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Puzzle Christmas Gift

qvcfreak — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:06:46 GMT

I got this puzzle and am really excited to start working on it. I love the tubular canister. I had never seen one boxed like this. I haven’t worked on a puzzle in years.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:21:20 GMT

Ohhhh, that's going to be fun. Just the canister would scare me. That's serious.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:30:19 GMT

@qvcfreak Very pretty but intimidating!!

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rms1954 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:48:53 GMT

Bought myself one before Xmas. 1,000 pieces. Figured it would help my brain and keep me busy. It's a tough one and I need room to work.

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Lindsays Grandma — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:38:49 GMT

You should see the puzzles Lindsay does, hers come in large boxes, about 500 to a 1,000 pieces. She whips right through them. Good luck with yours and have fun doing it.

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January121 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:52:48 GMT

I wish I had the patience to complete a puzzle!!!! .... I get tired of it half way through & give up 😪

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2Kittys — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:02:07 GMT

I can't do those. I have 2 cats and they'd be in everything.

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Miss Pepsi — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:03:03 GMT

I was just thinking the same thing. My cat would never let me do puzzles but I do love them

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violet runner — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:17:12 GMT

What company make this? it's so colorful!

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HLP — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:48:35 GMT

@2Kittys wrote:
I can't do those. I have 2 cats and they'd be in everything.

I never had a cat,but they don't get up on your table, do they? I have a long puzzle table and do puzzle year round.

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Witchy Woman — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:00:17 GMT

@Lindsays Grandma

Please ask her to share the secrets of putting them together.

DH and I are currently working on one and, while we know enough to do the borders first, and assemble areas we can figure out, the interior is impossible.

I'd love some tricks if there are any.

I do know one thing, I'd rather work alone! DH sees me working on it and joins in. He is a "puzzle hog" and I find myself just zoning out

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Krimpette — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:48:57 GMT

@Miss Pepsi When I used to have a cat, and when I then did puzzles at my dining room table, my cat would get up on a chair and "surreptiously" reach a paw up on the table and slowly pull a piece towards him till he could knock it off the table and then hide it! (I no longer have a cat, and I now do puzzles on my computer. Love jigsaw puzzles.)

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FastDogWalker2 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:52:40 GMT

So cool! Beautiful colors! I like to do puzzles. Last year, I got the Hallmark snowmen puzzle. It was so hard - hanging my head in shame-I quit! I may try again, it was discouraging!

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LindaSal — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:18:21 GMT

I am not a good puzzle maker, just don't have the eye for it or the patience. My adult kids on the other hand do 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles all the time. They call it their therapy. They have many of them framed and they hang them in their garage. They both live on the same property. I purchased them some great ones for Christmas, Spring Bok Puzzles, made in the USA. I actually got the name on these forums! They were a big hit........along with their gift cards!!

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riley1 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:21:43 GMT

I love puzzles but haven't done one in years. My daughter and I used to do them all the time - especially during snowstorms.

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AuntG — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:31:40 GMT

That looks like a tough one. I'm getting better doing puzzles but I'll never be fast. My favorite brand is Vermont Puzzle. They have cute puzzles with many people and animals in them rather than just nature scenes.

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2Kittys — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:31:45 GMT

@HLP wrote:
@2Kittys wrote:
I can't do those. I have 2 cats and they'd be in everything.
I never had a cat,but they don't get up on your table, do they? I have a long puzzle table and do puzzle year round.

Oh yes they do. We let them on the dining room table.

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qvcfreak — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:24:40 GMT

I’m excited, DH is cutting me a board so I can work on it. Can’t wait @Love my grandkids

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qvcfreak — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:34:44 GMT

@violet runner It’s called Pink Sky.

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Lindsays Grandma — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 04:08:03 GMT

@Witchy Woman ...I watch Lindsay doing her puzzles and have asked her how she fits them in so fast. I don't know that there is a secret way to do them but whatever it is she has the knack.

She does the same thing you do, borders first and then puts some pieces in the center and goes from there. Out of curiosity I'll ask her what else she does, who knows, maybe she does have a secret way of doing them.

She never fails to amaze me, you should see the drawing she does. When she was in the first grade she told her teacher she wanted to be an artist when she grows up. Her teacher said, no way, with her aptitude for numbers she will be a scientist, still too soon to see how it all plays out. Good luck with your puzzle and maybe you should get one for your husband and you can have a contest to see who gets finished first. Whether you win or lose, in either case, I don't envy what you will live with afterward.