Hey everyone! Tomorrow I’m heading out to San Diego for the National Jigsaw Puzzle Championships and I wanted to update you all now since this weekend will be super busy for me.
The competition is going to be livestreamed, so you can watch how I do in real time. Here is the channel where it’ll be happening:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJ-dNDais5lKY...
2022-10-19 19:50:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Today’s video is one I’ve been wanting to make for a while, and I’m so happy I got to work with Ravensburger to do it! I’m sharing my top tips on choosing a photo for a custom photo puzzle, walking through how to order one, and solving the three puzzles that I got made. You can check it out here:
https://youtu.be/Y0vPWtVsac4
This week I also put up the YouTube Shorts where I solve the butterfly puzzle ...
2022-10-14 16:21:26 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is up on my channel right now where I’m solving the absolutely beautiful Prismatic puzzle from last week’s estate sale puzzle haul. Watch the video to find out if any pieces are missing and if I got a good deal or not:
And then, as I promised at the end of that video, I did the Zodiac puzzle from that haul in an exclusive video for here on Patreon. It’s a diff...
2022-10-07 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone. It feels weird to not release anything new on a Sunday! If you missed my previous video where I’m going on an estate sale adventure for vintage puzzles, you can watch that here:
And then, as I was scrolling through all the time lapses I uploaded to my Patreon channel, I realized I had exported a handful of shorter time lapses that I never shared. So today seems like the...
2022-10-02 16:44:50 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s my first Friday release and I love that I’m going to get my Sunday morning back! I made the title of today’s video a bit dramatic, but parts of the video are pretty dramatic, so go with me here. It’s the story of an estate sale auction where a ton of vintage puzzles were up for sale, and a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into building a collection like mine:
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2022-09-30 16:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody! I’m back in LA and back in puzzle video production! I have so many updates to share with all of you.
First off, I had a great trip at home seeing my family. We escaped an escape room, did some cryptic crosswords, and of course, did a few puzzle speed runs to start preparing for the National Championships in October.
I’ll be posting about this publicly later this week, but I’ve decided that for the rest of the year, I’ll be posting my videos on Friday mornings...
2022-09-25 15:06:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello from New Jersey! Before I headed home, I decided to film a quick haul video (well, it ended up being 30 minutes long) showing all of the new puzzles I’ve gotten lately. There are a lot of really interesting vintage and modern puzzles in here:
I’m having a great time hanging out with my family without filming. Katie and I have been practicing speed puzzling, including the Rav...
2022-09-18 13:19:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't have a new main channel video today, but as promised, here is my Patreon-exclusive video going through the puzzle magazine AEPuzz! I don't speak Spanish, so I had to use the Google Translate app to be able to read any of it. If I do have Spanish viewers out there and you see something interesting that I missed, let me know in a comment!
Here is their website and Instagram if y...
2022-09-11 17:45:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, as I’m sure you’ve been able to tell from some of my recent posts on here, I’ve been feeling pretty burnt out and overworked lately. So I’m planning to have a slower September to rest and relax before some big things that are coming up in October and November.
Today’s video is a roundup of all of my favorite puzzles that I’ve done in between filming videos. I’m talking about some brands that I’ve never featured on my channel before, so I hope you like these ...
2022-09-04 16:07:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, so unfortunately I don’t have a new main channel video for you today. All of my videos for the past two months or so have been a ton of work, and by the time I published last week’s video, I was more exhausted than I’ve ever been in my life.
At first I meant to just take one day off, and then that turned into two, and then that turned into a week of barely doing anything productive. But I think that’s exactly what I needed.
I’m getting back to work on next w...
2022-08-28 16:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The long-awaited video is here! I’m trying all of the puzzles from the Individual round of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships to find out how I would have placed!
And then, for a Patreon exclusive, I exported the full solve of the final puzzle and recorded a commentary track over it where I’m answering all of your questions that I asked for the other day:
Hi everyone, I'm working on a Patreon project that involves a Q&A and I could use your questions so I have things to talk about! This can be about puzzling or anything else. Leave them in a comment and I may answer them in a video 🙂
2022-08-20 03:09:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I honestly can’t believe this video is done. I put SO MANY hours into it, and I’m so excited for all of you to see it. It’s my recap video of the Pairs and Teams competitions at the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships:
Make sure you watch until the end (or just read the video description) for all the info on the 2023 World Championships and the National Championships happening thi...
2022-08-12 16:03:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I know you’ve all been waiting for it, but the video about the Pairs & Teams events at the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships is a PROJECT. I’ve been working on it nonstop all week and I still have more to do. So even though I was planning on posting it today, I’m pushing it to 9am PST on Friday morning. I want to make sure it’s as good as it can be, rather than rushing through it for some arbitrary deadline I set for myself.
But, I still wanted to give you something today, s...
2022-08-07 16:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! I’m so happy to share this week’s video with you - I did two puzzles that are entirely made of edge pieces. They were actually easier than you’d think, so you can see my full review here:
And then for the Patreon-exclusive video, I went around my apartment to show some of the new puzzles I’ve gotten lately (including some from the Rare Puzzles video!) And I ...
2022-07-31 16:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, it's Sunday, which means new puzzle day! Today I took on another Yuu Asaka puzzle, which I'll be honest, wasn't my favorite. Find out why in my new video here:
I didn't have a chance to film a new bonus video, outside of the content I've been posting to my Close Friends story on Instagram (send me a message with your username if you want to be added to that!), but here is...
2022-07-24 16:35:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, Happy Sunday! I’m so excited to be able to *finally* share today’s video after talking about it for months. I mixed together three gradient puzzles and had a genuinely great time solving them. You can watch the video above or at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGtUHS_OWrs
And then for today’s bonus video, I thought it would be fun to take you guys along on the process of designing a ...
2022-07-17 16:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostI think I’ve added everyone who messaged me to join the Close Friends list so far. I just put up some posts, so if you check Instagram within the next 24 hours, you should be able to see the green circle around my story.
Answering a few questions:
To make things as easy as possible for me, I’m only adding people who MESSAGE ME ON PATREON with their Instagram username. If you don’t know how to do that…read the help menu or get a friend to help you out.
<... 2022-07-12 23:14:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, I've been thinking that I could open up my Close Friends Instagram list to my Patrons so that I can share exclusive updates in an easier way. If you'd like me to add you, please send me a message here on Patreon with your Instagram username.
To keep things simple for me, the only place I will be adding people from is from Patreon messages, not comments, emails, or anywhere else.
See you all on Instagram soon!
2022-07-12 00:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here is another long time lapse from the archives - this time an art puzzle from Pomegranate:
If you want to see my full review of this brand, it was a very early video I posted:
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
2022-07-10 18:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
When I tell you this video was a PROJECT, I am not lying. In fact, it was so much work that I only got half of it done and decided to split it into two parts. So today I’m recapping the Individual round, plus answering some questions about how puzzle competitions work. Then whenever I get it finished, I’ll be posting Part 2, where I recap the Pairs and Teams events.
My favorite part of this video is analyzing all the data. Let me know if there are any additional stats you want to se...
2022-07-10 18:03:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't have a new video up today, but I'm right in the middle of two different videos, so I thought I would film an exclusive vlog for all of you with a preview of both of those.
I finally starting filming the video where I'm mixing three gradient puzzles together, and I'm also in the middle of a video where I'm recapping the entire World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships. Hopefully one of them will be done by next weekend!
2022-07-03 16:32:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the exclusive bonus Puzzle Race video I promised! Think of this as the DVD special features to go alongside the main video. In it is behind the scenes footage, then a little vlog from me about everything I did wrong while filming the video. Then some bonus footage of Tammy and I having a puzzle exchange, some deleted scenes, and the full time lapses of the entire puzzle solve:
https://youtu.be/sJvasiJi4bE
2022-06-24 22:43:44 +0000 UTC
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Today's video is very special, because in honor of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships that are happening this weekend, I raced Tammy McLeod, who has the Guinness World Record for being the fastest puzzler in the world. This was my first legit puzzle race, so check it out and see how I did against her!
I have a lot of deleted scenes and behind the scenes footage, so I'm going to edit all of that into an exclusive video for here on Patreon. But, I was working on this video right up to ...
2022-06-24 16:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is up! I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing all of the most rare and mysterious puzzles that I'm currently looking for. I had to do a lot of detective work in this one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7UoJp2RaI
Unfortunately this video had some technical difficulties and it was a struggle to finish, so I didn't have a chance to make any bonus content this week, but I should have som...
2022-06-19 16:54:32 +0000 UTC View Post
It's New Video Sunday, and today I'm posting the third and final video that Katie and I filmed while I was home a few weeks ago. We're solving a Murder She Wrote mystery puzzle, and as always, you can pause the video halfway through to play along at home and try to solve the mystery:
And for your exclusive video this week, I thought it was time to bring back another long puzzle ...
2022-06-12 16:03:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope everyone’s having a great weekend! I thought that for today’s exclusive Patreon video, I would take you around my apartment and show you just how many puzzles I have out at any one time. You can watch it above or at this link:
And then my main channel video today was the solid white puzzle with one piece missing from Simone Giertz. It was definitely a journey, but I think t...
2022-06-05 19:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Katie and I filmed three videos while I was home for a visit, and the second one went up today! You can see us struggle over a 5-piece brainteaser for far too long 😩
I didn’t have a chance to film any bonus content this week, so here is a sneak peek of everything I’m working on at the moment:
-I solved Simone Giertz’s solid white puzzle that’s intentionally missing a piece, and I’m currently finishing up that video, so it’ll be up next Sunday.
-The next video ...
2022-05-29 16:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is up where Katie and I are organizing her entire Puzz3D collection! You can check that out right here:
https://youtu.be/JDL-mkPaRMo
It's been a little while since my last exclusive Patreon video, so we decided to film ourselves building all of the mini Puzz3Ds I had stored away for the past 20 years. You can watch above or at this link:
2022-05-22 16:01:36 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, thank you so much for your patience while I'm out of town and (sort of) on vacation. I’ve been having a great visit with my family, but will be back to editing and posting videos for all of you very soon.
In the meantime, I thought I’d bring back another long puzzle video. This puzzle isn’t actually one I ever featured on Karen Puzzles. I solved it in order to paint over for an HGTV Handma...
2022-05-16 13:19:27 +0000 UTC View Post