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Jennifer Jane Alves THIS IS It, Still in the game of LIFE

Hello Friends, I have been out of the loop for a while at Stave PuzzleNuts. Hard time keep me treading water, but i hope to stay in touch with you more often. There is life. There is death. This year, my second niece was born, and my first nephew. I can hug and kiss them all over they are so sweet and charming. I parted with my darling cat Hugs over the spring. He had been seriously ill for over a year. My enduring love kept him battling for life, until him and I agreed he should be suffering no… Continue

Added by Jennifer Jane Alves on October 31, 2009 at 11:09pm — 1 Comment

Kathy McCurdy Advice, please!

I'm trying to figure out Stave's latest email offer. I wanted to take advantage and purchase 2 "in house" puzzles this weekend at 30% off. How do you get the coupon code? I played the "gobble" game but now what? Continue

Added by Kathy McCurdy on October 31, 2009 at 4:36pm — 3 Comments

Erik Long Time No Post

Been a while since I posted last. I'm still "stuck" on Little House of Horrors--much to Steve's delight and he has instructed the "girls" not to give me any hints. ~~shakes fist~~ in mock rage. I think he's just thrilled Little House of Horrors has me banging my head since I crushed his 4 test troublemaker puzzles he sent to me way too quickly for his liking. Had a wonderful lunch w/ Steve and Martha when they were out in San Francisco, my photo is misplaced so I will need them to post theirs.… Continue

Added by Erik on October 9, 2009 at 12:19pm — 3 Comments

Kathy McCurdy Help Needed

Being new to trick puzzles, you'd think I'd be smarter than to start with Empress Pearl. Well, I'm not! I've put EP together and have ended up with 3 circles of legs...just like the photo on Stave's website, so I know it's not right. I became so frustrated I flipped the puzzle over to put it together while looking at the grain. That didn't help. Still ended up with the 3 circles. Can anyone give me a hint....not the answer but a hint on how to proceed? Continue

Added by Kathy McCurdy on August 11, 2009 at 4:21pm — 5 Comments

Erik Review: Circus Train -- Full Series

This review will be my omnibus review of all of the puzzles in the circus train family of puzzles. In our community, Bryan had posted some reviews: one review [having trouble finding links to all of them but search around :D] and goaded me into ordering the whole set. There are a total of eight (8) puzzles in the series: seven (7) trick puzzles rates 1 to 4 bolts and one traditional puzzle (a caboose) th… Continue

Added by Erik on August 3, 2009 at 9:03am — 5 Comments

Erik Review: Cabbage Patch

Puzzle Cabbage Patch
Artist Edith Bingham
Type Teaser
Catalog Picture
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Added by Erik on July 31, 2009 at 9:34am — 4 Comments

Erik Review: Work of Ark

Puzzle
Artist Susan Greenleaf
Type Teaser
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Added by Erik on July 31, 2009 at 9:14am — No Comments

Erik Review: Social Butterfly

Puzzle Social Butterfly
Artist Cheryl Johnson
Type Teaser
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Added by Erik on July 31, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Tammy & Joe A Gathering of Nuts

PuzzleNuts that is. Tammy and I had the pleasure of meeting with fellow PuzzleNut Noelle yesterday. Gathering our collection of little blue boxes, we set off for a day of puzzling at a local bookstore-coffee shop. Noelle, working alone, completed 3 of our puzzles, while Tammy and I worked together to complete 2 of hers. I believe she (Noelle) has a future as a Stave puzzle tester. It was a great afternoon, filled with coffee, baked-goods, challenging puzzles and Stave camaraderie. I highly re… Continue

Added by Tammy & Joe on July 13, 2009 at 6:51am — 2 Comments

Yvonne London Larceny

I recently received London Larceny as an anniversary gift. I didn't even know about the new TroubleMaker puzzles, and was instructed not to look at the Stave web site ahead of time, so I had no idea what to expect. As a lover of trick puzzles, though, I knew it would be a special treat to play with a new class of trick puzzle from Stave! The biscuit that comes with the puzzle describes three challenges, but… Continue

Added by Yvonne on July 7, 2009 at 12:30am — 9 Comments

Sebastian My impressions - Riding High

A three sword rated teaser, Riding High is a puzzle that I have had on my wish list for a few years. It is my 8th Stave puzzle. Now the thing that originally attracted my interest in the catalog was the artwork - which is very unusual, and intensely colourful. In person, the puzzle is a real knockout - and extraordinarily pretty. It is quite large (mine is 165 pieces) - with many, many beautifu… Continue

Added by Sebastian on July 2, 2009 at 6:15am — 3 Comments

Erik Circus Train Progress Report #6

Ok, with a hint from Stave--yes roo romp sent me over the edge--I've got all of them puzzled out. Will post some reviews soon. Continue

Added by Erik on June 24, 2009 at 5:36pm — No Comments

Erik Misc Progress Report (Circus Train / London Larceny)

Ok, I'm done with all but Roo Romp, just haven't "gotten it", so Steve is quite happy, which makes me glad since while the others were enjoyable they went fast. So on my list: 1) Finish roo romp 2) What a tweet (arriving late July/early august) 3) Little house of horrs (as above) On London Larceny, Steve is working on a slight redo of the puzzle to address the glitch I brought to his attention so I want to wait on my review until I get the replacement pieces. Meanwhile more Troublemakers have… Continue

Added by Erik on June 9, 2009 at 12:18pm — 1 Comment

Erik Circus Train Progress Report #5

Well, had a fun call with the Chief Torrmentor this morning also, and while on the phone finished Circus Engine leaving only Roo Romp. These are a great series, maybe I can force myself to wait until the weekend to finish Roo Romp. Who am I kidding? I've barely managed to hold off doing an all nighter to finish them all. After I finish these, I've got Dee' House of Horror's and Edith's What a Tweet en route for the end of August and that's all my orders. On my wishlist is Treasure Trove sti… Continue

Added by Erik on June 3, 2009 at 12:28pm — 2 Comments

Erik Circus Train Progress Report #4

Well, I didn't finish them all last night, I tried to talk myself into 1 per day, but here I am late for work again today and I finished TWO more: Seaquarium and Dancing Dolphins. Seaquarium has been the easiest of them all so far IMHO, but I can also understand why it got rated the way it did. So that leaves me Roo Romp and Engine to put together. This is a very fun set of puzzles to work. Thank you, thank you Bryan for getting me off my ass to order these. Continue

Added by Erik on June 3, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Erik Circus Train Progress Report #3

Ok, came home and finished the dolphins... that leaves the puzzles exactly half done (all are basic assembly complete) so 4 trick puzzles to solve, debating saving them to do over next 4 days or just rushing through tonight... Continue

Added by Erik on June 2, 2009 at 8:58pm — No Comments

Erik Circus Train Progress Report #2

Well, I'm late to work (1 hr of my 2 hrs today), but I have all of the puzzles in some state of near finished assembly: 8. Engine: basic assembly done, need to work tricks 7. Seals: basic assembly done, need to work tricks 6. Seaquarium: basic assembly done, need to work tricks 5. Roo Romp: basic assembly done, need to work tricks 4. Dolphins: basic assembly done, need to work tricks 3. Lions: DONE (finished trick) 2. Elephants: DONE 1. Caboose: DONE (no tricks) No pictures since I'm already l… Continue

Added by Erik on June 2, 2009 at 11:42am — No Comments

Erik Circus Train Progress Report

In order to spread out my pleasure, I'm trying to limit myself to two hours/night on the circus train series. The 8 puzzles arrived in one big box, 370 pieces!!! All mixed together. Here are some shots of how quickly I started assembly before even getting all of the pieces together. Anyhow, after two hours, I have the bases of all 8 trains sorted. For the caboose it is fully assembled, the elephant show is fully assembled + trick solved (had my name on it, had to be first), lion show assembled,… Continue

Added by Erik on June 2, 2009 at 1:44am — No Comments

Erik Misc Puzzling Adventures

So, I got a chance to puzzle Neck & Neck & Neck through a swap; however, the puzzle was missing in the neighborhood of 6-10 pieces from some of the trick areas! :( Nonetheless, I basically figured out the trick within the limitations of missing a lot of the key pieces for the trick... yay. So assembly was hard, trick was easy-ish. Circus train 8 arrive today via UPS and so that makes me excited. Sleep tonight, unsure :D :D :D Also, somewhere in there this weekend, I also puzzled a tra… Continue

Added by Erik on June 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — 10 Comments

Erik Review: Raining Cats and Dogs

Puzzle Raining Cats and Dogs
Artist Erin Johnston
Type Teaser
Catalog Picture
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Added by Erik on May 30, 2009 at 2:10am — No Comments

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