When puzzles were first invented, they were made out of wood, and carpenters used jigsaws to cut the pieces (which explains how they got their name). Perhaps that’s why it feels so good when you put a ...

“The original idea for Liberty Puzzles was jigsaw puzzle as social vehicle,” Chris Wirth said. “So it's not just a puzzle ...

Once upon a time, all jigsaw puzzles were made of wood and cut by hand – hence “jigsaw” – but that was before pressing puzzle pieces from cardboard became technologically feasible - and much cheaper.

Chris Danner can’t remember the first time he completed an Elms Puzzle. But he easily recalls the ones that “really blew me away” as a child, like an over 800-piece set he remembers illustrated with a ...

Vintage jigsaw puzzles are not just nostalgic entertainment; they also double as lucrative investments with impressive price tags. Certain puzzles — especially those stemming from limited production ...

As a kid I loved doing puzzles with my father, especially around the holidays. We would get a giant jigsaw — usually an old-timey Christmas image filled with people ice-skating and horse-drawn ...

TIGARD -- Ed Weber never was much of a reader. He prefers a good jigsaw puzzle. "It's good physically for you, mentally," he said. "It just keeps your mind going." Weber's enthusiasm for the craft is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you are one of the millions of people who suddenly went puzzle-crazy during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, then you may have heard of Liberty Puzzles, a ...

Growing up, J. B. Manning spent many weekends at his family’s deer lease in South Texas or on another parcel of land they owned outside of Georgetown. He’d sit in the blind for hours, peering through ...