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I love to thrift, finding treasures that people have thrown away. The challenge and the quiet time focusing on assembling jigsaw puzzle pieces into a final image has interested and excited me for as long as I can remember. A few years ago I noticed that thrift stores always have a fully stocked "puzzles and games" section. Finally an endless supply of new puzzles to solve and a reason to keep thrifting!

Air

I love collage art like this, a collection of tiny found objects, or mini art projects and dioramas all laid … More

1000piece, Air, Artists, Breathing, butterflies, Cobble Hill, Collage, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Elements, Floating, Flying, Jigsaw Puzzles, Nature, nostalgia, Shelley Davies, Soaring, Thrift store finds

High Seas Clipper

Something about this puzzle feels especially Nova Scotian to me. As I thrift more and spend more and more time … More

1985, 500piece, boats, Clipper, Colours, Complete, East coast, High Seas, Hoyle Products, Jigsaw Puzzles, Made in USA, Maritime Culture, painting, Rigging, Thrift store finds, Vintage

Best of Friends

I couldn’t help myself! We have a vintage Springbok from 1983, of a whole bunch of teddy bears in various … More

1983, 500piece, Colours, fluffy, Friends, Jigsaw Puzzles, kids, Kitsch, Missing Pieces, nostalgia, Panda bear, Safety Eyes, Springbok, Teddy Bears, Thrift store finds, Vintage

Coffeeology

Who out there likes coffee? Do you have a ritual with your morning coffee? Joe loves an aeropress coffee in … More

500piece, Coffee, Coffeeology, Colours, Complete, Galison, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Mornings, Percolator., Thrift store finds

Cheese Bar

I think we all know that I enjoy an odd, offbeat kind of puzzle image. And if this one doesn’t … More

1991, 500piece, animals, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Made in Germany, Missing Pieces, Ravensburger, The Cheese Bar, The Free Cheese Company, Vintage, Wanted.

Girl’s Night In

Well, we have a strange little puzzle here. It’s released by Karmin International or KI Puzzles. My Building Manager passed … More

500piece, animals, Birds, Cats, Colours, Complete, dogs, fluffy, Friends, Girl’s Night In, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Karmin International, Kitsch, painting, Puzzle Party., Rabbits, Sorting Tray

Ski Quebec

I found the photos from a Lantern Press Canadiana puzzle that I somehow missed writing a blog post about! I … More

1000piece, Andrew’s Blaine, Canadiana, Collections, Colours, graphic design, Jigsaw Puzzles, Lantern Press, Missing Pieces, mountains, nostalgia, Quebec., Thrift store finds, Vintage Travel Art

Deutschland

This seems to be a geography week of puzzles! This time , we’re zooming in on my birthplace, Germany! I … More

1000piece, cartography, Colours, Complete, Deutschland, German, Jigsaw Puzzles, Made in Germany, maps, nostalgia, Stuttgart

The Earth

It’s Earth Day! What could be more fitting than a puzzle of the earth for my Monday blog post? I … More

1000piece, Circular Puzzle, Colours, Earth Day, Four Point Puzzles, Jigsaw Puzzles, Missing Pieces, NASA, Nature, Planet, Round puzzle, Thrift store finds, Wilderness

The Garden Inn

Back in January, my parents came from Vancouver for a visit. We managed to visit a fair number of places … More

1998, 500piece, Americana, Artists, Colours, cottage, country chic, Countryside, flowers, Gardens, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Lunenburg, Made in USA, Missing Pieces, Nature, nostalgia, painting, Springbok, Thrift store finds, Vintage

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