Thanks Donnalouise for all your smiles and puzzling videos. You’ve helped us so much. Warm wishes from us two in Melbourne. Mark+Chris😄😎

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

MARK AND CHRIS!!!! Thank you so so very much!!! This is too sweet of you! I so appreciate you both always watching and commenting. Sending you big kiwi hugs and kisses from over the ditch!!!

What a beautiful puzzle. I enjoyed the commentary about Clementoni - I really like that brand.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

I always love learning something new and this was fun to discover about the brand.

I did that puzzle about three months ago, I won't tell you my total time, but I opened all the envelopes and mixed up the pieces, finished in three days, back massacred but between bed and on the floor I finished it. I had a lot of fun and liked it. A big hug. Tomorrow I'll go home and do the competition puzzle if I feel it.🧡

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

You mixed all the 6 bags?!?! I can't even imagine! I am loving it so much - the colours are beautiful! I can't wait to see how you do on the BOTYP puzzle.

I am glad you are enjoying a big puzzle again after the bad experience you had with the last one. Clementoni, along with Ravensburger, are my two favorite puzzle companies. Really love their pieces and quality! Last October I bought my first big puzzle and it was one of the 13200 pieces of Clementoni, the Band of Thunder! Although, I am taking it very very slow. I worked on it on November and then on April and I have done the two of the six bags. I am really enjoying it and I was sure you would enjoy yours as well the moment I saw you had it on your list! Have fun and can't wait for the next part! 💛

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

The one with the horses - BEAUTIFUL! But a lot more difficult than the one I'm doing. I'm glad you are really enjoying it. It'll look amazing all done!

@Derek1986forever

15 күн бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles Yeah, the truth is that the yellow grass is a living hell but, I love the image so much that I am just thinking how it will look when it's done and getting strength to go on. I started with the grass to get it out of the way so, the two bags I finished are the 2/3 bags of grass! One more and it's done! ☺

Yay a large puzzle! 😁🧡🧩

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

I'm having so much fun!!!

Such a beautiful puzzle but that many pieces is out of my range...1000 is my limit..I also love clementoni puzzles...I just got a Harry Potter one off Amazon...not a fan but I do love the images 🐨.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

I would have loved if this came in bags of 1k pieces as 2,204 is a bit much. So glad that Paige is helping me with the sorting. Clementoni is a lot of fun to puzzle.

What a beautiful puzzle and your narrative is excellent. Very nice Clementoni story! Thank you for sharing Donnalouise 😊😊😊

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it.

Great to see you jumping into another giant puzzle, Donnalouise! This looks like it will be much more enjoyable than the Educa! Looking forward to watching your journey with this one.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

It is so much more enjoyable - I'm sure you can all see it on my face.

Beautiful puzzle can't wait to see the other sections

@fortheloveofpuzzles

17 күн бұрын

The colours and the details are so lovely!

Ooo this has been ordered for our next large community event for NZJPA Donnalouise 🙌 so good to see what its like inside

@fortheloveofpuzzles

13 күн бұрын

NICE!!! It's lots of fun. Please don't mix the bags...that first Bag A I'm told is the most difficult with all the blue. 💜🧩

I can't wait to see the rest of the journey with this puzzle!

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

It's so beautiful - I can't wait to see it all together.

This looks like so much fun! Looking forward to seeing it as you go.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

14 күн бұрын

It is so beautiful!!

Oba!! Que legal. Vamos lá acompanhar essa nova aventura! Abraços, fica bem!

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I am loving it so far.

That puzzle is so gorgeous! It's made me want to start on my 18k puzzle. I just have to mention..you've made me addicted to Whittakers chocolate. I'm in Australia and we've had it available here for years but I never tried it. I've now bought 4 blocks over 2 weeks! help I can't stop haha. The perfect puzzling snack for sure

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

HAHAHA Whittakers!!! I really need them to sponsor me for all the free advertising I do for them hehehe What flavour are you eating? And what 18k puzzle do you have?

Amazing puzzle!! I am very excited to see you complete this masterpiece ❤

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

It is going to look so lovely all together up on the wall! I can't wait!!

So glad to see you enjoying another large puzzle

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

And I am really enjoying it! Once I get over those initial nerves of doing a large piece count puzzle.

I’m so excited for this! I’ve been looking at purchasing this puzzle. I might have to do it! It’s stunning. LOVE the giant poster.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

I love the puzzle so far! The colours and the details are beautiful! I think you would really enjoy it.

You made me feel better about cutting up the poster for the 9000pc I'm working on. ✂️ 😂 Beautiful puzzle! Love Clementoni. Looking forward to seeing it come together.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

What I loved about the Grafika Travel Around Art - they had one large poster and then posters for each bag. But yeah, no way I was going to hold onto that but poster the entire time.

It is a beautiful puzzle. I have puzzle with my husband before but I have to confess, I love puzzling alone and with no background sound.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

No background sound...interesting. You must be a very calm and at peace person - wish I was more like that.

Hello! This puzzle is so beautiful! I began to do it in March 2024. I've mixed the bags A and D. It was horrible! All this blue pieces 😱! I did the bag B, and now I do the bag E. I did another puzzles between each bag. For me, the bag A is the most difficult because of blue pieces. I love to do this puzzle. I'm sorry if my English is not very good.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

Your English is great! I saw your comment on my Instagram as well and I am so glad that I didn't mix any bags. Also, I'm glad to hear that Bag A was the most difficult which means every bag from now on will be easier for me. I can't wait to see this all done and up on the wall - it's going to look amazing!

Beautiful puzzle. Enjoying it. ❤🎉

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

I can't wait to crack open every bag!

So excited to see this! What a beautiful puzzle 🧩🤩

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

It is absolutely beautiful and the detail on the pieces is mint!

Beautiful puzzle. I love watching high piece counts so was so happy to see this video.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

It's so much fun to build - I can't wait to get it up all together on the wall!

I LOVED this puzzle all the way ❤ Have fun!

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

Loving ti so far and glad that you did as well.

Such a great video, it is a very beautiful jigsaw. So very glad you are enjoying a large jigsaw again.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

Me again! I was a little worried it would be too much as I was so deflated from the last one...but I am loving this so much!

So glad to see you've started this one - I tried to sort a bag a while ago and was being too picky and put it away to do at a later point. I need to sort in larger bundles instead of having 20+ piles of what I think it is. Very nice so far. Looking forward to more.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

We had to stop being super picky with the pieces or else the sorting would have taken forever. Paige just helped me with the second bag and she did subsort a lot of the greenery - which maybe wasn't needed but will make the building so much easier. I think a faster higher-level sort is fine and then subsorting when you get to a big pile. Are you going to try and get back to it?

@heather6668

18 күн бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles Hi Donnalouise. I opened it out again this morning and managed to actually do most of the edge and a lot of the bird in the first bag. I still need to sort half that bag but the sorting I had done seems pretty good. Yes to bigger piles to get it done and subsorting later. Like you said LOL I'd be there till December if I tried to do it the way I was. Enjoying it so far.

Excited to follow along on your journey! Looks so beautiful already!

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

Thank you! I'm loving every piece of it

This giant is really beautiful!

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

The colours - the details - everyone is beautiful!

I'm excited to watch you build this! Who is your puzzling partner? :-) Do the pieces fit well? Can you easily move chunks/sections around?

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

That's my friend and neighbour Paige who is puzzling with me. It's a typical Clementoni fit so a little loser than Ravensburger, can move sections around but need to be careful. It's not the snuggest fit but it's not crumbly.

I haven’t even finished a puzzle near this big. 5000 maybe. That’s it.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

My largest piece count in a single bag was 6,000 - it was a lot but I loved the image. I much prefer 1,000 at most but so far these 2,204 pieces haven't been too bad. I think this will be the trickiest section and the others might be easier.

Hi Again - probably about halfway now - lol that 3 pronged green piece in the bird - been driving me nuts - the same piece - finally found it a few minutes ago in among the dark greens. It doesn't look like it's part of the bird but i just quickly glanced over the 3 out 1 in pieces and there it was.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

14 күн бұрын

HAHAHA Paige ended up finding it for me. 💜🧩

@heather6668

14 күн бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles LOL well done Paige

That looks like a fun puzzle, if you want to swap one day I have Sellagruppe and New York.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

I plan on keeping it and putting it up on the wall down at the jigsaw puzzle display. You need to get down to Dunedin to have a look!

Ooh, I love this one! Is Paige your daughter? If so I have a daughter named Paige as well❤.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

14 күн бұрын

No!! I'm not that old hehehe Well technically I could have had her really young. Paige is a dear friend and neighbour. Her pup Pixie plays with our girl Thora. 💜🧩

It's a super image but not a jigsaw I would do as it is far too big for me. I'm disappointed that you cut the poster, you could have folded it. Are you going to stick it back together again when you have finished or do you plan to keep the jigsaw? I'm currently doing a much more manageable 1000 piece House of Puzzles jigsaw called Sugar and Spice. A welcome relief from the Polygon Lion!! Look forward to the next instalment.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

20 күн бұрын

I plan on keeping the puzzle so no need to tape it back together. Folding the paper would have ruined the edges. I want to put it up on the wall down at the jigsaw puzzle display. I think it's look amazing! I think any puzzle - even Lupins - would be a nice relief after Polygon Lions hahahaha

I think Giacomo is pronounced Jacques-uh-mo

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

Oh, that makes sense!

This is going to be so pretty when finished! I'm in the middle of Blue Kazoo's Sky High puzzle. The quality is excellent! It's definitely a tough one so I'm sorting like it's nobody's business 😛🧩💙

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

It was so much fun but yes, Sky High is tricky! Lots of sorting and subsorting. Beautiful when done!

Looks like Donnalouise grew an extra pair of arms to get this job done👍🏼

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

Yes! My dear Paige came to help me sort which was so very appreciated! I doubled my time when she was helping to give an overall time of 1 person.

I plan to buy it. Because I love this puzzle too. And I would overcome the large number of parts assembled. From 9000 to 13200. I would have thought of doing it that way. Unfold all the bags of pieces and assemble the puzzle on a board the size of the puzzle. Because I know you like to get involved. Success! The clip has been saved to my channel playlist to watch in your old age.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

18 күн бұрын

It is a beautiful puzzle and if you do end up buying it, I think you would absolutely love it!