Lovely collage that made for a great puzzle. Very similar to the Vintage Dress Making puzzle I did recently, and I worked on it much in the same way, putting in pieces here and there without any plan.
Category: Ravensburger
Mysterious Atlantis, 2024-04-19
A fantasy map, with a few actual places (Rapa Nui, Thebes), some place names that are almost real (like Africus, Europas) as well as complete fantasy places (like Atlantis, Valhalla). This was actually more challenging than I was expecting, and I’m not sure it was a good idea to start with edges, given the border, but for some reason, I did. I spent quite a lot of time looking at the box with this one.
Vintage Dress Making, 2024-04-14
The blue box sort of jumped out at me, but after that I just kept putting in pieces here and there. As it worked out, I did the text on the left last. Loved it, even though I can’t sew to save my life 😀
Donuts, 2024-04-12
This is a puzzle from the Ravensburger Circle of Colors series. I worked the puzzle from the inside out, and didn’t look at the box image, because it just didn’t seem helpful with this puzzle. The changing colours were enough of a guide what to look for next. I was expecting the edges to be a bit difficult, but with the excellent Ravensburger cut, that was quite easy, too. Very enjoyable puzzle!
Behind the Scenes, 2024-04-02
I was expecting this to be difficult, but somehow it wasn’t. After I had started on some things, like the chair, the wigs and one of the gowns, it was somehow always easy to find pieces that fit in with what was already finished. Unfortunately, there were two pieces missing. I bought this new, and I doubt I managed to lose two pieces, especially as they are next to each other.
Anyway, there were lots of lovely details in the puzzle. I especially liked the colourful wigs:
The bonus challenge for April was a crown, and I could find at least six crowns or tiaras in the puzzle. Here are three of them:
Macarones, 2024-04-01
A little snack while waiting for the bonus challenge for April to be published. It was nice enough, although the dark areas took a while. The box was square, and I didn’t really realize that the puzzle would be portrait format until I had started.
Sunrise at the port, 2024-03-31
A rather typical Dominic Davison image, which made for a nice little puzzle. Enjoyable, but very fast to do.
Planetary Vision, 2024-03-30
I haven’t done a space puzzle in a while, and it turns out I still love them! For the puzzle challenge, I’m counting this as #12, my favourite brand. No surprise there, it’s still Ravensburger.
Dessert Tour of Italy, 2024-03-04
As you can probably guess, I loved this puzzle. Cake and desserts are some of my favourite subjects to puzzle, so this was great. I did the map of Italy first, then the light green non-Italian countries, and of course, the edges were last. With this kind of border it would be quite frustrating to start with the edges.
I actually haven’t tried many of the desserts here, but I often eat Tiramisù, and even make it myself. I don’t think I’ve ever had Sicilian Cannoli, but they played a part in the Godfather III, so I certainly know of them.
There all look delicious, and I would love to try them:
For the puzzle challenge, this was #30, a puzzle published in 2024. Ravensburger has some nice ones this year!
Alice in Wonderland, 2024-02-20
This is easily the most fun of all the Disney puzzles I’ve done. Lovely colours, and the details are not too small, or too big, but just right 🙂 I think I may be keeping this to do again.
For the puzzle challenge, this is #17, Disney / fantasy.