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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!

Joan Metcalf – The Cacades

Last autumn Joe and I were at Winners looking for some sweet deals when I noticed that they had a … More

1000piece, Artists, Brand New, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Made in USA, Nature, painting, Pomegranate, Wilderness

8 Ball

This was another mini puzzle that I found at the thrift store. A vintage mini Nordevco puzzle from 1979 of … More

1979, 8 Ball, Billiards, classic., Complete, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Made in USA, Mini puzzle, Pool, Pool Hall, Pool Shark, Vintage

Broccoli

I seem to be on a shaped puzzle kick lately! On a recent trip to the thrift store I found … More

70 pieces, Broccoli, Collections, Colours, Complete, food, Greens., Jigsaw Puzzles, Little Puzzle Thing, Mini puzzle, Shaped Puzzle, Special Edition

Jonathan Adler

This post is a little bittersweet for me as this is the last puzzle in my personalized puzzle subscription that … More

750piece, Artists, Blue and gold., Brand New, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Gold, Hot Lips, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Jonathan Adler, Waves

Tetris

What a score! A 108 piece Tetris jigsaw puzzle. Each piece has the interlocking bits that regular jigsaws do but … More

108 pieces, Colours, Complete, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Master Pieces, Mini puzzle, Neon, nostalgia, Tetris, Video Games

Niagara Falls, Ontario

It’s kid tested! I recently found this vintage Guild by Whitman 750 piece puzzle at Value Village. I chose it … More

1970s, 750piece, Architecture, Brutalist, Canada, Canadiana, Collections, Complete, Guild, History, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Modernism, Niagara Falls, nostalgia, Tower Hotel, Vintage

Unicorn Reading

I picked this up at Value Village for a friends daughter earlier this week. I wanted to check that it … More

500piece, animals, Books, Colours, flowers, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, kids, Missing Pieces, Mudpuppy, Nature, reading, Unicorns, Wilderness

Frank Lloyd Wright – Saguaro Forms & Cactus Flowers

A 1000 piece Galison puzzle that I’ve been coveting for a couple years. I had first seen it in the … More

1000piece, 1926, Americana, Architecture, Art Deco, Artists, Colours, Contemporary Artists, flowers, Frank Lloyd Wright, gold foil puzzle, History, Jigsaw Puzzles, Missing Pieces, Nature

Midnight’s Delights

I loved the font on the box of this puzzle! It really made me laugh when I saw the picture. … More

1990s, 500piece, Colours, Complete, full fridge, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Made in USA, midnight snacking, Springbok, Vintage

D.O.A. War on 45

About a year and a half ago…. Joe had gone record shopping with a good friend of his. He came … More

500piece, Artists, black and white, Brand New, Collections, Colours, Complete, D.O.A., Hardcore Punk Rock, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Joe, Local music, Neon, Shawn Kerr, Special Edition, Vancouver bands, War on 45

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