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Wrap-Up: Bengal Blue by Vinita Karim

As expected, this puzzle was so fun, and so delicious to do! Exemplified by me, laying on the puzzle stroking the velvety finish, when we finished it tonight. This puzzle was super fun, and as… 

Next Up: Bengal Blue by Vinita Karim

  • Jenny 

I AM SO EXCITED! It’s another Apostrophe Puzzles puzzle! I have purposefully been holding off on picking this one because I enjoyed the last one so much, and it was over so quickly. Granted, it… 

Front Page Puzzle of the New York Times from 2019

Wrap-Up: New York Times Front Page Redux

  • Jenny 

That was fast. It took us a little over 24 hours (Sunday to Monday), with a work day in there, to finish up this puzzle. There was a lot that was different about this puzzle.… 

Front of box of NYT puzzle box on beige carpet background

Next Up: New York Times Front Page Redux

  • Jenny 

If you’ve been following us awhile, you know that a birthday front page puzzle for Clark was one of the puzzles that kicked all this off for us. Well, for our anniversary this year, Clark… 

Patternography logo over grey background with source code

Wrap Up: Custom Patternography Puzzle

  • Jenny 

Well, well, well. Here we are again, a wrap up — even if it’s five months later than we expected it to be! It was really hard to not start this post with laughing emojis… 

Picture of the box containing a custom Patternography puzzle with the patternography logo on it

Next Up: Custom Patternography Puzzle!

  • Jenny 

A few months ago, Clark asked me for an SVG logo for my side project, Patternography, and told me that I couldn’t ask why. I eventually forgot about it, and for Valentine’s Day, a custom… 

Brown skinned girl with glasses stands with arms folded in front of a wall plastered with old jazz show fliers.

Wrap Up: Talkin’ All That Jazz

Talkin’ All that Jazz by Tim Okamura was fast, but oh, it was so fun! The pieces locked together so well, that even when working on her shirt, it was easy to feel when a… 

Puzzle box with old posters advertising jazz shows of various famous artists, with a black woman in the forefront wearing glasses and her arms crossed. A thank you note is placed on top of the box.

Next Up: Talkin’ All That Jazz

  • Jenny 

Whew, it’s been a minute since I last got to write one of these! Our next puzzle is Talkin’ All That Jazz by Tim Okamura from an awesome company, Apostrophe Puzzles! Apostrophe is a black-led,… 

Finished puzzle of the solar system. Planets and moons are laid out in rows instead of in orbit

Wrap Up: The Solar System

  • Jenny 

We took advantage of this frigid Saturday in Michigan to spend some time finishing The Solar System Puzzle and drink some hot cocoa. As expected, the planets came together relatively quickly. It was a little… 

Picture of the puzzle box with black background, pictures of all the planets and some moons in the solar system

Next Up: The Solar System

  • Jenny 

Last night we unboxed and got started on the The Solar System from New York Puzzle Company. This is the second of the three that I ordered at the end of December for us to…