jigger
I am happy to be here and look forward to being a member. Thanks Helen and Mr. Jig for letting me join this great message board!
I live in the USA and collect vintage jigsaw puzzles. I especially love the handmade puzzles from the 1920's -30's with handcut wooden pieces and the old cardboard puzzles from the 30's 40's 50's with figural pieces.
As I type I am looking at my card table with a J K Straus 1,000 pc. and itching to get up and get going at it some more though my eyes and back are screaming "NO"! It is my first big puzzle - I usually do 300-500 piece. I am amazed that some of you do those HUGE puzzles and have still managed to retain your sanity! It has taken me 3 days to get about 1/10th of this 1,000 piecer done. My husband helps and we really hoot and holler when we find an elusive piece that has given us fits. Last night I charred our supper trying to get just one more piece in- Puzzling is an addiction for sure.
I treasure the made in England Victory Artistic series wooden puzzles and the special cut puzzles. The ones depicting families, children, and comical scenes really fascinate me. I can get lost for 30 hours straight in them and have done it on more ocassions than I care to confess to. LOL
I love old puzzle boxes too. Does anyone else daydream about the people years before us who once put their wonderful puzzles together and then dreaded taking them apart and storing them away in their pretty boxes?
I have been looking for an old wooden or heavy cardboard Christmas puzzle that my grandchildren and I can do together at Christmas time but I haven't had the good fortune to find a decent one yet. I bought an old cardboard one off Ebay but it was in horrible condition. Pieces were broken, had missing tabs, missing paper, etc. It was way too much money for the condition it was in but I hate having a puzzle and not putting it together don't you? It was quite difficult with all of the trees with snow, etc. but when finished it gave me much joy to see it even in its horrid physical condition. Maybe the original owner just loved it so much they put it together over and over and over again. Perhaps with their children and then their grandchildren.
Sorry this has been so long. I guess I am just excited to be able to post here and get to know all of you. We share a love for the greatest hobby on earth.
Happy puzzling to all and thanks for letting me join you.
I live in the USA and collect vintage jigsaw puzzles. I especially love the handmade puzzles from the 1920's -30's with handcut wooden pieces and the old cardboard puzzles from the 30's 40's 50's with figural pieces.
As I type I am looking at my card table with a J K Straus 1,000 pc. and itching to get up and get going at it some more though my eyes and back are screaming "NO"! It is my first big puzzle - I usually do 300-500 piece. I am amazed that some of you do those HUGE puzzles and have still managed to retain your sanity! It has taken me 3 days to get about 1/10th of this 1,000 piecer done. My husband helps and we really hoot and holler when we find an elusive piece that has given us fits. Last night I charred our supper trying to get just one more piece in- Puzzling is an addiction for sure.
I treasure the made in England Victory Artistic series wooden puzzles and the special cut puzzles. The ones depicting families, children, and comical scenes really fascinate me. I can get lost for 30 hours straight in them and have done it on more ocassions than I care to confess to. LOL
I love old puzzle boxes too. Does anyone else daydream about the people years before us who once put their wonderful puzzles together and then dreaded taking them apart and storing them away in their pretty boxes?
I have been looking for an old wooden or heavy cardboard Christmas puzzle that my grandchildren and I can do together at Christmas time but I haven't had the good fortune to find a decent one yet. I bought an old cardboard one off Ebay but it was in horrible condition. Pieces were broken, had missing tabs, missing paper, etc. It was way too much money for the condition it was in but I hate having a puzzle and not putting it together don't you? It was quite difficult with all of the trees with snow, etc. but when finished it gave me much joy to see it even in its horrid physical condition. Maybe the original owner just loved it so much they put it together over and over and over again. Perhaps with their children and then their grandchildren.
Sorry this has been so long. I guess I am just excited to be able to post here and get to know all of you. We share a love for the greatest hobby on earth.
Happy puzzling to all and thanks for letting me join you.