Is there anything worse than starting a puzzle and having to disassemble it before it’s completed? You know, like when your cat jumps up on it and messes up all the progress you’ve made. Well, this is probably not the best intro to this month’s blog topic, but hopefully you’ll make the connection. This blog is all about the best puzzles to travel with. After all, it’s summertime so why not bring some puzzles with you on your vacation? CONTINUE READING
Have you ever noticed the date on the calendar emoji? Yeah … me neither! Turns out, the date on the calendar emoji is July 17th, and that is the official date of World Emoji Day! According to WorldEmojiDay.com, July 17th is the date that iCal was first announced at MacWorld in 2002 and in 2014, the founder of Emojipedia created World Emoji Day based on that event. Emojipedia oversees World Emoji Day and is the source of official emoji definitions, emoji changes, and is the first to announce new emojis. This year is the tenth annual global celebration of World Emoji Day! Use the hashtag #WorldEmojiDay to join in the celebration…CONTINUE READING
Hello there! I’ve been seeing those little neighborhood libraries around my neighborhood and thinking how much better they’d be if they had puzzles in them. Naturally, in spite of lacking any real skills, knowledge, or power tools, I thought, “I can do that!” and I set out to make one for my yard. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you!…CONTINUE READING
July 3-August 11 marks “The Dog Days of Summer” – a time that we Floridians find especially “ruff!” Where better to be than indoors working on a dog puzzle in air conditioning to keep from going barking mad! Here’s a fun fact - did you know the term came about because the sun is in the same region as Sirius, the dog star, during these dates? The star is so bright, ancient Romans believed it intensified the sun’s warmth! Now that’s cleared up, here are the puzzles that were throwing off heat on my board this month (and there were a doggone lot of them)…CONTINUE READING
I love art! I especially love seeing art in person. There is something truly amazing about standing in front of a masterpiece that has been admired for centuries and still holds people’s hearts and minds.
So, now take that treasure and put it on a board and cut it into 1000 or more pieces. Is it the same? It definitely doesn’t have the same ‘awe’ effect as the original, but it does offer something else. CONTINUE READING
Welcome back to year 2 of July Mermaid blogs by your mermaid loving puzzle friend! Last year I waxed (semi) eloquently about my life goals matching very closely with some amazing mermaid puzzles- tiaras and pearl dripped bikini tops, crabby friends, and abalone-esque shell beds! CONTINUE READING
The Fourth of July holiday always brings back a flood of great memories for me. All the years of state park picnics, watching huge fireworks displays over the lake with friends during college, and “drawing” designs in the air with sparklers as a little kid. (I guess no one knew those things burn at 2000 degrees back then!) The scorch marks from all the “snakes” we lit on my grandparents’ driveway were there for years! I’ve had so much fun putting together a plethora of patriotic-themed puzzles all month while I reminisce and look forward to this year’s 4th. CONTINUE READING
Hello there! I had to take a break from puzzling to “be a parent,” but now I’m back to regular puzzling and my never-ending search of the Puzzle Warehouse catalog for the perfect practice puzzles for my upcoming trip to the world jigsaw puzzle contest.But I want to take a moment to acknowledge some puzzle mash-ups at the Warehouse that are unexpected and some that are just unexplainable. Never fear! I’ll take a shot at explaining them anyway. CONTINUE READING
June gloom is upon us and I must admit… I absolutely LOVE chilly, gloomy, and gray days. It's widely been known that Los Angeles, the place I call home, is all sunshine all the time. This has been true since the dawn of L.A.s inception. What people don’t know is that the last 3-4 years, Los Angeles has had a very gloomy and chilly June. As we speak, the weather has been hovering at 68 degrees. Wanna know a secret? CONTINUE READING
