Jigsaw puzzles in March
I previously wrote a bit about jigsaw puzzles as a remedy against phone use and I just wanted to share the completed puzzles of last month. I don’t know if anybody is interested in reading reviews of jigsaw puzzles, but I would and my main reason to have a blog is to write about things I would love to read myself if other wrote about the same thing.
Sunwapta Falls, Castorland
This 500 piece is a fairly standard nature picture with the usual difficulties of having plenty of pieces that are green or blue and thus could be almost everywhere. Castorland provides decent quality of puzzle pieces and I have already acquired more puzzles by this brand.
Steve Read: Puzzler's Desk, Schmidt
This picture by Steve Read was a lot of fun to do. A good variation of challenging section and easier sections, like the lamp and the wine bottle, making for a balanced difficulty. I thought it would be a good idea to start with the window framing, but turns out we did that last. Schmidt is really high quality and we enjoyed it so much that we have bought a handful more.
Lightning Venice, Clementoni
A nice picture of Venice and semi-difficult with many very similar looking pieces. However this wasn’t a pleasant experience as the piece quality is pretty poor. They lacked that perfect fit from the other brands and had an overall flimsy feel. Skipping this brand in the future.
Moreno: Coca Cola Store, Schmidt
This one by P.D. Moreno was a ton of fun, and surprisingly easy - for the most part. Most pieces had a very distinct place on the picture where they could be, so we managed to finish this quite quickly. Starting with the cars and the house, with the trees taking a bit more time in the end. Nice looking picture and we are big cola drinkers in the house, so we will likely seek out more of these Moreno Coca Cola puzzles by Schmidt.