[Darlene]

I love this time of year because I really get into doing my puzzles. My diningroom table is covered with a puzzle now & will probably have works in progress all the way to Spring.
I just finished a nice 750 piece one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005RZEU?smid=A1FTM9C5SF0WDV&tag=dealtime-toys-20&linkCode=asn and am now working on this one http://www.bitsandpieces.com/^Jigsa...&keyword=12+days+of+christmas&productPrefix=W

I like 750-1000 piece puzzles mostly and really like funny ones like these http://www.bitsandpieces.com/^Jigsaw+Puzzles^By+Theme^Cartoons/01-W1985.html
Love getting new ones to do and was lucky enough to get 4 for Christmas. After Christmas I saw a big box that had 10 puzzles in it at Walmart $13.88) so had to have those and used a gift card to get them. They are all in individual bags, not fancy but the quality & pictures are fine. I try to keep my eyes open for sales or people not wanting theirs anymore, the price of new puzzles is crazy, especially if you have to factor in shipping.
I could go on & on,lol.
Tell me about your love of jigsaw puzzles!

 

[Darlene]

Good for you Edna! I'm sorry things have changed, wished you lived closer, we could hover over a puzzle together.
Please set up a puzzle by that sunny window & relax & smile.:heartsm:

 

[Darlene]

What are you working on? We've got a 1000 piece puzzle called Chickadee in Holly going. Jigsaw Puzzle 1000p "Chickadee in Holly" on eBay (end time 31-Jan-11 07:09:35 GMT) It's a bit of a challenge.
I see some of the links I posted a couple years ago aren't good anymore, guess we need to keep this kith hopping to kepp up to date.

 

[Darlene]

Hey, thanks for reviving this old thread. I work jigsaws in spurts, but maybe this will inspire me to do it more consistently. I have a table now I could leave on out on - if I can find a permanent place for the table, that is!

I worked two over the holidays:
A Secret Garden :: 1000 Piece Puzzles :: F.X. Schmid :: Adult Puzzles :: Puzzles :: BestQualityToys.com
Dinoscape - 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle by Educa

Both were 1000 pieces. The dinosaurs were fun. The garden puzzle was a surprise. I thought it looked really easy, and it turned out to be harder than I expected. I'm still not sure why.

I have a BIG backlog of puzzles I've collected over the last few years. I really should dig in and work them. I love doing them.

Talking about puzzles in the other thread made me remember this one and its the perfect place for us to talk about our puzzles.
The ones you did over Christmas look so nice & lucky you to have a back log. The first one with all the different colored shading looks like it's what probably made it harder than you first thought.
We work our puzzle on our dining room table which doesn't see much dining. It's an older table that the leaves pull out of to make it bigger. If we want to use it for something else I just put the table pad on top of my puzzle and it stays put together pretty nicely.

 

[Darlene]

Oh my I love that Vintage Flora..how beautiful! Enjoy!
Jealous over here.

 

[Darlene]

Wow, that is beautiful. & hubby liked it too.You sure do have a good eye for picking beautiful puzzles.:thumb:
Still working on that chickadee here.

 

[Darlene]

Ooh, I'm all excited! We are going out of state to visit with my sil & family soon and she said she has puzzles for us. In return we'll bring a bunch of ours for her & her friend. Woot! "New" stuff.:yippee:

 

[Darlene]

They are both so pretty & you keep your hands off those 2 puzzles 'til after your surgery!

Working on one we got from sil, it's an older landscape type puzzle... wish there was $ in the budget for some new ones. Guess I'll live vicariously through you Cat.

 

[Darlene]

Last year I missed our village wide garage sale and missed out on new puzzles to tide me over for the winter. This past weekend was this years sale and I was going to miss it again because we were going to be out of town to be in the Susan B Koman Race for the cure (what a moving experience). Dd was here to take care of our pets and I asked her to please stop by the place I usually score good puzzles for decent prices. I called her to let her know we were on our way home and she said she got a couple puzzles but the price was way up so she only bought 2. Bummer. Well I got home and she said the puzzles were in the living room, I went to look & there were boxes & boxes all stacked up. For $16 she got 30 puzzles,lol. Told the lady she'd take them all and what a nice surprise for us, well done Nicole! Like Christmas,lol.Really nice ones & I'm stoked. :mdance: You puzzle lovers understand my glee,lol.

 

[Darlene]

Welcome to the group everytim, nice to have you here. What kind of puzzles do you enjoy doing?
That puzzle looks like it would keep you out of trouble Donna. The prices of new puzzles is just over the top so used ones are the only way I can get "new to me" ones.

Went to visit the in laws who live in a retirement community today and they had a tag sale going on & I picked up 4 more puzzles for 25¢ each. (other cool stuff too ) I would have grabbed more puzzles (nice "hometown collection" puzzles) but wasn't sure what was already in the pile dd scored for us the other day. I'm in puzzle heaven.