LeafOnTheWind
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I used to do jigsaw puzzles all the time as a kid. I got bored once and put 4 of my 1000 piece puzzles in one box and worked on all 4 at the same time. Since college and having cats I mostly did online versions. But I missed actually physically working on the puzzles. I found 3 puzzles that would be a challenge and hoped would cheer me up. This year hasn't started out too well and I just wanted to feel like a kid again I think.
3000 piece puzzle of Japan - I worked on this 4-6 hours a day. I thought it would be a bigger challenge than it was but there is so much texture in this puzzle it was easy to sort out small sections. The hardest parts were the black/dark pieces and the cherry blossoms because they all look the same.
Day 1 - Color/texture sorting
Day 2 - https://i.postimg.cc/XNHfSbZp/20240306-220245-2.jpg
Day 3 - https://i.postimg.cc/zB4hLkGL/20240307-194504.jpg
Day 4 - https://i.postimg.cc/NF3JcGmT/20240311-184733.jpg
Day 5 - Completed
Day 6 - Tomorrow I will be putting the puzzle away.
Trying to decide which one of the following two I will work on next. I need to get some foam board and make a board big enough to do the 5000 piece Pokemon puzzle so I may end up with Hogwarts castle next. I think the castle will be a lot harder than Japan or Pokemon. There are a lot of similar colors. Not sure how much I will be able to rely on color and textures to sort.
3000 piece Hogwarts castle
5000 piece Pokemon There is a 1000 piece version of this puzzle but once I saw this one I had to go with the challenge. This will be the most pieces I've worked on ever.
I was a little bit worried about how Millie would act around a puzzle because prior furry pets would have torn them to shreds. She is an angel and leaves it completely alone. I still cover them up to be safe but she hasn't shown any interest in sitting on them or messing with them.
3000 piece puzzle of Japan - I worked on this 4-6 hours a day. I thought it would be a bigger challenge than it was but there is so much texture in this puzzle it was easy to sort out small sections. The hardest parts were the black/dark pieces and the cherry blossoms because they all look the same.
Day 1 - Color/texture sorting
Day 2 - https://i.postimg.cc/XNHfSbZp/20240306-220245-2.jpg
Day 3 - https://i.postimg.cc/zB4hLkGL/20240307-194504.jpg
Day 4 - https://i.postimg.cc/NF3JcGmT/20240311-184733.jpg
Day 5 - Completed
Day 6 - Tomorrow I will be putting the puzzle away.
Trying to decide which one of the following two I will work on next. I need to get some foam board and make a board big enough to do the 5000 piece Pokemon puzzle so I may end up with Hogwarts castle next. I think the castle will be a lot harder than Japan or Pokemon. There are a lot of similar colors. Not sure how much I will be able to rely on color and textures to sort.
3000 piece Hogwarts castle
5000 piece Pokemon There is a 1000 piece version of this puzzle but once I saw this one I had to go with the challenge. This will be the most pieces I've worked on ever.
I was a little bit worried about how Millie would act around a puzzle because prior furry pets would have torn them to shreds. She is an angel and leaves it completely alone. I still cover them up to be safe but she hasn't shown any interest in sitting on them or messing with them.