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Inspiration in Unexpected Places

Last spring, I was wandering around a community wide yard sale.  I discovered a local artist who makes beautiful watercolor paintings.  She had several that caught my eye.  One in particular jumped off the wall at me as an ideal … Continue reading

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Birds and Flowers of Spring and Summer – Final

The puzzle is cut and shipped off to its new owner!  This is the most complex and challenging puzzle I have cut to date.  732 pieces total, for an average of 2.15 pieces per square inch.  When I am done … Continue reading

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Birds and Flowers of Spring and Summer – Part 2

This post should have come much sooner than this, but I ran into some difficulty.  Actually, through my clumsiness, I broke the first puzzle and had to start over! I had contacted the customer about the color variation between the … Continue reading

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Birds and Flowers of Spring and Summer – Part 1

A customer asked for a custom puzzle, but it is not a standard sized puzzle.  The image is in the public domain and is available on Wiki Media Commons.  The artist is Kano Eino and he lived in the last half … Continue reading

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First International Sale

I had my first international sale today!  Until now, I had limited sales to U.S. addresses only.  I was not ready to tackle the shipping process.  It turned out not to be all that bad.  You can accomplish most of … Continue reading

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Eggplant puzzle

Almost everyone groans when they hear about the zucchini planted in the garden.  Those things produce incredible amounts of produce.  But did you know that eggplant is almost in the same category?  We had one plant in our garden this … Continue reading

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Welcome to Five Frogs Woodworking

Welcome!!  This a website I have developed to increase my exposure to people interested in hand crafted jigsaw puzzles.  The website has actually been in existence since 2012, but has been pretty static since then.  I would make a small … Continue reading

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