Angela 1000 Piece Puzzle

Absolutely wonderful picture, but to my mind unnecessary frustration from the border and white piece issues mentioned by others. The colors made it Challenging, as mentioned in its write-up, but the almost identical shapes moved it into Difficult. My mother and I would love to see more from the artist but really struggled with this one.

First the great news - I absolutely loved this puzzle! This was really challenging, but I was thrilled with the puzzle (and myself!) when I completed it. The illustration is gorgeous - as others have commented, the colours are vibrant, and the puzzle pieces are high quality e.g., I didn't have to contend with the fine dust so often found with other puzzle brands. And I only had two pieces that became unlaminated.
The less-than-great news - the border was the last thing I did - although some of the pieces fit perfectly, they were ultimately in the wrong place. This was also true for some of the white pieces. I'd recommend doing this puzzle with lots of light available, so you can make out the subtle shade variations of white. Finally, I was really hoping to see another puzzle illustrated by Mr. Small. His artwork is truly mesmerizing. Please, please, please, could the powers-that-be convince him to work with eeboo again?

This puzzle is absolutely beautiful. The colors are bright and saturated and, as with all Eeboo puzzles, the pieces are high quality. I was a bit worried this would be too frustrating, but I never found myself stuck for too long. It took me a while to get started, but once I had some of the blue and yellow sections completed I made pretty quick progress during each puzzling session. The thoughtful design, bright colors, and varied textures make this doable for even beginners. Even the white section has slight color and texture variations so I was able to complete that in one sitting. I also never had a problem with pieces fitting where they don't actually go. I glued this together and hung it in my office; it makes me smile every time I walk past it. Eeboo is my favorite brand of puzzles and Angela exceeded my expectations.

"Angela" was definitely the most challenging puzzle I have ever done! A great sense of accomplishment for sure! I did find some of the pieces became unlaminated during the process and the white section was a struggle because a piece would fit where it didn't belong and it would take awhile to figure that out - never had that problem with a puzzle before. But I loved it - like I do all the eeboo puzzles!