I genuinely can't stop buying giant puzzles
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Ended up ordering some! They have so much keto options and no one does keto options 😭
I only dislike the video because hello fresh is a union buster predatory company. their workers work in very bad conditions, they fall and brake their bones because there is little to no work safety standards in their warehouses. It is like being sponsored by Cruella honestly.
Dear Karen, you are not wasting your money, not at all. You are simply rehoming lost puzzles that are wandering the puzzleverse.
I am a puzzles saver too 🥰
Aaaaw I love this 🥰 rehoming lost puzzles in the puzzleverse
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@@Danie_pixie 🤣🤣🤣
Wandering the puzzleverse ❤
Thank you for including us, Karen! Just one little clarification: not all of our puzzles are made in the same place 😅 Glad you liked the new designs!
Update on the Cloudberries puzzles - I solved Floral after I filmed this video and the fit is definitely much looser than their other puzzles, but it doesn't have that waxy coating that I know some people don't like. It was also more difficult than I anticipated!
Best luck with the competition
Wow 🎉congrats, and best luck for the future
Man i love the look regular cloudberries have
@@SienAppelsien we all do
Flora looks like fun, but Lucky looks like a real headache. I'm working on a puzzle with a black border, which of course i left for last. Very difficult.
I remember working the "I scream" puzzle with my brother during a massive snowstorm in the mid 1990s. We kept shivering just because looking at the ice cream and hearing the wind whip made us feel like we were cold. Fun memory and one I hadn't thought of until I saw the puzzle.
The whole video, I was like, “get to the diamond painting!” I love Diamond painting and Diamond Art Club has the best quality! I’m glad to see you are still continuing on with it. How lucky you are to have gotten so many of the puzzles on your wish list in this haul.
I was actually working on a Diamond Art Club while watching this video 😂
After I filmed this video, I got three more puzzle boxes in the mail ☺ Head over to Patreon for a bonus video where I open them!
Thank you for sharing our puzzles Karen! Good luck and have a great time at the Worlds Competition in Spain❤ We will be cheering for you!!
Thank you for being so generous and sending them to me!
I love these haul videos! It also makes me so happy that you are sharing the history of these companies and artists. I feel like you are preserving such a special part of history that may have otherwise been forgotten. ❤️
I'm so happy to see that many companies seem to be going back to the squiggly more funky piece cuts that vintage puzzles had
As someone who has seen the inside of your fridge, I can absolutely endorse that this is the perfect sponsorship opportunity for you 😅
If you haven't found out already, the image in the magic eye puzzle (at least the image displayed on the top) is of intertwined geometric shapes and the exact shapes are also on the front in a circle at the bottom right of the box.
Look at you all fancy plating your factor meals! I always eat them straight from the plastic container 😂
I figure if it's that low-effort to make, I can at least put it on a plate!
I’ve only ever done 500 piece puzzles as I didn’t think I would be able to do 1000 piece puzzles. Since finding your channel and watching your videos I’ve not only done two 1000 piece puzzles, I have 3 more to do! And instead of the cottages and landscapes I’d always done, I now like random object puzzles! In fact, 2 of the new puzzles I’ve bought are doughnuts and hot air balloons!! Keep puzzling!!
Same for me! I always told myself a 1000 pieces would be too much to do by myself. Turns out I am totally capable of finishing bigger puzzles. Sounds like you cought the puzzle-virus :)
Never stop buying them! Your collection is amazing.
Everytime you buy a new giant one, I spend the next year anticipating the upcoming 5 part series and it makes me so happy! 😀
Karen: Look at all these puzzles, It's going to take me *forever* to get to them!
Also Karen: I already finished 8 of them
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Just about a week ago I bought my first Puzzle that's bigger than 1000 pieces. For some reason, even though I don't even have space for smaller puzzles, I bought a 4000 piece puzzle which to me feels gigantic. I think the fact that it was on sale, the fact that it's a puzzle of Paris and the fact that I've wanted to try out a bigger piece led to that impulse purchase. Now I'm gonna have to jump over the half-finished puzzle every single time I enter or leave my room because right next to the door was the only place I was able to put it... 😅
Clearly, I'm the most excited about the Hercule Poirot one since I trotted off to pre-order it before the video was even done! FYI, his first name doesn't end in a -Lee but a -Le like "cuticle", and it's a running gag that nobody can say his last name unless you're French (or Belgian! haha). This was a great haul and I'm looking forward to seeing them in future videos.
This. Is. Heaven😍 I wish I had the money to spend and get new puzzles all the time. I mostly buy them used, never had a bad experience so far and I save lots of money. I will definitely save up money to buy my first giant puzzle for Christmas this year! Hopefully my back can keep up with sitting on the hardwood floor for DAYS😂😅
Don't do it on the floor! For the sake of your back, set up even a temporary table and do it in what ever size sections fit on the table.
@@KarenPuzzles got it! The problem is, I don't have a table so I do all my puzzles on the floor😅 I'll try and get one before getting a giant puzzle, hopefully this will make it easier.
Do some physical therapy exercises for your back every day. It really helps.# Lucky. I would love to do Lucky Lady. So pretty.
@@Minmarkyeven a card table would help - and you can collapse it away. Same with a trestle table from the hardware store.
I always have a huge urge to do big puzzles then I remember I have limited space lol
I mean, same 😂 Maybe all of these brand deals will get me a bigger house someday.
I did a 9000 piece puzzle with four boards stacked on top of each other and learned very quickly that small apartments and big puzzles don't go together very well 😅
I did a 3000 piece puzzle and it took up over half of my floor 😭 I wish I had more space
@KarenPuzzles 😂 maybe nobody knows but I can give you my house only if you came to lebanon
I love the "World of..." puzzle series. Even if the design is busier, I don't mind taking a longer time to complete these puzzles. Each character has a story and it's fun to read about them and discover them one by one. Great video as usual Karen! And good luck with your speed puzzling practice 🍀
The Anamorphoses puzzle looks so interesting. I think that would be fun to put together and see how it works in the end and what you end up seeing in the silver foil - not that it's a mystery lol, just to see how well it actually looks like a normal picture in the reflection. Optical illusions are one of my favourite things.
You are so lucky to find that Mondrian style puzzle. I can’t justify the cost so hope you film when you solve it.
As a french speaker, Hercule Poirot is pronounced Air-kul (you can try to make the french "u" if you like, but we are used to english speakers saying the "oo" or "yu" sound if you can't) Pwa-ro (same for the "r", you can use the english "r", we'll understand). The "a" sound in "pwa" is like the "a" in "apple".
Hi, that “a as in apple” comparison only works for England English, the various American and Canadian “a in apple” sounds are quite different. That sound would be written with an o, the same o as in hot pot. Maybe only certain accents in Britain as well. Maybe write “pwah” where the “ah is as in aha”.
Writing “air-kul” is quite a genius way to translate the pronunciation! Stealing that.
Honestly I'm kinda digging the window grid in that 18k puzzle. It happened a few times to me when a big puzzle was made with two parts and weren't seamless connected. Like even the tiiiiniest amount of colour difference is a pet peeve of mine.
You are so lucky to get such amazing puzzles! I recently found several Spingbok Round puzzles at a thrift store too for $1.29 each! I left a few behind which of course I'm now regretting! I love the tea puzzle and the floral puzzle you received.
Oh man, you are so LUCKY to have got your hands on that Midnight Snack sandwich puzzle! I've mentioned it on other videos of yours in the past, but I had that one back in the mid 90s when I was like 12 (found at a yard sale) and I only managed the border and like the top slice of bread and then gave up and got rid of it because I was a moron. I am a frequent thrift shopper and yard saler and for a few years now I have been looking all over for one as I desperately want to give it another try. I have only seen it on Ebay and only in the U.S. I am in Canada and shipping is always ridiculous, bringing the total cost of the puzzle to over $100. I guess I'm pretty much waiting for one with a shipping price I am willing to pay or a time when I am able to splurge, if I don't find it thrift first. I will forever be kicking myself for getting rid of that one, and will now be forever jealous of you lol.
I started on your 3000 piece puzzle on Friday, and wow, it's quite challenging. And huge. It's been a lot of fun, thanks for making such a pretty arrangement, I love the colors!
3 weeks it took, but I'm done now. It was super challenging and I can't believe you finished it in only 13 hours. It was fun though!
I loved those magic eye books and posters from the 90s. The design on the puzzle is the little design in the corner. I think the larger squares in the pattern make it more difficult to see.
Any way. Best of luck-y in Spain. We're all rooting for you!
I love all the modern puzzles you got! So pretty. I’m not into vintage puzzles but it was cool to see those too. You are so lucky 😉
I absolutely love this haul videos.
OMG, I wish I had my own house and dedicate a room or two for puzzles only.
I am very interested in the Illusions puzzle because I was able to see it through the screen. You're so LUCKY to have the entire country.... I mean, world, looking out and searching for your all-time favorites.
Keep puzzling!
I would be interested to see you film your teams / friends reactions to your puzzle room (or just your puzzle collection!) or you reacting to your friends collections ! Would be so fun
Just finished The World of King Arthur. It’s so fun and not too busy! Cannot wait to get the Dracula puzzle made by the same company.
I hoped for the giant Ravensburger puzzle with the dragons on it. 😅But this one looks fun too. I love flowers, so I would love to do the Cloudberries or the Sooness one. Glad though, that Cloudberries changed their cut. The last one I did was pretty difficult and had a few MISFITS (haha!). I hope you are LUCKY at worlds! 🥰
So much fun waiting to happen. I had Pass the Ketchup and I loved doing that puzzle. Thanks for the video and good luck at the competitions! Wikipedia has some info on Western publishing - they were the Golden Book people. They had lots of imprints and some of them made puzzles. Nothing specifically mentioned about Sandpiper. Lucky
Thank you so much for showing your puzzle hauls! I use them as shopping lists. I'm one of your last haul videos, you had the Eeboo Alchemist's Cabinet and Home puzzles and I fell in love. They are as fun as I thought they'd be! Now I want that Poirot puzzle! Lucky!
I hope you do well in the worlds and your'e lucky. I did the Marauders map from harry potter. Every piece was the same shape and size so I couldn't use your technique of separating the pieces by shapes but I managed to pick out certain features. I leant that from your first video. My carer had a go at it several years ago and gave up after looking at the pieces. I told her about you and the way that you approach jigsaws. I had it framed for her and she's so proud of it. (she collects anything to do with Harry Potter)Thank you for finding me a new hobby. Love from the UK.
Lucky! Our favorite puzzle was Dance Dance Dance! Also, my six year old squealed when she saw that you do the diamond dotz kits too! Thanks for being awesome and good luck in Spain!
Good lucky at Worlds! I just ordered my first Soonness puzzles so I can't wait to try them
I can't wait to watch the scavenger hunt one. Those other ones you did are sooooo interesting. I love your long deep dive videos.
Several months ago I found Eaton’s Ice Scream thrifting and I absolutely love it! It was so fun to put together.
Lucky
Those puzzles all have really great designs - lucky, indeed! I think the World of King Arthur one would be my favorite to do for both the theme and the beautiful art. Happy puzzling, Karen!
I recommend watching a couple of David Suchet’s poirot episodes while doing that puzzle - it’s quite good and they say the name out loud a lot :P
I'd be LUCKY to come across the London Guards puzzle. I have this compulsion to watch their videos 😅. The "Flora" puzzle is beautiful. You got so many great ones, it's hard to choose 🌻🍄
I've been seeing the world of puzzles in my local store, and they look so pretty. I got my sister one for her birthday, but I haven't been lucky enough to treat myself to one yet.
I'd love to do that King Arthur puzzle or that round optical illusion one! the lucky lady puzzle looks cute but it'd be way too frustrating for me, and the subway map I think would just tire me out...
Western Publishing Company was most famous for publishing comic books, coloring books, Little Golden books and Big Little Books. I guess they must have had a puzzle publishing division too.
Great puzzles! I have the Tropical Impressions hanging in my garage! It is such a gorgeous puzzle! The green border is pretty tough though! Have fun!! I agree with the other comments, never stop collecting! I have over 700 puzzles just in my to-do pile and I might be crazy, but I still keep buying puzzles! lol! Happy Puzzling and good luck in Spain!
I'd so love to do the metro map puzzle. The cool one with the mirror seems like lots of fun too
Someday you need a full library setup but it's only puzzled and books about puzzles
That Cloudberries rainbow hombre one (which I saw from your channel) was the first high quality puzzle I ever bought. Glorious colors and thick pieces. So exciting.
I love the "oooo" reaction when opening every box ❤️
That Poirot puzzle looks fantastic! Your pronounciation was mostly right, it's "Err-kyule" if that makes any sense. You did MUCH better than some characters on the show though-- once someone called him "Hercules Poy-rott" which was hilarious. Loved seeing the vintage puzzles too!!
I prefer the already colored in mini puzzles. They look like they were loved. Idk it makes me happy to think that these puzzles brought joy to a real child ♡
I love that clover puzzle! Looks very tricky but in a good way
All the British puzzles had me so excited! I may have yelped out loud when I saw the 'saucy' puzzle from Happily - I have that one, it was great fun to do! I hope you enjoy it. I love all the food themed ones. Would love you to do an all food themed puzzle video 😁 Karen can only eat what she puzzles for a day? No, that's just mean XD
Lucky you! The Sooness puzzles were beautiful! Enjoy Spain! I hope to see your sister Katie there too! Happy Puzzling!
Karen, you are so lucky to have received all these puzzles, love them. My favourite of today's haul is the Anamorphoses one, it is so original and fun, I want to see it done!!!
Lucky find with those doodle puzzles! I was doing a Diamond Art Club kit while watching. I totally get it--I just sped through a 6000 piece puzzle in less than a week (followed by the mystery speedpuzzling virtual contest with all that snow!!) and accidentally burnt myself out on puzzles. Of course now my diamond painting stash is starting to get out of hand...but not as bad as the puzzles!
And good luck at worlds! I'll be watching the live stream!
So excited for you for your trip to worlds!!! You are lucky to have this chance to go! I will be rooting for you here in Washington!
Lucky you have found such a community that will share puzzles with you
Anamorphose images fascinate me, since the original paintings (from the Renaissance era) were painted by looking at the reflection of your painting in the cylindrical mirror in the center, and moving your hand with paintbrush by only looking at that reflection. So hard to do! I wonder if one could experience what creating the paintings was like by putting the puzzle together by doing the center beneath the cylinder mirror and then put the mirror in place and only look at the reflection in the cylinder while assembling the puzzle.
The "secret image" on the puzzle at 10:47 is just that funky design in the lower right corner!
I’d love to do the one from Sooness I think it was, that is illustrated by the same artist who illustrated Marching Spring. Her style is gorgeous! Good luck with your worlds preparations! ❤
I just wanna say you inspired me to buy a new puzzle. I’m a fan of whimsy pieces so I felt pretty lucky when I found 299 cats and a dog. All the pieces are cut out in the outlying of the cats (or dog) so nothing is a standard puzzle piece, I loved it.
Happy Sunday, Karen! 😊
Have fun at Worlds! ✌️🇺🇸
Safe travels! Good luck!
I want to see the Anamorphos puzzle assembled! Awesome.
I bought diamond art for Christmas gifts but I don't think anyone has tried them yet (myself included). I have a stack of old Springbok to solve once the garden is put to bed including a couple you had there. Not the Mondrian, unfortunately. That is gorgeous!! I'm very excited about your upcoming trip!! I feel lucky to have someone so relatable through whom I can have vicarious adventures!!
The World of Hercule Poirot one looks so fun! The illustration is beautiful :)
I have a Springbok puzzle with one of those magic eye patterns on it!
Back in the day, my mother did the Midnight snack puzzle in the mid 70's. When I saw the puzzle it brought a huge smile on my face. I rather late to your channel however I love watching you build puzzles.
Those Soonness puzzles are definatly some of my favorite images from her brand! Buying puzzles is sometimes just as fun as doing!
Good luck at worlds! I think i’d like to do the Mondrian (love his paintings!) and the subway puzzle- i think it’d be fun to build one track at a time and branch it out! I’ve been thrifting puzzles here and there to do on weekends (so far I find I like doing puzzles with non-rectangular shaped borders!), and last week I saw a circular springbok and was glad I knew what it was thanks to you! The design wasn’t something id like to solve so I left it for another person, but maybe someday I’ll find a fun one!
Any chance you could add a pdf of the puzzles you are looking for in the description area? I would enjoy keeping an eye out for them for you when I go out to thrift shops and antique shops.
The list is way too long and always changing, but you're welcome to email me if you see something interesting!
That Tokyo Subway Map puzzle looks SO satisfying. I apparently need more map puzzles in my life. I was *lucky* enough to receive one as a gift (a Ravensburger 500pc map of Germany from a German exchange student), but I need to go out and buy more! That just requires figuring out what places I want in what is no doubt going to become a full-on collection... and this is why I still only own one map puzzle 😂
You are a PA…………….Puzzle Archivist. Also, a PW (Puzzle Warrior, Puzzle Wunderkind, Puzzle Wizard). Rooting for you and the Misfits to have tons of fun at Worlds.
Dont stop buying giant and vintage puzzles. Keep doing it. I collect legos and even though i tell myself to stop, it brings me so much happiness so i want to keep going as long as i can afford it
The tea puzzle looks way fun. No wonder you jumped right in 😂
Lucky.
Wow! A puzzle of the victory boogie woogie! I would love to do that one! Just last week I saw the painting in the kunstmuseum in The Haque. And I was really impressed. And now you show this puzzle. I hope you make a video while doing it!!
OMG! I am sick fan of Agatha Christie, I would love Hercule Poirot one 😍😍😍😍
I love the tea puzzle! as a big tea drinker I can't think (atm) of any tea themed puzzles I have ever seen. You are so lucky! Good luck in Spain!
Lucky - The Tokyo Subway Map Puzzle - Good luck at Worlds😊
Love the look of the Happily puzzles - from the UK too so definitely gonna keep an eye on them for future ones, lucky 🍀
Feeling the puzzle pieces to verify maker. Well done! Soothing us vicariously haha!
loved all of them! but the treasure hunt one excited me the most I think
As a church librarian and book lover, I knew I knew that name as a book publisher. Western Publishing Company in Rancine Wisconsin actually is listed as publisher of Little Golden Books - at least many of the older ones. Don't know if it's the same company. As usual I enjoyed your video with all the tidbits about the puzzles. Good luck at World!!!
You are lucky to have acquired so many puzzles. I’d have to spin my tiny decisions app to decide which one I’d do next. Good luck at your next competition.
Oh that diamond painting looks nice. I learned to do diamond painting this summer and my six year old got interested. It has become one of her calming tools. It would be nice to see a video or short of your progress on that one but if it's just to help you unwind maybe you wouldn't want to make a video. My favorite puzzle you showed was the big tropical one. I love it!
Hey Karen, love all these old puzzle videos. My mom used to do puzzles when I was a kid, but just the landscape ones. I wish I knew all those others existed. I did some Puzz 3D awhile back but never knew…. Started doing them about 9 months before Covid and, well, there are a lot now. BUT I haven’t done one in months because I only do them on weekends and you got me to check out Diamond Art Club and I’ve been doing that ever since!!! So was anxiously awaiting to see what was in that box!! As for these would want to do the Four Leaf Clover one or the Soon Kitchen Life Puzzle. Not sure if you read all these but Good Luck in Spain!!!
I relaxed my eyes and saw what the magic eye puzzle had to say. I haven't done that in ages! 😊
If you want to avoid buying them, a good tip is to not press order, or not grab it off the shelf. Worked for me in the past, so hopefully it works for you.
The Happily ones are so cute!! :D
As an avid puzzler in the UK, I'm loving this video! I always have a puzzle on the go in my work office for my teammates (and my) stress relief 💂🏻🫖👑❤
There were a lot of cool puzzles. The ones I most wish I could do are the Victory Boogie Woogie (because I have loved Mondrian's art since college), the ice cream one, and the Paper Cranes puzzle. I hope you have a nice trip to worlds and enjoy the trip. You are lucky you have a fun diamond puzzle to look forward to when you get back. Thanks for sharing your haul with us.
Lucky, the ones im most interested in are the cloudberries, happily ones and that is cream cone one. those individual objects are MY kind of puzzles!
I have a diamon painting thats a few years old thats only like a third done. I think I need to get one of those stamper thingies and holds a few at once. That would definitely help. Loved all the puzzles. Super neat! oh and lucky!
omg yes! more gameophiles map puzzles!!! I think my favourite is the cloudberries Kitchen one
Excited to see some Diamond Art Club on the channel again. I know they aren't puzzles, but watching you talk about it got me into them!
Good luck at Worlds! I hope you get Lucky and win (or place) in one of the categories you're participating in! I think I'd most want to do that Cloudberries puzzle with the origami cranes on it. It looks like a lot of fun to do.
I had that disco ball puzzle when I was a kid. I had totally forgotten about it until just now!