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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!

Country Cottage

This is quite the work of art! This is a collage of beads, embroidery, and vintage paper dolls. I had … More

500piece, Arts and Crafts, Collage, Colours, cottage, country chic, Countryside, flowers, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Made in USA, Missing Pieces, nostalgia, nostalgic, Notions, Quilting, Rainbows, Springbok, textile art, Vintage

Puppy Puzzle

A true vintage classic! A Milton Bradley puzzle from 1968 called Puppy Puzzle. I suspect “Bucky” here is part of … More

1968, 500piece, animals, Complete, dogs, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Made in USA, Milton Bradley, nostalgia, painting, Puppy, Special Edition, Vintage

Map of the Northern Hemisphere

An FX Schmidt puzzle showing the map of the universe. 600 pieces sadly incomplete, 1 piece missing. This shows the … More

astrology, calendar, cartography, F.X.Scmidt, glow in the dark, Jigsaw Puzzles, kids, maps, Missing Pieces, Nature, North, northern hemisphere, Outer Space, Ravensburger, Star studded cast, the Milky Way, universe, Vintage

Mt. Lefroy 1930

A gorgeous 1000 piece puzzle manufactured by Pomegranate art piece. Sadly the puzzle is missing four pieces but this was … More

1000piece, Arctic, Canadiana, Colours, Contemporary Artists, Group of 7, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Lawren S. Harris, Masterpiece, Missing Pieces, Nature, North, painting, Pomegranate, Wilderness

Curious Kitten

Every once in a while you have a stroke of luck, that it’s almost unbelievable! That’s how I felt when … More

1000piece, 7wonders, animals, birdhouses, Birds, Cats, Collage, Collections, Colours, Complete, Countryside, Curious, flowers, fluffy, Friends, Jigsaw Puzzles, kittens, painting, Special Edition, Star studded cast, Sure-Lox, Wilderness

Party at Linette’s

Textile art at it’s finest! This impressive tapestry by Arlene Rose Gosieski has been made into puzzle form, creating the … More

1990s, 1993, 500piece, Arlette rose Gosieski, Artists, Collage, Colours, Complete, Contemporary Artists, Jigsaw Puzzles, Made in USA, nostalgia, nostalgic, Quilting, Special Edition, Springbok, textile art, Vintage

Salamander

A Piatnik puzzle out of Austria, manufactured in 2000, a collection of different salamanders. I chose this puzzle because of … More

1000piece, animals, Austria, Collections, Colours, illustration, Jigsaw Puzzles, kids, Made in Europe, Missing Pieces, Piatnik, Wilderness

The Great Smokies

A while back, I guess maybe a year ago, I found three Time Life Books- Wilderness Puzzles manufactured by Parker … More

625piece, Americana, animals, Complete, flowers, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Landscape, Made in Canada, Nature, Parker Brothers, Special Edition, Time-LIFE, Vintage, Wilderness

Mountain Hamlet

A round vintage Milton Bradley puzzle from 1968! What a find. This is part of a series called Dorset Round … More

1968, 500piece, Circular Puzzle, Countryside, flowers, Gardens, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kitsch, Landscape, Milton Bradley, Missing Pieces, rare, Round puzzle, Special Edition, Vintage, Wilderness

In Bloom – Butchart Gardens

A friend of mine recently loaned this puzzle to me. It’s a Springbok from 1993 of the beautiful gardens in … More

1000piece, 1993, British Columbia, Canadiana, Colours, Complete, flowers, Gardens, Jigsaw Puzzles, Landscape, Made in USA, Springbok, Tulips, Victoria, Vintage, Wilderness

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