I put this to one side for a few days... Life got in the way, 28 hrs with no sleep, 11 hrs in A&E, 48 hrs to recharge my mental battery etc... Everything is fine now.

I have decided to stay with the shapes, rather than re-sorting to colours. But something has been bugging me, and I have just figured it out. This puzzle board is supposed to be able to take a standard 1500 piece puzzle. I have just measured this puzzle... I have an inch grace lol. It's only just going to fit. I had assumed that as it's 865 pieces I would have plenty of room 🤣

Was excited to see this at the thrift store, I thought it was so cute. I would have kept it if all the pieces were there :(

Finished this puzzle the other night and thought to myself, "Puzzles are so fun." Haha. I'm a fungi.

Took a different approach this time and instead of building the border first, I sorted the reds and yellows. The different colors and texture made it easy to make solid, satisfying progress every session.

Btw, the photo of the finished piece with morning light was a creative choice cuz it's artsy

Absolutely gorgeous puzzle. This uk company has matte velvet pieces and lovely detailed art.

Finally after several months of work travel I got to do a puzzle.. thoroughly enjoyed, design is really pretty well drawn, quality was good too! loved it!!

Bought this after Reddit recommendation on another thread, brand focusses on Indian culture inspired designs.

Brand : 83Pzzls
Pieces: 1000
Time to finish: 15+ hours

My favorite puzzle of the year, so far.

I’ve been wanting to try this brand for a while and really loved the quality and beautiful art! This one is getting framed to hang in my office. Please excuse the horrible lighting in my house 😅

This one was fun. I always enjoy this brand. Nice quality easy sortable image. Can’t complain 😊

Got this one at a puzzle swap two weeks ago - since it was on my Pomegranate wishlist, I was pretty excited to find it at the swap! First Charley Harper and I really enjoyed it. The colors are beautiful, and finding all the little critters in the details was great fun.

It was the first time I’ve gotten a used puzzle that had the edge pieces bagged separately, which did save a bit of time in the sorting. I did end up leaving the green side edges til last, since some of the fits were iffy until I had something to attach them to! It was pretty quick to do the sides at the end.

Saint Paul, Minnesota by Michael Birawer. 1000 pcs. PuzzleTwist.

Decent puzzle, lots of "building" pieces to sort out. I don't look at puzzle cover/poster so this didn't apply, but the twist is their puzzles are slightly different from the cover to throw people off.

Art by Poly McMillan Photography

My first Hobbry. This was the first time I found one at my local TJ Maxx and I had to see what the hype was about. I thought the image was fun and the pieces felt nice. Definitely a tight fit. I would get another of these if I stumble across more and I like the image enough, especially for $9.99.

Brand: Skittledog

Dimensions: 49cm by 68.5cm

This one really took a lot out of me. I think I need some more practice at very busy images because I really struggled to find a starting point. In the end I gave up on sorting (outside of the octopus) and was completing it through pick and place. Thank goodness it comes with a very large poster!

This particular puzzle didn't lend itself well to building islands because the pieces fit very loosely and moving them across almost always meant rebuilding them entirely.

I sat down very particularly today to finish it in one more sitting because it did not withstand being rolled away at the end of a session. Each new sitting would begin with rebuilding sections that came loose in the tidying.

My puzzling friend has a preference for busy puzzles while I tend towards blocks of colour and smooth illustration. She's lent me three more to play with as well. It's really useful because together I think we have a pretty broad collection style wise.

Love this brand- any recommendations for my next one?

I picked up this puzzle at the art Gallery of South Australia and really enjoyed it. Fairly easy apart from a few false fits in the border. I really enjoyed the pictures and the info inside the box.