5, 2024.

I’ve been doing less puzzling lately, this was on the table for well over a week, so there will probably be fewer posts in the near future.

Cocktails, 2024-09-26

I’ve done this one before, but this time I had help because we did it at work. As you might expect, the drinks came together really fast, but the final black area on top sat there for several weeks. The lighting wasn’t really good for this kind of puzzle, and there was quite a lot of glare. Anyway, I was happy to see that all the pieces are still there, even though the puzzle has spent many years in the library by now.

Cocktails, Piatnik, 1000 pieces. Completed on September 26, 2024.

Coastal Cottage, 2024-09-24

I managed to spill some coke on this puzzle, in the top left corner, which was almost finished, and on some loose pieces. It’s been a really long time since I’ve last ruined a puzzle like this, and if it had to happen, this puzzle was a good choice, since there’s also a piece missing. This one went in the bin, despite being a nice, enjoyable puzzle.

Coastal Cottage by Emma Allen, Ravensburger, 1000 pieces. Completed on September 24, 2024.

Hello Vinyl, 2024-09-18

This was a lovely throwback to the 70s puzzle, very enjoyable.

Hello Vinyl, Ravensburger, 500 pieces. Completed on September 18, 2024.

The new Ravensburger puzzles have slightly smaller boxes than before. Here you can see the difference in 500 and 1000 piece old and new boxes, with the new box on top:

The difference isn’t all that big, but they’ve also gotten rid of the shrink wrap, and the pieces are now in a paper bag instead of a plastic one.