See Step One of this process here. In Step One we put adhesive contact paper on the back of our puzzle. This allows the puzzle to hold together--mostly. But it's still floppy and fragile. So in this step, we'll mount that contact-paper-backed-puzzle to a foamcore board. You can get 1/4" foamcore board at most craft... CONTINUE READING
The woman above finished the world's largest puzzles, "Wildlife" from Educa at 33,600 pieces. You can see more of her pictures here. Part of me wants to tackle a project like this someday. And part of me wants to run screaming.... CONTINUE READING
What is 'temporary mounting'? It's mounting a puzzle in such a way that you can display it or just keep it assembled for your edification, but you can also undo it all and still have the puzzle to work sometime down the road if you choose. It should be obvious by now that I do... CONTINUE READING
White Mountain announced 4 new collage puzzles yesterday. "Art Supplies", 1000 pieces "Roadside Attractions", 1000 pieces "Things I Ate As A Kid", 1000 pieces "Chapped Lips", 1000 pieces See anything you like? I rather like the art supplies one... CONTINUE READING
Springbok has put up their new January puzzles. If you're a fan of photographed collages, you'll be pleased. If not, there's not much for you in the new set. You can see the entire line-up here. I've pulled what I think are the best of the lot. Cake Pops, 1000 pieces Colorful Caps, 1000 pieces Vacation... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Heye (Germany), published 2001 Title: “Spaghetti Della Mama”, Artist: Marino Degano, 1500 pieces OUR RATING: 9/10 Another Heye tackled. Lots of fun! Box Quality: I'm a fan of the Heye triangular boxes. If you have a number of Heye puzzles, they store easily and attractively by placing them "end out" on a shelf, using... CONTINUE READING
The Schmidt puzzle site isn't featuring these puzzles yet, but you can find them if you sort by 'newest'. Here are at least some of the brand new images for 2015. Trust Schmidt to give us some excellent new fantasy puzzles! I don't know when these puzzles will be available, but I'll post when I... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Sunsout (USA), 2007, 1000 pieces Title: “Japanese Garden”, Artist: T.C. Chiu OUR RATING: 10/10 This has long been the top-rated Sunsout puzzle. I finally got around to putting it together and now I see why! Box Quality: The Sunsout boxes are not my favorite feature of the brand. They're overly large, larger than pretty much any... CONTINUE READING
Buffalo Games has just released three new 1000 piece puzzles and two new 300 piece puzzles, all from Kim Norlien. These are lovely images if you like painterly scenic. Great colors! You can find them here... CONTINUE READING
