Development process of a brainteaser ... 2000pcs. completed!!

Just a small question: how come that I decided to assemble this???

Lucky me, I am not alone. A friend and me decided to assemble it simultanously which means: we started the same day - mark the 23rd of January! And several members of the german jigsaw puzzle forum join us.

Here we go:

 

building the frame first:

 

 

 including the letters

 

okay, I'm done

 

 Needed to assort the remaining pieces again:

faces, funny hats, banners with names, tree and "everything else"

 

a few calories are desparately needed :-)

 

At the end of a freezing January the frame was ready to be filled with faces, 

branches and "everything else" 

This will be a tough, challenging thing - 4th of February

 

Last weekend I managed to fill some "gaps"

This weekend (18th/19th Febr.) I completed the names and hats

Not easy, but I managed to complete the lower row of green (26th Feb.)

Update 8th March

assorting according to the shape of things

Close to madness, closer to completion