When I was little, my parents had a friend who went to Prague, and she brought us back a couple of gifts. One of them was a puzzle, which she had put together, flipped over, written us a letter on, and then took back apart. So we got to put together a puzzle, and then when we finished, we flipped it over to read her letter!
I've been watching Karen's videos while working on family Christmas gifts. I couldn't think of a nice gift, so I bought some puzzles and decided to put them together and paint a landscape from their travels on the back. I'll take them apart and gift the puzzles, and the paintings will be a surprise.
Everytime I see you having the pieces in the box I think about the last time I tried to puzzle and I discovered after a few days that every night my dog would come and eat some of them.
If you had the space you could have set up a smaller board to lay all the pieces out on which you could also have flipped over every time you flipped the puzzle . That way you could always see the pieces for whichever puzzle side you were working on and wouldn’t have to go through the process of individually turning them over every time .
I thought about that, but pieces were more likely to fall out the sides when they were layered on top of each other, and I didn't have the space/fabric to put them all out in one layer 😌
I use up to half a dozen trays upon which to sort out my pieces and place them up the right way. Also I have a few pieces of 1/8th inch thick hardboard , cut to hold typical 500, 1000 and 2000 piece puzzles. You seem inundated with new puzzles. They will keep you busy for weeks (:- ). A mountain of pleasure ; with a steep gradient.
I really love coming to your channel. It's such a happy place. I've been disappointed by a couple of my long term subs lately. Bur here it's always a good time, like a day at the beach :)
I'm new to your channel, but it feel like it's like Let's Plays for puzzles. It's a lot of fun to see you solving these puzzles. I still love your attitude, it really sells these videos. Watching them is so much fun. I'll work on a couple of puzzles on my own this weekend. Your videos have been inspiring to get into those pieces! You have a great channel. I hope you have fun with it for quite some time. You're great!
A long time ago I did a double-sided puzzle. It had the same image on both sides, but one side the picture was turned 90 degrees compared to the other side. It was definitely challenging! I glued it together and kept it for many years.
My "evil" brother gave me 2 of these type of puzzles. Plus the pieces are basically the same shape. I only wish you could shine a black light (or sonething equivalent) on one side to find out if you actually solved it correctly.
Ah, I thought “eh, I get it, I don’t have to watch it” when I first saw the thumbnail, but a few days later, the curiosity got me. This has been fun, so thank you. 🙂 Also, I typically prefer to watch non-music videos without sound. Thank you for articulating your speech so well that the auto-captioning very rarely misses.
Yesss, another Karen Puzzles to play as I crochet. Told ya I'd start a channel, next month I'll be doing your puzzle inspired crochet sweater! Stay tuned for that
I actually have a gray malin puzzle. (It’s the other beach one.) And my puzzling table is clear glass. So my sister sat underneath and worked that way while I worked on top! It was funny seeing how she would fit a piece into my side that I definitely wouldn’t have been able to get!
That was fun to watch! I think I would have secured 2 sides with binder clips before flipping since I’d probably have been flinging them around. And then I’d go to the beach!
Hi Karen! I have not and probably will not do a double sided puzzle. Just not for me. I did enjoy your video though. The last puzzle I put together was Ravensburger's Sanctuary Of Knowledge 1000 piece puzzle. It was super fun and next time I do it my husband wants me to glue it and frame it. Oh yes the beach does sound awesome right now. Oh and from one puzzler to another "Happy Puzzleing"
Beach. I just want to thank you for your videos. The last month i binged everything you've uploaded. I have just started coming back from exhaustion syndrome and you have woken up my joy of doing puzzles again, even though i have not done it for several years. Turnes out doing puzzles is helping me regain energy. Thank you ❤
I was screaming "push your chair back and spin the puzzle 90 degrees before you flip" since then it would have been flipping the short sides and not hitting stuff.
I love your videos. I enjoy how enthusiastic you are about puzzles and your love for them. It makes me happy to see others enjoy their special interest and have a platform to talk about it.
Another great video Karen, I am so happy it didn't end up on the floor! I do think that a double sided puzzle should be the same quality on both sides. Beachy fun though!
My coworker did this puzzle! Would love to enjoy a good book at the beach but it’s been an unconventional summer. The silver lining has been more time for puzzles!
Beach. That was cool. I like that you not only feature unique and different puzzles but you are willing to come up with ways to make the puzzles even more challenging and fun for yourself and for us. I admit that I did wonder how you'd react if one of the flips didn't work out
I just found a Gray Malin puzzle with two beach scenes which means a lot of blue! You can tell back from front due to the die cut and one side is glossier so I am going in!
hi there...yes ive done a two sided puzzle before ...not only was it two sided..it was the same image on the other side but turned a quarter of a turn. it was really fun to do.
Galison has some beautifully made puzzles (one sided ones - I've never tried a double). I would love to see you do one of the Michael Storrings puzzles. The "Paris" one is one of my faves. He also has one of the beach at Coney Island :-)
I used to have a hexagon puzzle keychain that was rugrats theme and front and back were aranged differently so you could only have one side solved at a time. Was a great way to pass the time.
So It’s the first time I’m ever watching a video of you (love it! I subscribed immediately), but first I thought you said “welcome to Karen PREZEL”, and I was like “YEAAAAA prezel! wait. Ohhh Puzzle hahahah” 🤣 anyway, great video!
@@A_random_person16 Wow, how many puzzles did she have and how many pieces did the puzzles have? If they look very much different, it wouldn't be too hard.
@@vegskater1741 there where about 7 puzzles but some had 50 some 100 and some 35 pieces there where 3 frozen puzzles that looked kinda different but not really and the other ones looked really different.
That puzzle is so cool! I did a double sided puzzle once that was the same picture on both sides just rotated 90 degrees. I'd totally love to try one like this.
Hi Karen, thanks for keeping us entertained! I was wondering if you've ever tried Heye puzzles. Their images are intriguing and I was considered getting one.
YES!!!! There bright and really fun pictures. The poster that comes with is large maybe too large but nice. I do a lot of puzzles they are by far my favorite. Just finished one yesterday. but no worry I have many more just waiting for me to do.
Galison boxes are my favorite puzzle boxes, hands down. And they're definitely up there with my favorite puzzle brands. There's a puzzle called Naranjas by them, and it was very enjoyable to put together. But I've never done this two-sided puzzle, both because I anticipated the backside-lower-quality thing, and because the ocean and beach design didn't really appeal to me personally.
I have never been so stressed watching a puzzle video as I was with this one! I held my breath every time you flipped it! I love both the images but really don't think I'd like to do either as a jigsaw - the water side has too little detail, and the detail in the beach looks so tiny! I have done double sided jigsaws before. The pictures weren't as distinctively different as this one. You could only tell which side you needed by the shine/dull finish.
As a redhead, I'm not much of a beach girl but I do like this puzzle. I have a double sided Monet puzzle that I have had for a long time. It's one of the only puzzles that have survived my many 'I have too many puzzle' purges because it is so unique. I will have to look for these puzzles on Amazon. Also, I have a suggestion for the flipping if you decide to use this method again in the future... binder clips along the edges. I have used binder clips and felt to hold a few puzzles while they are waiting to be glued and I haven't noticed any slippage in the puzzles even with storing the 'puzzle sandwich' sideways. It's like a home-made Bits and Pieces puzzle tote :)
I experimented with binder clips but it didn't seem to make it any more secure than just holding it. But I'm glad to hear it works for storing the puzzles long term!
That's really cool! I would frame it between two pieces of glass instead of just the front one and then you could hang it and flip it whenever you want to. ❤️ Love your channel and LOVE puzzles
I found a jigsaw puzzle you did that looks exactly like yours in Auburn Maine. I didn’t know if I can do it. It’s at the thrift shop in my neighboring town. I live in Maine. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Have fun!🙂
I watched this a few weeks ago and then bizarrely found this exact puzzle, unopened in a charity shop for £4 here in England! How strange is that?? I’ve just finished it, on the beach side and it was a challenge!
What a wonderful 'beach' puzzle. You have more patience than I. And who knew the water scene would be easier. Thats interesting. May have to put that one on my Amazon wishlist. ⛱
While watching you flip, I just thought about it might have made it more secure to add clips at each side when you flip to make sure the contact stays the same when you flip. I've been loving your videos lately and you definetly taught me a lot of tips for my next puzzeling session. 😊 Also I loved the details in the beach side at first I thought it was a painting but as you get closer you see all the details
Here's an idea. What if you did the carnovsky puzzles BUT every 20 - 30 min you have to change glasses and also do a round without them exp. Red - green - blue - no glasses - red - ...
Watching your 12h challenge video and now this one, it's making me want to buy Gray Malin's whole puzzle collection 💰💸 those *beach* photos are so beautiful 😍
I SO look forward to Sundays when I can watch your new video. (As usual, you made me chuckle with your voice over). You are so creative, but I guess that’s why you have your successful You Tube Channels. Love the Beach side even though the other side was easier for you. Keep up these videos and keep making people smile
The flipping was a neat idea. Recently I got made a custom collage puzzle of covers from our favourite books and movies, which I'd gave to my partner as a birthday present. It ended up great.
I think this would've been fun if you would've done this at a 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 But the people would've probably thought that you were crazy, flipping every 20 minutes lol
