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Puzzle Reflections
 

Our first puzzle
2023		 Trinity of Peace
1,000 pieces
 
Dining room puzzle room
  
     
Outgrew walls
Dining room puzzle room before remodel
Working on 1st puzzle
 

Outgrew Cart
Put them on website!
Remodeled puzzle room - December 2025
       

FUN FACTS

 The U.S. is the largest jigsaw puzzle market in the world by revenue.
The most popular size among adults is the 1,000 piece puzzle.
 
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Our Favorite Puzzle in Each Category
Click our favorite image below to view all puzzles in the category
 
What makes a puzzle a favorite?
Some we had more fun doing, some are just beautiful, some make us smile, and some inspire a feeling. Our favorites are a mixture of all of these.
 
 
 
 
 
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Building a Puzzle in Sections
 
This puzzle had 6 sections with letters on the back (A-F), some puzzles have 6 sections, some 4. It makes sorting easier. Most puzzles we've done do not have letters on the back. We plan to alternate for a while and then decide which we like better. Something good to say for each method.
 
            
               
 
FUN FACT
 World's largest puzzle (by total number of pieces)
was divided into 3,132 individual sections.
On September 24, 2011, 1600 students from the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam assembled a 551,232-piece puzzle that measured 48 ft. 8.64" x 76 ft. 1.38" and depicted a pink lotus flower. The puzzle was built at the Phu Tho Indoor Stadium and took 17 continuous hours. It would take a single person 9 years to build alone.
 
 
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History
of Jigsaw
Puzzles		 Jigsaw puzzles were invented in the 1760s by London mapmaker John Spilsbury. He glued maps onto wood and cut along national borders to create educational "dissected maps" for teaching geography to children of wealthy families.
FUN FACT
Estimated annual U.S. jigsaw puzzle sales: about
$1.5 billion

Estimated units sold: 120-180 million puzzles
per year
Benefits
of Puzzles		 Jigsaw puzzles enhance memory, boost problem-solving skills, and improve overall attention span by forcing both the left and right sides of your brain to communicate and work together.
     
 

Life is like a puzzle, each piece has a reason, a place, and a purpose.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares
the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11