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We started assembling puzzles together in December of 2012 (When we got married). Here are all of the puzzles we have put together so far in order.

John Powell: Summer Porch - 1500pc, Big Ben
Purchased from Humane Society St Thomas USVI for $2.00 on 4/6/2013

Started: 7/27/3013
Finished: 9/1/2013
Notes: The colors of this puzzle are truly vibrant! M built this all on her own! Her largest puzzle alone to date!


Luca Giordano: Trionfo degli Asburgo (The Triumph of the Spanish Habsburgs) - 8000pc Educa
Purchased from ebay for $129 on 7/2013
Started: 7/20/2013 - Finished: 7/30/2013
Assembled by: Tom (View Posts)
Notes: Came 75% assembled.


Color Palette - 1000pc, Master Pieces
Available from Amazon.com
Started: 7/15/2013 - Finished: 7/26/2013
Assembled by: Mercedes (View Posts)
Notes: M's first 1000pc puzzle all by herself!


Life, The Greatest Puzzle (Section A) - 6,000pc, EDUCA
Available from Amazon.com
Purchased from ebay for $200 on 5/10/2013
Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes (View Posts)
Build Time Section A: 6/19/2013 - 7/14/2013 (25 days)
Build Time Section B: ---
Build Time Section C: ---
Build Time Section D: ---
Notes: This M's favorite puzzle.

Machu Picchu - 500pc (Available at Amazon.com)
Gift from M's mom for my 37th birthday
Started: 7/3/2013 - Finished: 7/5/2013
Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes (View Posts)
Notes: Worlds smallest 500pc puzzle and extremely difficult.
Mickey Mouse Montage - 500pcs, Mega Puzzles Challenge Series (Available at Amazon.com)
Purchased at K-Mart in Plymouth, MI on 3/26/2010 for $9.00
Started: 6/31/2013 - Finished: 7/1/2013
Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes (View Posts)
Notes: Neat puzzle with the Mickey mouse shapes and limited piece shapes and repeating pattern. We put this together on the beach!
Krypt(Silver) - 645pc, Ravensburger(Available at Amazon.com)
Purchased from Amazon.com for $15.99 on 4/18/2013
Started: 6/12/2013 - Finished: 6/21/2013
Assembled by: Tom (View Posts)
Notes: Did not work on this continuously, all together about 9-10hours of assembly. It's not as hard as you might think, the pieces are really distinct and the finished product sure does look cool.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Battle of Carnival and Lent - 707pc from Liberty Puzzles
Purchased from Card Kingdom in Seattle, WA for $129 on 5/14/2013
Started: 5/16/2013
Finished: 5/17/2013
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes
Notes: Our first wooden puzzle and it was really fantastic! You can view our posts about it here.


The West Indies - 500pc by PostCardUSA
Purchased from Tourist Shop - Havensight - ST Thomas for $15.00 on 5/1/2013
Started: 6/9/2013
Completed: 6/9/2013
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes
Notes: A the wind blew pieces off the table into the forest, I spent 3 hours finding 3 pieces. 
The Unicorn In Captivity - 500pc
Started: 6/5/2013
Competed: 6/7/2013
Assembled by: Tom
Notes: We did this puzzle and gave it to our friend Laura
                 
Heronim: Bridges of San Francisco - 1000pc, Mega Puzzles
Purchased at Meijer, Canton MI for $4.00 on 2/14/2013
Started: 6/4/2013
Finished 6/5/2013
Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes
Notes: We like this one a lot better than the first SF Heronim we did
Section "D" of 4 Historical Maps - 4500 pieces of 18000, Ravensburger
Started: 5/11/2013
Completed: 5/31/2013
Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes
City Door - 750pc,
Purchased from Hobby Lobby  in Plymouth, MI
Started: 5/28/2013
Completed: 5/302013
Assembled By: Mercedes with her Mom and Sissy
Aimee Stewart: The Dreaming Tree - 750pc, Mega Puzzles Reflections
K-Mart in Plymouth, MI 3/26/2013 $8.00
Started: 5/9/2013
Completed: 5/10/2013
Assembled By: Tom, Mercedes and Tessa
Notes: We built this puzzle with our headlamps when we lost power.

Effervescently Yours - 500pc, Springbook (Out of Print)
Thrift Store - Livonia, MI $2.00 2/12/2013
Started: 5/7/2013
Finished: 5/7/2013
Assembled by: Tom
Notes: I really liked this puzzle. I thought it would be harder but the shapes are a throw back to a wooden puzzle and made the totally black sections extremely doable (Versus cocktails). It also makes me very thirsty every time I see it.
                 
James Rizzi: Nothing is as pretty as a Rizzi City - 5000pc, Ravensburger
SeriousPuzzles.com $67.95 on 2/6/2012
Started: 4/18/2013
Built By: 5/7/2013
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes
Notes: This is our favorite puzzle so far and the puzzle where are tattoo comes from!
Underwater Playground - 200pc by Melissa and Doug
Purchased from Tourist Shop - Havensight - ST Thomas for $10.00 on 5/1/2013
Started 5/2/2013
Finished: 5/2/2013
Built By: Mercedes and Ashley
Notes: M was drunk on her bday and bought this. Her and Ashley banged it out in an hour or so.

                 
Cocktails - 1000pc, Piatnik
http://www.seriouspuzzles.com/i13296.asp
Purchased: simplepastimes.com $15.00 2/15/2013
Started Friday: 4/12/2013
Built By: Tom, Mercedes and Tessa
Completed: 4/17/2013
Notes: This puzzle was really hard. I will think twice before getting another Piatnik puzzle with a lot of solid color in it. The shape variation is poor and made solving black extremely difficult. 
Beach Hammocks in Cozumel Mexico - 500pc, Big Ben
Purchased from the Humane Society in St Thomas for $2.00
Started: 4/9/2013.
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes
Completed: 4/10/2013
Notes: This is our first puzzle in St. Thomas!!!
                 
Sour Gummies - 500pc, Puzzlebug
Purchased from Goodwill, Canton MI for $1.99 on 2/16/2013
Started 3/25/2013
Assembled by: Mary Lytle, Mercedes, Tom, Terra
Finished 3/27/2013
Notes: Cheap and fun

                 
Pansies and Puppies - 500pc, Master Pieces
Purchased from simplepastimes.com for $8.00 on 2/15/2013
Started: 3/15/2013
Assembled by: Mercedes and Tom
Finished: 3/25/2012
Notes: I was not a fan of the gloss finish on this puzzle
Art 30129 Lighthouse - 1000pc, Clementoni (Out of Print)
Purchased from Thrift Store - Livonia, MI for $2.00 on 2-12-2013
Started: 3/25/2013
Assembled by: Tom
Finished: 3/25/2013
Notes: Assembled in 4 hours. I thought a piece was missing, but it was just upside down and I thought it was a sky piece. Classic Clementoni shapes.
Section "A": Double Retrospect (4,000 of 32,000)pc, Ravensburger
Started: 1/31/2013
Completed: 3/23/2013
Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes
Venice Canel - 500pc, Big Ben
Purchased from Goodwill, Grand Rapids MI for $1.99 on 2/9/2013
Started: 2-13-2013
Assembled by: Tom, Mercedes and Darwin
Finished: 2-14-2013
Notes: Nothing of interest here, it was a pretty ho-hum puzzle. Darwin insisted on "helping"
Pencil Collage - 1000pc, White Mountain
 http://www.seriouspuzzles.com/i8927.asp
Purchased from Real Toys, Plymouth MI for $18.00 on Feb 6th
Started: 2/9/2013
Assembled By: Mercedes and Tom
Finished: 2/12/2013
Notes: This puzzle was super hard for me, but really easy for M. We enjoyed this one a lot
Shoes! - 1000pc, Springbok
http://www.seriouspuzzles.com/i15998.asp
Purchased from Hobby Lobby, Canton MI for $20.00 1/28/2013
Started: Feb 4th 2013
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes, Corinne
Completed: Feb 9th 2013
Notes: This puzzle was a lot of fun, large pieces, we didnt allow ourselves to look at the box, M's mom came over and got hooked and the girls rocked it out!
Donuts - 1000pc, Cobble Hill
http://www.seriouspuzzles.com/i12695.asp
Purchased from Hobby Lobby, Canton MI for $20.00 1/28/2013
Started: 1/29/2013
Finished: 1/30/2013
Notes: We really enjoyed this puzzle. The shapes were very unique, it makes initial solving difficult, but in the later stages, its is much much faster. Completed in about 10hours total. (Tom and Mercedes)
Palace Fine Arts - 1000pc Puzzle, Mega Puzzles
Purchased from Hobby Lobby, Canton MI for $5.00 1/28/2013
Started:January 28th, 2013
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes
Finished: January 29th 2013
Notes: Pieces were boring shapes, but the color was good and it was super cheap
Las Vegas (Glow in the Dark) - 750pc, Buffalo Games
XMAS Present from M 2012
Started:December 28th, 2012
Assembled by: Tom and Mercedes
Finished: January 27th 2013
Notes: This is our first puzzle together. What a trouble maker this puzzle is!