r/Jigsawpuzzles

The poster is well used. I’ll photocopy it before sending it to its next home. I always think these smaller puzzle will go by quickly, but the random cut slows me down a bit. Not that im complaining, I like varying the kids of puzzles I do.

I love the idea of 2000+ piece puzzles but boy am I learning I hate sorting them. This is my third 2000 piece puzzle and I really struggled with the sorting.

I like sorting based on image/section when doing most of my puzzles, but with 2000 pieces I'm finding that what I end up doing is taking forever scrutinizing a piece and just end up running my hand through the box of pieces hoping I find something obvious that sticks out. My first 2000 piece puzzle felt easy to sort because it was really just three sections, sky, trees and a castle. The ones after haven't been as simple of a composition.

I finally decided a couple days ago that I was going to give up sorting by section and just sort by piece shape. Basically started over from scratch. It took many hours, longer than it probably should have because I can get distracted easily and spend half an hour on my phone or puttering around the house when I'd meant to get a cup of tea, but I got it done! It took ten of my 12 large trays to get every piece to be laid out flat.

Now I can actually do the part I enjoy most, actually putting it together! Although I do have to say it's so satisfying neatly lining up all the pieces.

Thank you for the redditer that posted this one up a few days ago and influenced me to purchase it. Love this image that is almost vintage looking.

Also enjoyed how the inside of the puzzle box looked like a picnic basket.

My only complaint was that the pieces were more glossy than I preferred.

Medium difficulty, really enjoyed it.
Took me about 3 weeks on and off, sorting was a nightmare but once it’s over and you get to know the puzzle it was quite enjoyable.
I don’t think I’ll be framing this one for my home though.

Husband gifted me this new fun puzzle by Lawrence King Publishing

It was such a fun puzzle with so many historical British characters and details from British history.Some of them were really funny 😄

First time putting a Cloudberries puzzle. I really love the image and feel of the puzzle pieces. The completed puzzle is very satisfying but it’s not without its flaws

The Good:
- fun unique image
- vibrant colors made the image pop
- matte, sturdy and thick pieces made the puzzle physically satisfying to handle
- good fit. Tight enough it passed the pickup test but not too tight that it’s a pain to dissemble

The Bad:
- the #1 Giant poster - Does it really need to be the same size as the puzzle? I usually use the box as reference so this shouldn’t be an issue but this is where another problem comes in
- the color discrepancy between the box and actual puzzle. The colors of the box image are significantly more saturated. In the last photo, you can see that the flower petals are more dark orange in the box but mustard yellow in the puzzle
- false fits. This has the most false fits I’ve encountered in a puzzle.

Overall, I enjoyed it but not worth the price tag imho . Their Gradient puzzle has been in my wishlist for a long time (and other designs they have) but now I’m hesitant to buy more puzzles from this brand.

What is everyone’s experience with Cloudberries?

From their Puzzle Moments collection. It was quick and fun. I started with the panda and rainbow.

Artist is Emma Allen. It was delightful and a fun summer puzzle.

Hi puzzlers! I’ve been playing with an idea for a simple “Goodreads for jigsaw puzzles” app called PuzzleShelf.

It’s a very early MVP, so I’m mostly trying to learn whether the basic idea feels useful. Right now it lets you log puzzles, track shelf/status, rating, difficulty, dates, notes, wishlist items, challenge progress, and simple stats.

It runs in the browser and saves data locally, so there are no accounts, no social features, no ads, and no database yet. I’m intentionally keeping it small before building anything bigger.

I’d love feedback on:
- Would you use something like this?
- What fields are missing?
- Is the shelf/status setup right?
- What would make it genuinely useful for puzzle people? 

I can share a link to it in the comments if you're interested!

I found this at a thrift store. From what I can tell, Rainy Lake did hand cut wooden puzzles. This was good quality, fun, but very challenging. The puzzle did not match the image on the box which was very confusing until we had enough of the puzzle together to find the image online. 

Unfortunately it is missing a piece, which is disappointing because this is such an interesting and unique puzzle.