Completed 6th June 2026

 

500 Pieces

Cupcakes - by Barbara Behr 

Grafika, France

 

Completed 20th April 2026

 

99 tiny pieces

Die Brezel (The Pretzel)

Sunshine Puzzles 

 

 

Completed 4th March 2026

99 tiny pieces

Der Franz (The Franz)

Manufacturer: Sunshine Puzzles, Germany

Produced in Türkiye with recycled paper 

Franzbrötchen is a small, sweet Viennoiserie baked with butter and cinnamon, similar to a cinnamon roll. Originally, it could be found only in the region of Hamburg, but now Franzbrötchen are also sold in Bremen, Berlin, and other German cities.
 

Completed 1st March 2026

 

1000 Pieces 

MGA Miniverse-Collection jigsaw puzzle 

Artwork and layout by Sina

photography by me

assembled by Sina and me  

💖💙💚💛💜

 

Development process of a custom made "MGA Miniverse"-Collection jigsaw puzzle - updated 1st. March 2026 and completed

 Last year, I saw a collection of MGA Miniverse creative sets being made for the first time and was allowed to take photos of the finished little masterpieces. Thank you very much Sina! 

 

The aim was to combine the individual objects into a collage and to transfer this collage into a 1000-pieces-jigsaw puzzle:

Unboxing on Valentine's day:

and of course we started to assemble "our" jigsaw puzzle:

After a second session we managed to assemble all those tiny jewels

 In a final session we will complete the black and dark-grey gaps :-)

 

***

 

The final session took part today, 1st of march

 

 ... and yes, we completed it :-D

Some new year traditions

 A Berliner (Pfannkuchen) or Krapfen is a German jam doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in cooking oil, with a jam or vanilla pudding filling, and usually covered in powdered sugar or glazed. A traditional german sweet  -  but with a cute decoration made of sugar confetti, a chocolate smile and a HARIBO strawberry nose 😁

Our bakery offers "Augustin" close to new year and again around carnival 

 

 Two lucky charms given as a present for a happy new year 2026.

Pigs are a lucky smbol in Germany and China

 

Another personal tradition since 2008: watching the Vienna New Year's Concert on TV

The Vienna New Year's Concert (Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) is an annual concert of classical music performed by the Vienna Philharmonic on the morning of New Year's Day in Vienna, Austria. The concert starts at the Musikverein at 11:15. 

The orchestra performs the same concert programme on 30 December, 31 December, and 1 January but only the last concert is broadcast every year on radio and television.

 

I wish you all a happy, lucky new year, filled with love, peace (!) and health. 

Completed 29th and 30th April 2025

300 Pieces

Viva la Pizza

 Masterpieces, Arizona, USA

(made in China) 

 

 

 50 Pieces

Special K - The Original

manufactured by YWOW GAMES, Hongkong (2020)

 

Completed 3rd - 5th January 2025 - 25th Megamarathon

25th Megamarathon - silver jubilee!!

It was an honour to assemble jigsaw puzzles together with my friends of the german jigsaw forum again and we made it big this time.

These were my choices and they were good ones. Thank you to all my friends who sent me these jigsaw puzzles to assemble them once and quickly ;-)

Day 1

187 Pieces

Simba and Friends - Lion King, Disney

F.X. Schmid, Germany

150 Pieces

Outer Space - by Adrian Chesterman

Ravensburger, 2015

187 Pieces

No Prob Llama - Illustration by Getty Images

Innovakids, Germany

100 Pieces

no title (cute dog with a red heart cushion)

Eurographics, USA

100 + 60 Pieces

Lars The little Ice Bear: The snowball fight (100) + Evening Mood (60)

Schmidt Spiele, Germany

104 Pieces

Mickey Mouse and Friends

Trefl

 

104 Pieces

I Love London

Ravensburger, 2011

204 Pieces

The Tiger and his friends - by Janosch

Janosch and Diogenes Verlag

Ravensburger, 1997

104 Pieces

Trip Around the World - Illustration by Imke Kretzmann

Mauseschlau und Bärenstark, means smart like a mouse and strong like a bear. This is a trademark in Germany by Schmidt Spiele

Ravensburger, 2016

104 Pieces

Animals of the World - by Howard Robinson

Ravensburger, 2015

204 Pieces

Dinosaurs - by Mario Kessler

Ravensburger, 2000

 

I remember that I assembled this one many years ago. Just found out that it was in October 2009! 15 years ago!

500 Pieces

Cute Kittens - Illustration by Barbara Behr

Anatolian, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti

 

> I removed the jigsaw puzzle back into its box before taking a good photo. 

Will assemble it again ;-)

 

Day 2

300 Pieces

Mickey and friends

Ravensburger, 2023

200 Pieces

Sledging through the wintry forest

Illustration: Thea Roß

Spiegelburg, Germany

300 Pieces

Moana (Vaiana, Disney)

Ravensburger Puzzle Moment, 2022

300 Pieces

Sushi (Shutterstock)

Ravensburger Puzzle Moment, 2023

50+80+100+150 Pieces

Avengers - by Marvel

Educa

100+100 Pieces

Captain America - Civil War (Marvel)

Educa

200 Pieces

Captain America - Civil War (Marvel)

Educa

 

Day 3

500 Pieces

Colourful Cupcakes

Educa

500 Pieces

Father's Day Ties

Cobble Hill

500 Pieces

Balls of Yarn

Cobble Hill, Canada

100 Pieces

Pirate Ship - by Gerold Como

Ravensburger Star Line, 1996

108 Pieces (-1)

From the movie "Frozen"

Clementoni

150 Pieces

Safari - Playmobil (Photo: B. Förderer, 1982)

Ravensburger,  1984

 

300 Pieces

Wallgau, Bavarian Alps - Photo by R. Kirsch

Ravensburger, 2012

 

Completed 27th October 2024

 

 

500 Pieces

Favorite Sweets

©Fotolia