I enjoy wooden puzzles. Love the whimsy pieces. I would love it if you do a livestream on an Elena Essex puzzle. You can talk about the artist, her company and for during the chat people can share their experiences with the rainbow series. I don’t consider myself a collector but I think this year is the year for doing puzzles and not buying puzzles. My goal is to do 200 puzzles by the end of 2025.
Thank you for the suggestion - I’ll look into getting another Elena Essex puzzle from her rainbow series. And 200 puzzles this year - good on you!!! Woohoo!! How many have you done so far this year? 💜🧩
I have way more puzzles in my to do pile than I should, but I like having them around me. I finally started decluttering with some of my completed ones!
Good on you to get rid of some of your completed ones. I say pass them on to others to enjoy. And if you can sale and make a little bit of money back, you can then use that to buy more puzzles.
Happy New Year! I've been busy over the holidays, so I'm playing catchup on videos. I do enjoy wooden puzzles. My husband gave me three for our anniversary last September, and I really enjoyed putting them together.
Happy New Year to you also! What brand of wooden puzzles did you get? I find there is definitely a difference with the difficult of wooden puzzles across brands.
Happy New Year.I have maybe 75 in my to do pile.They are thrifted,given to me by other puzzlers or from a library swap.I did 61 puzzles in 2024 and only kept 2.I have about 12 puzzles in my keep collection.My goal is to do the puzzles that I have had for awhile. I can't say I won't get more this year.Lol.Such a great hobby and fits all budgets.Happy puzzling.
Happy New Year to you also. 75!! That's a good few. Good on you though as you aren't keeping heaps in your permanent collection. I wish we had better options for puzzles at thrift stores. May 2025 bring us all loads of puzzling fun!
I'm a collector, but sometimes, I feel like I need to let some go. I have been giving some away to my boyfriend's parents and my brother. My to-do pile is never-ending, lol. Great video! I love your channel.
What a fun time of puzzling over the holidays! I have been eyeing purchasing this Dixit puzzle because it is such a fun illustration. While I love Thomas Kinkade images, they are definitely more difficult as puzzles. Congrats on finishing so many puzzles from your "to do" pile!
I really did enjoy myself puzzling for fun over the holidays and not stressing too much about making full videos on each one. It was a nice break which I definitely needed. The Dixit is a fun image and I would like to do another one of their puzzles for a full video.
I absolutely love Thomas Kinkade puzzles. Good job. Great review. Just finished a 2k Anatolian puzzle which was winter scene and lots of snow covered trees and wow what a challenge. 🎉
I so need to get my hands on an Anatolian puzzle! You must love painterly puzzles and images with brushstrokes then. I really enjoyed these two Thomas Kinkade and felt they were no where near as difficult as I first thought. 💜🧩
I love wooden puzzles. They are my favorite type to work with. The whimsy pieces are so much fun to discover and I appreciate that the difficulty increases even with smaller piece counts. I received 1000 piece one for Christmas and I'm looking forward to putting that one together! It'll be the largest wooden one I've done. I think I have about 10 puzzles in my to do pile? Maybe one or two more. I do tend to keep my puzzles, so I have a decent sized collection of them. A lot of White Mountain, a lot of wooden puzzles and and a handful of Ravensburger for the most part. I enjoyed seeing your clear out!
1000 piece wooden puzzle?! What’s the brand and name? Not sure I’ve seen one that big either. You are good with only 10 in your to-do pile! That’s awesome! 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Wooden City? I found it on Amazon and put it on my wish list, so first time doing one of theirs! But the picture is so much fun, it's a bookshelf with a book about dragons opened up with with them coming off the page! I don't usually buy too many puzzles, just a few a year, so I don't have too much backlog-unfortunately, I don't have a ton of time to puzzle; I get maybe one a month in. But I love to puzzle, so I try to keep an eye out for ones I really love!
Currently have 70 in my to do pile. Would love hearing more about New Zealand. With all the natural disasters happening around the world, to hear how one area is recovering would be wonderful.
70 - that’s a good amount! Those forest fires in LA are horrific! It’s just unfathomable… I got some good suggestions here in the comment for the Community Spirit puzzle so I’m thinking it will have its own video. 💜🧩
I have 10 puzzles in my todo pile (11 if you count the one I'm currently working on), including Visionaria by Clementoni :D I'm not a collector either, I get puzzles to do them. If I just want to look at them, then I can look at them online. You just can't do all of your puzzles if you have 150+ puzzles in your todo pile. I have a hard time rehoming puzzles though, not because I don't want to rehome puzzles but I just don't really have the mental capacity to sell puzzles at the moment.
I hear ya! Selling puzzles can be so time consuming for what you get in return. That's why I'm lucky to have this one big market a year in which I can really get rid of so many puzzles. I loved building Visionaria so much!!!
If you had heard the words coming out of my mouth as I was trying to move them from one table to the other…ugh!! Some are just so finicky to work with indeed! 💜🧩
LaMoonDa are beautiful wooden puzzles!! Probably my favourite so far and I’m not just saying that because they were gifted to me by Alfonso. I just love the packaging, the images, the cut, the whimsy pieces. They can be tricky but still fun. 💗🧩
I've just finished a dixit puzzle I purchased last year for just under £4. Didn't realise there wasn't a full image so that dampened my enthusiasm. Lucky to have had a deluge of Wentworth puzzles for Christmas as never owned any before so I am slowly becoming a wooden puzzle convert. Apart from them I have about 20 puzzles including 5 or 6 from my favourite brand of Pomegranate, just can't beat their quality and great images for around £9 to £11 here in the UK
A very manageable to-do pile though…nice! I still want to try a new Wentworth puzzle - I’ve only done a vintage one. They are not easy to get here in NZ. 💜🧩
I'm sure we all have puzzles sitting in a queue waiting to be done. I have about 50 or so in my to do pile. I used to do Wentworth wooden puzzles but they have become rather expensive now so stopped doing them. Today I finished the Clementoni Mordillo The Journey puzzle, code no. 35133. The background and the outside are dark but the rest of it is very colourful. I think most of us get whatever brands are available in our country. I've seen jigsaws in the past that I like but they are not available in the UK. Never mind, onward and upward to the next puzzle in my queue. Have a great 2025.
That is frustrating when you see a puzzle or a brand you want to do and you just can’t buy it within your country…or you end up paying hefty shipping fees. I think a larger Mordillo would be fun to do as I love busy images. 💜🧩
My partner and I speed ran the Harrington Kinkade one and did it in a decent time. I might try it on my own. Kinkade images are hard! The Ukraine puzzle 😍 Love the concept of that one and the image. What a little gem. As for wooden puzzles - I love them! Wish I could afford more.
Wooden puzzles are definitely pricy and I feel more of a gift and souvenir at the price point. Let me know if you try the Harlington on your own…mine is already moved into the “for sale” pile 😜 💜🧩
@ I recently had a big sale of some of my puzzles and this one was on the pile. I took it off at the last minute, thinking I should at least try a solo speed run on it. I may regret that decision 😝
HappyNew Year.I have only done one wooden puzzle ane enjoyed it.I have maybe 75 puzzles to do.The are either thrifted.Given to me by other puzzlers or from a library swap.I have one new birthday puzzle.I do have a small collection that I keep but generally I pass them on.I did 61 puzzles last year and kept 2.But I still have a stack.Lol.My goal is to try and do the ones that have been there awhile.Such a great hobby.Happy Puzzling.
I didn't even know that Mures at the Docks puzzle existed! I live in Tasmania and have been to Mures in Hobart a few times, will definitely need to get it. Thank you :)
I'm a collector! Whatever my current hobby is, I collect. But swaps and trades have made my collection grow a lot faster than I can puzzle!!! The problem is I'm not mad abt it!!! 😁
Well as long as you are not mad about it, can afford it and it doesn't negatively impact your life, then it's part of the hobby and makes you happy. 💜🧩
@fortheloveofpuzzles we live in a bungalow with a full basement. We renovated the basement a few years ago and I turned every nook and cranny of unused space (due to low ceiling height) into puzzle storage. It is very organized.
I deciphered your shirt! 🎵Oh Canada- your home and native land🎶😸 (I’ve learned your national anthem because of all the North Stars games I attended 🏒⛸️)
Happy New Year to you and looking forward to your 2025 videos. I have 62 in my to do pile. Have to photograph and put 45 I'm done with on ebay. A lot of my to do's are 3000, 5000, 6000, 9000 and more. Currently doing 5000 Piece Ravensburger Big City Collage - soooooooooooooo much blue LOL
Happy New Year to you too!! 62 is a good size to do pile… I am hoping to sell a bunch of mine at a market next weekend. I must go look up this Big City Collage puzzle…not sure I know it. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Great that you can do that at market. I am stuck with ebay and I need to get into gear and photograph and boxes, bags etc and get them listed - I've been lazy. I did list the Visionaria and had a bit of trauma with selling the All Aboard fro Christmas Disney one - but I'll get there I hope. Taking up plastic bins I could use for other stuff so would be great to get rid of them. Some are new ones that I just won't do but I have done most of them. The Big City Collage is fun - I think you'd love it. I'm just working on it in between binge watching rubbish on Prime so I've maybe done about half although that estimate could be optimistic LOL.
I have about 20 in my to-do pile. I took advantage of recent sales, I don't usually keep that many puzzles on hand due to space limitations. I'm usually a do it once and pass it on type of puzzler.
i usually also try to do a puzzle and pass it on. but the past year with speed puzzle practice and getting some puzzles gifted, i've gotten more and more that feel special to me and i want to hang on to. just like that, i now have almost too many! 🙈
I counted my puzzles at the end of last year and I have 112. To alleviate the decision fatigue I was feeling every time I picked a puzzle to work on, I pulled out 12 with a variety of piece counts and images--even an "escape" puzzle--and those are the puzzles that I will focus on in the near future. It might take me a couple of months or all year to do those twelve, idk. I eventually want to reduce the number of puzzles I own, so I'm going to do my darnedest to resist buying more this year. The only 2 exceptions will be the Ravensburger 3,000 Hogwarts cutaway puzzle and the next BOTYP puzzle 😊💜🧩
I believe I have 20+ as I don't have enough space to have a huge collection. But my collection as of right now is big enough -- with quite a few that I haven't done and ones I'd like to have another go at using different strategies. Your decluttered puzzles are gorgeous! I'm interested in doing a wooden puzzle as I've never done one. Maybe some day I shall acquire one. Happy 2025 to you Donnalouise! Good luck with your move!
That’s not too bad of an amount in your to-do pile. It is fun to redo a puzzle using a different technique. Wooden puzzles are fun but can be frustrating for me depending on how intricate the whimsy pieces are cut. I definitely suggest you try one at least once…they can be quite expensive. 💜🧩
I think the vase with the flowers could be interesting to do twinned with the Clementoni Bowl of Flowers by Van Dale. Van Dael painted from his botanical collection and I wonder whether the flowers in your puzzle are from New Zealand. Another interesting vlog could gather together several puzzles used for fund raising.
Puzzles used as fund raisers…very interesting, not sure if many have. I need to look of Van Dale and this Clementoni puzzle you mention. Thanks for the suggestion. 💜🧩
how do you keep track of all the puzzles you have and have completed over the years? I was thinking spreadsheets..but wanted to hear what others were doing to keep track..
I have a spreadsheet but am not the best at keeping it updated for the puzzles that I do multiple times for speed running. But it does have every puzzle I've done since starting the channel. I know many people use Apps but I personally don't. Not sure of any to recommend either...
I love wooden puzzles, those ones from Alfonzo are gorgeous. I did the bookcase Dixit one recently. I liked it, but I did get annoyed about the image not being complete on the box. Nice quality though. Last January I had 92 puzzles in my to do pile, this January, I’m down to 39.
I do love those LaMoonDa wooden puzzles - cant wait to display all three in the new house. I think showing the full image of the puzzle is not that difficult to do or include a poster. It is frustrating... 💜🧩
Elena Essex or Dixie would be fun to learn more about! It is important to not fall into the habit of doing puzzles that are too similar. For example, all Disney or all fantasy puzzles. Looking forward to your content in 2025.
I agree…it can get boring doing the same type of puzzle over and over again. I think you will enjoy my next video 😊 I looked up Elena Essex and they are so expensive to get here in NZ!! And I have no idea where I could get another Dixit. But will keep in mind when back in Europe shopping. 💜🧩
I tend to play musicals on the tv while I puzzle or watch a variety of series…if it’s a show that I need to focus on though and pay attention, then I watch when not puzzling to give it my full attention. Once I move, I will show my puzzle area setup yes. 💜🧩
Suggestion for the community puzzle, coming up with timelapse content, what if you talked more generally rather than that one incident. I know there is a musical called Come From Away about the true story of Gander Newfoundland during 9-11 finding places for all the stranded passengers that were forced to land there . More like a variety of examples of community coming together in difficult times, strangers helping one another.
I enjoy wooden puzzles. Love the whimsy pieces. I would love it if you do a livestream on an Elena Essex puzzle. You can talk about the artist, her company and for during the chat people can share their experiences with the rainbow series. I don’t consider myself a collector but I think this year is the year for doing puzzles and not buying puzzles. My goal is to do 200 puzzles by the end of 2025.
Thank you for the suggestion - I’ll look into getting another Elena Essex puzzle from her rainbow series. And 200 puzzles this year - good on you!!! Woohoo!! How many have you done so far this year? 💜🧩
@ 4 working on number 5
So I looked up Elena Essex puzzles to buy here in NZ and they are $$$!!! Maybe I can get Vicky to bring me one in September at Worlds. 💜🧩
@ that is a great idea. Yes, they are pricey puzzles.
I loved the Koi carps because I have two tattoos on my body. In my library, I have almost 100 pieces of puzzle to do when I'm stressed. Love you 🧡🧡🧡
Koi tattoo - that's so cool! I do think it deserves its own full video.
I have way more puzzles in my to do pile than I should, but I like having them around me. I finally started decluttering with some of my completed ones!
Good on you to get rid of some of your completed ones. I say pass them on to others to enjoy. And if you can sale and make a little bit of money back, you can then use that to buy more puzzles.
Happy New Year! I've been busy over the holidays, so I'm playing catchup on videos. I do enjoy wooden puzzles. My husband gave me three for our anniversary last September, and I really enjoyed putting them together.
Happy New Year to you also! What brand of wooden puzzles did you get? I find there is definitely a difference with the difficult of wooden puzzles across brands.
Happy New Year.I have maybe 75 in my to do pile.They are thrifted,given to me by other puzzlers or from a library swap.I did 61 puzzles in 2024 and only kept 2.I have about 12 puzzles in my keep collection.My goal is to do the puzzles that I have had for awhile. I can't say I won't get more this year.Lol.Such a great hobby and fits all budgets.Happy puzzling.
Happy New Year to you also. 75!! That's a good few. Good on you though as you aren't keeping heaps in your permanent collection. I wish we had better options for puzzles at thrift stores. May 2025 bring us all loads of puzzling fun!
I can totally relate to the joy of going through a puzzle collection! I appreciate your content 💖
Thank you! I really enjoyed doing so many puzzles and clearing them out of my collection. Making room for new puzzles is always fun. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles You're welcome! I’ve always enjoyed watching your puzzling videos 🙂
Happy New Year, Donnalouise!
Happy New Year to you also!! 💜🧩
I'm a collector, but sometimes, I feel like I need to let some go. I have been giving some away to my boyfriend's parents and my brother. My to-do pile is never-ending, lol. Great video! I love your channel.
I love that - a never-ending to-do pile of jigsaw puzzles! But good on you for letting some go recently.
What a fun time of puzzling over the holidays! I have been eyeing purchasing this Dixit puzzle because it is such a fun illustration. While I love Thomas Kinkade images, they are definitely more difficult as puzzles. Congrats on finishing so many puzzles from your "to do" pile!
I really did enjoy myself puzzling for fun over the holidays and not stressing too much about making full videos on each one. It was a nice break which I definitely needed. The Dixit is a fun image and I would like to do another one of their puzzles for a full video.
I absolutely love Thomas Kinkade puzzles. Good job. Great review. Just finished a 2k Anatolian puzzle which was winter scene and lots of snow covered trees and wow what a challenge. 🎉
I keep all my Thomas Kinkade. Lol
I so need to get my hands on an Anatolian puzzle! You must love painterly puzzles and images with brushstrokes then. I really enjoyed these two Thomas Kinkade and felt they were no where near as difficult as I first thought. 💜🧩
I love wooden puzzles. They are my favorite type to work with. The whimsy pieces are so much fun to discover and I appreciate that the difficulty increases even with smaller piece counts. I received 1000 piece one for Christmas and I'm looking forward to putting that one together! It'll be the largest wooden one I've done.
I think I have about 10 puzzles in my to do pile? Maybe one or two more. I do tend to keep my puzzles, so I have a decent sized collection of them. A lot of White Mountain, a lot of wooden puzzles and and a handful of Ravensburger for the most part.
I enjoyed seeing your clear out!
1000 piece wooden puzzle?! What’s the brand and name? Not sure I’ve seen one that big either. You are good with only 10 in your to-do pile! That’s awesome! 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Wooden City? I found it on Amazon and put it on my wish list, so first time doing one of theirs! But the picture is so much fun, it's a bookshelf with a book about dragons opened up with with them coming off the page! I don't usually buy too many puzzles, just a few a year, so I don't have too much backlog-unfortunately, I don't have a ton of time to puzzle; I get maybe one a month in. But I love to puzzle, so I try to keep an eye out for ones I really love!
Currently have 70 in my to do pile. Would love hearing more about New Zealand. With all the natural disasters happening around the world, to hear how one area is recovering would be wonderful.
70 - that’s a good amount! Those forest fires in LA are horrific! It’s just unfathomable… I got some good suggestions here in the comment for the Community Spirit puzzle so I’m thinking it will have its own video. 💜🧩
I love your shirt today 😊😊
I’d love to see a video about the hand and foot guy
@@SaraMGreads I should really do a full video on him and his artwork. 💜🧩
Hehehe a gift from my aunt when I was there for Nationals. 💜🧩
I have 10 puzzles in my todo pile (11 if you count the one I'm currently working on), including Visionaria by Clementoni :D
I'm not a collector either, I get puzzles to do them. If I just want to look at them, then I can look at them online. You just can't do all of your puzzles if you have 150+ puzzles in your todo pile.
I have a hard time rehoming puzzles though, not because I don't want to rehome puzzles but I just don't really have the mental capacity to sell puzzles at the moment.
I hear ya! Selling puzzles can be so time consuming for what you get in return. That's why I'm lucky to have this one big market a year in which I can really get rid of so many puzzles. I loved building Visionaria so much!!!
I love seeing wooden puzzles but I feel like if I even breathe on them I knock pieces all over and I go bonkers with it hahaha
If you had heard the words coming out of my mouth as I was trying to move them from one table to the other…ugh!! Some are just so finicky to work with indeed! 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles they really are- for me not worth it- but I have found some thrifting so I always pick them up and fight through it haha!!
I have 17 puzzles to do and no desire to add on to the pile 😂. But at some point I want to get a wooden puzzle. Those La Moonda puzzles look so cool
LaMoonDa are beautiful wooden puzzles!! Probably my favourite so far and I’m not just saying that because they were gifted to me by Alfonso. I just love the packaging, the images, the cut, the whimsy pieces. They can be tricky but still fun. 💗🧩
I've just finished a dixit puzzle I purchased last year for just under £4. Didn't realise there wasn't a full image so that dampened my enthusiasm. Lucky to have had a deluge of Wentworth puzzles for Christmas as never owned any before so I am slowly becoming a wooden puzzle convert. Apart from them I have about 20 puzzles including 5 or 6 from my favourite brand of Pomegranate, just can't beat their quality and great images for around £9 to £11 here in the UK
A very manageable to-do pile though…nice! I still want to try a new Wentworth puzzle - I’ve only done a vintage one. They are not easy to get here in NZ. 💜🧩
I'm sure we all have puzzles sitting in a queue waiting to be done. I have about 50 or so in my to do pile. I used to do Wentworth wooden puzzles but they have become rather expensive now so stopped doing them. Today I finished the Clementoni Mordillo The Journey puzzle, code no. 35133. The background and the outside are dark but the rest of it is very colourful. I think most of us get whatever brands are available in our country. I've seen jigsaws in the past that I like but they are not available in the UK. Never mind, onward and upward to the next puzzle in my queue. Have a great 2025.
That is frustrating when you see a puzzle or a brand you want to do and you just can’t buy it within your country…or you end up paying hefty shipping fees. I think a larger Mordillo would be fun to do as I love busy images. 💜🧩
love thomas kinkade
I so enjoyed those puzzles more than I thought I would.
My partner and I speed ran the Harrington Kinkade one and did it in a decent time. I might try it on my own. Kinkade images are hard!
The Ukraine puzzle 😍 Love the concept of that one and the image. What a little gem.
As for wooden puzzles - I love them! Wish I could afford more.
Wooden puzzles are definitely pricy and I feel more of a gift and souvenir at the price point. Let me know if you try the Harlington on your own…mine is already moved into the “for sale” pile 😜 💜🧩
@ I recently had a big sale of some of my puzzles and this one was on the pile. I took it off at the last minute, thinking I should at least try a solo speed run on it. I may regret that decision 😝
HappyNew Year.I have only done one wooden puzzle ane enjoyed it.I have maybe 75 puzzles to do.The are either thrifted.Given to me by other puzzlers or from a library swap.I have one new birthday puzzle.I do have a small collection that I keep but generally I pass them on.I did 61 puzzles last year and kept 2.But I still have a stack.Lol.My goal is to try and do the ones that have been there awhile.Such a great hobby.Happy Puzzling.
I didn't even know that Mures at the Docks puzzle existed! I live in Tasmania and have been to Mures in Hobart a few times, will definitely need to get it. Thank you :)
Oh really?! That is so cool! It was a fun image in the end to do. I’m assuming that Mures is like a restaurant?? 💜🧩
I'm a collector! Whatever my current hobby is, I collect. But swaps and trades have made my collection grow a lot faster than I can puzzle!!! The problem is I'm not mad abt it!!! 😁
Well as long as you are not mad about it, can afford it and it doesn't negatively impact your life, then it's part of the hobby and makes you happy. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles puzzle swaps have been my downfall. After we do our swap, whatever is left is up for grabs! 😝
I have a few puzzles in my to-do pile. Maybe 2201 or so and 2,114,396ish pieces.
2201!!! In your to-do pile!! Where do you keep them all?? 💜🧩
@fortheloveofpuzzles we live in a bungalow with a full basement. We renovated the basement a few years ago and I turned every nook and cranny of unused space (due to low ceiling height) into puzzle storage. It is very organized.
@@danish_puzzler I’d love to see photos if you care to send 😝
I deciphered your shirt! 🎵Oh Canada- your home and native land🎶😸 (I’ve learned your national anthem because of all the North Stars games I attended 🏒⛸️)
Just like all Canadians know the US National Anthem because of all the hockey games 😊
@ 😸👌🏼
Happy New Year to you and looking forward to your 2025 videos. I have 62 in my to do pile. Have to photograph and put 45 I'm done with on ebay. A lot of my to do's are 3000, 5000, 6000, 9000 and more. Currently doing 5000 Piece Ravensburger Big City Collage - soooooooooooooo much blue LOL
Happy New Year to you too!! 62 is a good size to do pile… I am hoping to sell a bunch of mine at a market next weekend. I must go look up this Big City Collage puzzle…not sure I know it. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Great that you can do that at market. I am stuck with ebay and I need to get into gear and photograph and boxes, bags etc and get them listed - I've been lazy. I did list the Visionaria and had a bit of trauma with selling the All Aboard fro Christmas Disney one - but I'll get there I hope. Taking up plastic bins I could use for other stuff so would be great to get rid of them. Some are new ones that I just won't do but I have done most of them. The Big City Collage is fun - I think you'd love it. I'm just working on it in between binge watching rubbish on Prime so I've maybe done about half although that estimate could be optimistic LOL.
I have about 20 in my to-do pile. I took advantage of recent sales, I don't usually keep that many puzzles on hand due to space limitations. I'm usually a do it once and pass it on type of puzzler.
20 is not bad at all - I honestly don’t know of any puzzles I’ve done multiple times apart from the speed puzzling practice ones. 💜🧩
i usually also try to do a puzzle and pass it on. but the past year with speed puzzle practice and getting some puzzles gifted, i've gotten more and more that feel special to me and i want to hang on to. just like that, i now have almost too many! 🙈
So easy to accumulate puzzles! I also get more and more that I find special and want to hold onto. 💜🧩
I counted my puzzles at the end of last year and I have 112. To alleviate the decision fatigue I was feeling every time I picked a puzzle to work on, I pulled out 12 with a variety of piece counts and images--even an "escape" puzzle--and those are the puzzles that I will focus on in the near future. It might take me a couple of months or all year to do those twelve, idk.
I eventually want to reduce the number of puzzles I own, so I'm going to do my darnedest to resist buying more this year. The only 2 exceptions will be the Ravensburger 3,000 Hogwarts cutaway puzzle and the next BOTYP puzzle 😊💜🧩
Such a smart idea to pull out just a few at a time giving you a smaller variety to choose from. Ppssssttt…details for BOTYP V coming in February!! 💜🧩
Yay! It's basically almost February already 😄
I believe I have 20+ as I don't have enough space to have a huge collection. But my collection as of right now is big enough -- with quite a few that I haven't done and ones I'd like to have another go at using different strategies. Your decluttered puzzles are gorgeous! I'm interested in doing a wooden puzzle as I've never done one. Maybe some day I shall acquire one. Happy 2025 to you Donnalouise! Good luck with your move!
That’s not too bad of an amount in your to-do pile. It is fun to redo a puzzle using a different technique. Wooden puzzles are fun but can be frustrating for me depending on how intricate the whimsy pieces are cut. I definitely suggest you try one at least once…they can be quite expensive. 💜🧩
I think the vase with the flowers could be interesting to do twinned with the Clementoni Bowl of Flowers by Van Dale. Van Dael painted from his botanical collection and I wonder whether the flowers in your puzzle are from New Zealand. Another interesting vlog could gather together several puzzles used for fund raising.
Puzzles used as fund raisers…very interesting, not sure if many have. I need to look of Van Dale and this Clementoni puzzle you mention. Thanks for the suggestion. 💜🧩
how do you keep track of all the puzzles you have and have completed over the years? I was thinking spreadsheets..but wanted to hear what others were doing to keep track..
I have a spreadsheet but am not the best at keeping it updated for the puzzles that I do multiple times for speed running. But it does have every puzzle I've done since starting the channel. I know many people use Apps but I personally don't. Not sure of any to recommend either...
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I love wooden puzzles, those ones from Alfonzo are gorgeous. I did the bookcase Dixit one recently. I liked it, but I did get annoyed about the image not being complete on the box. Nice quality though. Last January I had 92 puzzles in my to do pile, this January, I’m down to 39.
I do love those LaMoonDa wooden puzzles - cant wait to display all three in the new house. I think showing the full image of the puzzle is not that difficult to do or include a poster. It is frustrating... 💜🧩
Elena Essex or Dixie would be fun to learn more about! It is important to not fall into the habit of doing puzzles that are too similar. For example, all Disney or all fantasy puzzles. Looking forward to your content in 2025.
I agree…it can get boring doing the same type of puzzle over and over again. I think you will enjoy my next video 😊 I looked up Elena Essex and they are so expensive to get here in NZ!! And I have no idea where I could get another Dixit. But will keep in mind when back in Europe shopping. 💜🧩
Had not heard you were moving. Are you coming back to Canada?
No…just moving about a 4mins drive from where I live now. I won’t leave NZ while the pups are still with me. 💜🧩
What do you watch while puzzling? Also will you give a new house tour?
I tend to play musicals on the tv while I puzzle or watch a variety of series…if it’s a show that I need to focus on though and pay attention, then I watch when not puzzling to give it my full attention. Once I move, I will show my puzzle area setup yes. 💜🧩
Suggestion for the community puzzle, coming up with timelapse content, what if you talked more generally rather than that one incident. I know there is a musical called Come From Away about the true story of Gander Newfoundland during 9-11 finding places for all the stranded passengers that were forced to land there . More like a variety of examples of community coming together in difficult times, strangers helping one another.
This is a wonderful suggestion and fits perfectly with the puzzles theme and purpose!!! Thank you 💜💜💜
Did you ever do the Strawberry Shortcake one? Just curious.if I missed it.
Not yet - that will be a full video hopefully this year! 💜🧩
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