Development process of a 2000pcs. "Favole"-jigsaw puzzle - started 25th July 2026 - update: 13th November 2026

 A friend and I have the same jigsaw puzzle in our collection. And we’ve had it for at least 15-17 years. 

 The first brilliant idea: we’ll start assembling it at the same time. 

The second brilliant idea: we’ll only work on it during our weekly phone calls. 

Crazy? No! Okay, here we go

 

Day 1 (25th July) 

unboxing with Herfried, the Octopus. It was amazing opening the foil and bag for the first time after this jigsaw puzzle has been produced and sealed

and my friend

 

Day 2 (1st August)

 

  

 Day 3 (8th August)

 I started to assemble the frame and my friend worked on the mask

 

Day 4

 

 My friend worked on the mask and the robe of the lady.

 

 

I managed to complete the frame and moved everything onto two white boards. Day 4 brought some success on the long hair of the lady and the chest of the man. 

 

 Day 5

 

 

Day 6 (4th September)

 

  

 

Day 7 (18th September)

 

 ... Pause ...

 

Day 8 (17th October)

 

 

 

 Day 9 (30th Oct.)

 

 

 

Day 10 (8th November)

Day 11 (13th November 2026)

 

 

and while walking around the table I just saw something. We have a match!

 

 

and my friend is some steps ahead 😊 

 

Development process of a very special custom made jigsaw puzzle - illustration by Alexandra Dikaia (Ukraine/UK) - updated 14th Nov. 2026

A few weeks ago, a games app (HappyColor) recommended a series of pictures to me that really touched me straight away. The delicate illustrations brought a smile to my face. Whenever I’ve been sitting in a waiting room, I’ve filled these pictures in with colours. It’s like paint-by-numbers on your mobile phone. Each of the pictures bore a sort of label with the artist’s name, Alex Dikaia. Once I had collected all 12 pictures, I thought about making a jigsaw puzzle out of them and set about looking for the artist.

 I found her, a wonderful young lady: Alexandra Dikaia, from Ukraine. As far as I could tell from her Instagram profile, she had fled her homeland for the UK with her young daughter at the start of the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022.

I got in touch with her and asked if I could use her illustrations for a jigsaw puzzle. She said YES - and it was a pleasure for me to design the layout and show it to her. As she liked it, I made two jigsaw puzzles. The jigsaw puzzle box is yellow with blue lettering to reflect the national colours of Ukraine.

The jigsaw puzzles arrived a few days ago and it’s a real honour for me to show them to you today. I’d hoped the quality would be very good, as PuzzleYou has never let me down before, but just look at that crystal-clear print!

Assortment almost completed

I started with the frames of each picture and just like that the white pieces wanted to play and wanted to be assembled as well

 

 

On a cold november evening these cute racoons light up my mood 

Completed 8th November 2026

  

 500 pieces

The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus (meaning "slow-footed" in Ancient Greek) 

Photo: @Sebastian, Adobe Stock.com

Editor: Cornelißen, Germany - made in China.

Completed 7th November 2026

  

1000 Pieces

 The World of Mythical Creatures - a jigsaw puzzle filled with fantastic creatures

designed by Renata Latipova 

by Good Wives and Warriors (UK, 2018/2021)

Manufacturer: Laurence King, Germany, 2022

made in The Netherlands

 

 

Tiddalik (Toad, left), Goorilla the Rainbowsnake 

 

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Europe: Pegasus (winged horse, greek mythology), Fenrir (white wolf, northern mythology), Silant (partly snake and bird, winged, eastern Europe), Basilisk (ancient Rome), Arkan Sonney (Isle of Man), Phoenix (greek mythology, rises from the ashes).

Also: Roc (ancient Persia), Yeti (Himalaya), Quilin (chinese mythology) 

 

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Shenglong (blue dragon, China), Kumino (a fox, Korea), Fenghuang (bird, China), Tanuki (a racoon, Japan), Kawauso (Shapeshifter, Japan), Airawata (threeheaded Elephant, India), Kurage-no-hinotama (jellyfish, Japan)

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Raven (Haida-Gwali Islands), Thunderbird (the biggest of all totem animals), Michabo (created the world according to the Algonquin people), Hodag (a chimera of a dinosaur and a toad), Akhlut (a mix of an Orca and a wolf, according to the canadian first nations)

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Fenghuang (again) and Abaia (Eel, Melanesia - Southpacific)

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Carcinus (a red lobster), Enchantado (a pink dolphin that lives in rivers, Brazil), Itzpapalotl (goddess that looks like a butterfly

 

The United States of America - 50 States - 50 pictures

 Where are you from?