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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!

Rainbow

Sometime last year, I found a great haul of puzzles from Value Village. All three had been some coveted puzzles … More

2000 pieces, Artists, Cobble Hill, Collage, Collections, Colourful, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Gradient, Jigsaw Puzzles, photography, Pride, Puzzle Pride Along, Rainbow, Shelley Davies

Modern Artists

This is a new brand for me – the Unemployed Philosophers Guild. I spotted this puzzle a couple weeks ago … More

1000piece, Artists, Colourful, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Faces., History, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Modern Art

Getting Close

Sometimes the perfect puzzle comes along when you least expect it. I had stopped in at the thrift store one … More

1000piece, animals, Artists, butterflies, Cats, Colours, Complete, Countryside, flowers, fluffy, Gardens, Jigsaw Puzzles, kittens, Landscape, Nature, nostalgia, painting, Pollyanna Pickering, SunsOut, Wilderness

Road Chief

Joe came home one day after a trip to the thrift store with a treasure! He found a Liberty Wooden … More

500piece, Americana, Artists, Birds, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Countryside, flowers, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Landscape, Liberty, Made in USA, nostalgia, painting, Reflection, Treasure, Tulips, whimsy, Wooden Puzzles

Dogs in the Park

I giggled a lot during the assembly of this puzzle. These goofy dogs, just having a great time in the … More

1000piece, animals, charming, Colours, Complete, Dog Park, dogs, Eeboo, fluffy, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Nature

Vintage Typewriter

Did anyone out there have a typewriter growing up? I remember that we did when I was a kid. It … More

750piece, Blue, Complete, Galison, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, nostalgic, Shaped Puzzle, Vintage Typewriters

Funny People

I traded this brand new with another puzzler on Bunz for the Midnight’s Delights puzzle by Springbok. Some readers may … More

500piece, Abstract, Colourful, Colours, Complete, Friends, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Pierre Belvedere, Trefl

Crazy Quilt

American Publishing Corporation – this vintage puzzle featuring a very unattractive quilt, had to come home with me. I am … More

1983, 500piece, Collage, Colourful, Colours, country chic, flowers, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Made in USA, Missing Pieces, Quilting, textile art, Vintage

A Bird’s Eye View

Joe and I headed off to Calgary for the weekend to visit our friends in April. While there, we hit … More

500piece, animals, Birds, Complete, Countryside, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Nature, Wilderness

Sundae

Areaware makes these adorable little food thing puzzles. You may recall the Broccoli puzzle I assembled about a year ago. … More

Areaware, Colours, Complete, Frosty treats, Ice cream sundaes, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Little food thing, Mini puzzle, nostalgia, Shaped Puzzle

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