If you had a choice between a 3,000 piece puzzle with a picture of animals in a jungle, and a 1,500 piece Cottage Garden puzzle, which would you choose? Earlier this month, I asked readers on my FB page to help me decide which puzzle I should work on. Guess which one I chose?
I think everyone picked the cottage garden, and since I don't have any real garden tours to post, I decided that was the best choice.
The fact that the 3,000 piece puzzle measured 48 inches wide may have a had a little to do with my decision too.....The only place I could work on it would be our basement family room...which is lovely and sunny...but I didn't want to spend what might end up being a week IN the basement...alone!
The cottage garden fit on a piece of cardboad that could be moved from the dining room table to the coffee table, if needed. I even got some help from Brian and Danica!
Much like a real cottage garden, it was a process that took a lot of patience...sorting out colours...deciding where each flower, tree, or shrub fit...working a little here, a little there, realizing something needed to be moved...stepping back to admire our work....watching a beautiful garden and cottage take shape.
Much like a real cottage garden, it was a process that took a lot of patience...sorting out colours...deciding where each flower, tree, or shrub fit...working a little here, a little there, realizing something needed to be moved...stepping back to admire our work....watching a beautiful garden and cottage take shape.
I decided that if I was going to do all this work, I should make it worthwhile and take photos as we went along. When it was all finished, Danica made it into a slideshow. (Thanks Danica!) She got it down to as close to 1 minute as she could....not easy, when your mom takes a gazillion pictures!
ENJOY!
