You will LOVE that laser cut version of Mark's. I did the prototype at his house and it was such a similar experience to doing one of his puzzles but more pieces than I could ever afford hand cut! hahaha a little spicy too!
This was a fun video! It would be cool if you would do this video every year to see how your taste changes. I'm definitely adding Up Up and Away to my wishlist. I love smaller piece counts and the colors in it are beautiful!
I’m doing the same :) . My sister wants me to reduce what I have to give and know how to donate to goodwill and give the jigsaw puzzle to people in need. It’s going to be hard how it is going to be done. Even though my sister’s mother in-law loves them too
Wow! That's amazing that puzzles have helped you with your seizures!! Good luck with your purge - it can be tricky to do when there are so many good puzzles.
I'm surprised one of the cozy scenes - I forget the maker - didn't make the cut. Nearly every puzzle in my collection has been done more than once. I don't have that extensive a collection. I'd have to have at least one Charles Wysocki permanently. I have a crazy quilt puzzle from a museum I've done repeatedly and would keep too.
My 10 forever puzzles: 🙂 Buffalo Games - Wanderlust - 1000 Places You Will Go - 1000 Ravensburger - World of Books - 2000 Ravensburger - Krypt Gradient - 631 Ravensburger - Krypt Pink - 654 Karen Puzzles - Meta - 1027 Karen Puzzles - Colors on Colors - 1000 Clementoni - Color Boom Stairs -500 Lego - Rainbow Bricks - 1000 Educa - Hidden Harbour - 500 I love all of them 😍
I can’t even fathom making that decision. The title of your video made me stress lol. I would definitely take my Tania Wicks puzzle, my Piecework puzzles, Schmidt puzzles and all my Disney Ravensburger ones. That’s surely more than 10 😆
You introduced me to Magnolia puzzle during your around the world series. I live in Washington DC and worked hard to get Tea Time with Alice and I loved building it. Yes, I watched your channel to help me finish it. Love your channel 🧩
I love the idea for the video. This was actually easier for me than I expected. The first one that came to mind was Colin Thompson’s Curious Cupboards #2 The Craft Cupboard. It was the first of his I bought and the one we have done again the most. Then I would choose an owl puzzle (can’t recall the name) by Cobble Hill that reminds me of my mom. Then a Buffalo puzzle called Latte Cats that I did with my sister and her kid when they visited recently, My kids both love Icons by Katie Hofgard, a puzzle by Pomegranate, and I would have to keep that. Then my two favorite Aimee Stewart puzzles by Buffalo: Coloring Days and Winter Reading Nook. Then my three favorites by Eeboo: Alchemist’s Cabinet, Cats in Windows and 100 Great Words (my go to if I just want to do a quick puzzle for stress relief). Lastly for now (until I acquire new favorites) would be my San Francisco puzzle by Gallison because I did it when I was home during quarantine and longing to get out of the house.
I am sad that Soonness hasn't done additional manufacturing of their gradient puzzles like the Magic Box, and Jelly Bean. They should add ability to sign up for a waiting list (Blue Kazoo does this) so they understand how much demand that there is!
Number 10 you can count as both I give you permission lol - I did that victory puzzle - I always get a bouquet of flowers in form of a wooden puzzle for my anniversary! Aka gottajustpuzzle
great picks! I have Santorini Sunset in my to do pile and looking forward to it. some of my forever keeps: Rosen's Puzzle Store by Kodak (it's like shopping and puzzling at the same time), Scenic Overlook by Ravensburger (very fun build), Land of the Lorikeet by Ravensburger (I can't believe I did this), I Love Seasons by White Mountain (no pauses, quick build), and Snow Sculpture Contest by Bits & Pieces (I want to be there). love your channel.
These seem like a good cross section of the kind of puzzles you do, for sure! I am the type of person who re-reads books multiple times, and therefore i do have some puzzles I do on a pretty much annual basis. Because they are based in my hometown, I'm a big Cobble HIll fan, and I have their Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady collection (4 seasons) and I do them in season each year. I also have just finished collecting, also from CH, the 4 seasons of Brambly Hedge - and they are destined to be on repeat as well. Both of these sets remind me of my Mum, who shared a love of these two book sets with me. Two other keepers are also CH - Chicken Quotes and Cat Quotes, which I acquired before the Country Diary puzzles and which I first did with one of my daughters, who sometimes puzzles with me. I recently tried Eeboo for the first time and am in love. Urban Garden is a keeper for me (I AM the lady with grey hair in the centre of the image). There is a Eurographics puzzle I also love, that I keep borrowing from a friend - Canadian Pacific Banff in the Canadian Rockies.
If you ever run across an hourglass puzzle by Lori Schory called Time in a bottle. The brand is sunsout. Has been discontinued. I would love to buy this puzzle. I have searched everywhere I can think of then I ran across you. Looks like you have a really big collection. Anyway, please let me know if you ever see one of these puzzles. I would buy it if anyone would sell it. Thank you for your time. My name is Tyra Long.
I would definitely keep the two my daughter bought me, my Wentworth Bumpy Landing one as it was the first one of theirs I did and is the the only wooden puzzle I’ve bought brand new (I think you’d like it as it’s a hot air balloon) and I would bring one of my Val Goldfinch ones as I love her art. (Would bringing a 4x500 be cheating)? 😂 the rest I’m not sure. I am like you though as usually I do a puzzle then gift or sell on. I did really like your art and fable one. I’ve only done one of theirs, they are pretty hard to get here. But they are lovely quality and like you, I love the feel of the pieces.
Awe! The Santorini Sunset was a wonderful choice, because you had a good memory puzzling with your mom. I was puzzling all during the video-When will she mention Tania Wicks?????? 😆😆😆😆 Then, you did. I had Sweet Street in my hands when I was at the bookstore, but I saw The Dog Walker and laughed out loud. Incidentally, I received a few odd looks. But, people need to lighten up!!!! I’m working on it now, but I think I would keep it if I had to make that choice. Oh well. Great video!😊
Watching your videos is something I look forward to every week. Love seeing your choice of keepers. Have your ever sent off a picture to have made up into a puzzle? A friend did this for me of my young daughter. I will always cherish the gift. Have a great week.❤
This is going to be a difficult and fun exercise for me. Initially I am thinking there is no way I can pick just ten. I am going to try though. I know I would have to bring one of my Frank Lloyd Wright puzzles and one of my higher piece count ones (maybe a 2000). It would be great if you had the Facebook group post their final decisions in the group. It would be so fun to see everyone's choices.
@@thecasualpuzzler I recently joined the group after watching your videos. What a fabulous group you created, you should be very proud of yourself. I will post my final choices when I can get it pared down. Thanks for all your great videos and content.
I am moving overseas from Australia to Europe to be with my wife, and boy oh boy, talk about downsizing. I am living the most minimalistic life until I move. I have thrown things out that I never would have thought I'd depart with yet I also found out that sometimes those emotional ties are not that strong, after all. Throwing out books was the hard part yet I asked myself.....1. Have I read this book. 2. regardless, what are the chances of me ever reading this book again? if never, out it went. 3. how easy is it for me to find this info online? 2 out of 3 and the book went and left my place and into the garbage. Furniture in perfect condition, I couldn't give away let alone sell, so much of it ended up for the local council to come pick it up and take away. I will say though, that doing a massive cleanse like this can be a great thing to do to release built-up energies in a place
Oh my goodness! That is the type of situation we'd be in if we got an overseas position. We are on the short list for an international position and I know it would be tough. Books would be another hard category, especially cookbooks for me.
@@thecasualpuzzler Yeah, it's afun process. reccomend keeping a brrom to smack ppl with who ask dumb qns like....why dont you just move as they clearly dont understand the 500 steps involved in moving lol
I would have a hard time only choosing 10! I have 4 puzzles that are 5k and higher piece count and even though I haven't done them yet lol I don't know if I could part with them just because I love the images so much!!! That would leave me with only 6 others to take. I think I could probably manage but I would have a feeling that my giant puzzles would take up all of my room! lol
This was a fun video. I don't think I could pick just 10 but I definitely have a couple of favorites. It's funny how many memories can be tied to a puzzle.
I thought about this a lot after that patreon- more than I should have really haha My 4k piece Pintoo because I would really miss pintoo and I could do it randomly in sections over and over being it's so easy to take apart sections. A full size Reverie- I LOVE their advent art but not actually putting them together. The full size I love the art and putting them together. A Cobble Hill because I love random cut- I think it would be the Brambly Hedge Fall- because I love fall and critters doing human things!! The Masterpieces tiniest puzzles in the world 1k piece fall scene- again I love fall but also I love their tiny cut (more than 2in/2out) Bits and pieces - one of my halloween ones- I love a random cut and I think their quality is fab!! One of the KI Puzzles by Madalina Tantareanu- her art is stunning and would be something different!! If Fish Could Walk by Demelsa Haughton- Ravensburger. I don't have great luck with Ravensburger but I really would like to move into the worlds Demelsa creates!!! One of the Springbok Gnome Series- Love their quality and I should prob go with the summer gnome because I have a LOT of fall stuff going. One of Eeboos Alchemist's series- I think The Alchemist's Home because those cut the house in half arts are a huge hit for me. LAST- Antelope- Cat Castle- I really love busy artwork and cats- I know this one is one that would take me ages but would be full of giggles!!
I have worked on puzzles of and in for several years. I like you have had to downsize many times. Right now I really don’t think I am so sentimental about any of my current collection, that I would have a hard time giving them up. You have many beautiful puzzles and you have great memories. Have an idea take many of yours and using painters tape make them into home decoration has pictures, later you can take the tape off the backs.
Always difficult to decide what you most want to keep. For me one puzzle I would definitely keep is a wooden one given to my grandfather when he retired in 1960. It is a Billingsfors puzzle of a church and is 384 pieces. These puzzles are virtually unfindable now and it is not known exactly how many images were made, five are known about. I also keep any puzzles that relate to my home city which is not many.
@@thecasualpuzzler I think I should point out that Billingsfors was a paper mill and I'm guessing that these jigsaw puzzles were given to staff to mark a particular occasion. The only website that you will find any information at all is the one called The Jigasaurus. The church image is the one I contributed.
