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What's your favorite puzzle and why?: My custom traditional Justin puzzle of my cat.

Website warning, my flickr site shows teaser + trick puzzles in their completed states.

Which Puzzles Do You Own?

[All pictures here are from the Stave website/catalog. My flickr page linked below has spoiler images of the puzzles in their completed states.]

Stave

#	Puzzle Name	Difficulty	Catalog Pict
1	Peaceable Kingdom
2	Turtle Soup
3	Jonah and the Whale
4	Custom Corp Puzzle #1	Traditional 50 pcs	No catalog picture
5	Tropical Punch
6	Ladybug, Ladybug
7	Snug as a Bug
8	Bubbles
9	Butterfly Chase
10	Flutterby
11	Take Me Out...	Traditional
12	Central Park Balloons	Traditional
13	Pasture Prime
14	Stall Them All#21 of 35	(2 configs)
15	Over the Rainbow
16	Church at Auvers	Traditional 1000 pcs
17	Bonnie & Clyde
18	Custom Justin Puzzle	Traditional 270 pcs
19	Luxembourg Gardens
20	Nessie
21	Custom Corp Puzzle #2	Traditional 50 pcs	No catalog picture
22	Time Traveler #36 of 50	Ltd	No catalog picture
23	Riding High
24	Valentine's 1999	Traditional, ~25 pieces
25	Valentine's 2008	Traditional, ~25 pieces	No catalog picture
27	True Romance
26	Tough Act to Follow
28	Treasure Island #x of 50	Ltd	No catalog picture
29	State of Mind
30	What a Gem

Un-owned but Puzzled Staves

#	Puzzle Name	Difficulty
1	Nutcracker Finale
2	Puff Enough
3	Treasure Trove	to &
4	Fan Flair

Meet other Puzzle Nuts near you by telling us what town and state you're in.: San Francisco Bay Area

Which puzzles are on your wish list?: I think I've broken my Stave piggy-bank for 2008 between direct orders and eBay....

When and where do you puzzle?: At home, mostly with friends and family.

What got you into Stave Puzzles?: I've always loved jigsaw puzzles. I read about Stave puzzles in United's Hemispheres magazine on a flight to China and decided I needed to have one. Then another, then another...

Tips for solving Stave Puzzles: Want to share?: Patience and good friends.

Have a website?: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eoliver/sets/72157603415545535/

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My order queue is dangerously packed with puzzles right now from Stave, the # is the number that the puzzle will represent in my collection of Stave's, yeah, I will hit 30 when this order completes. Eeek! …

Tough Act to Follow

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Posted on July 5th, 2008 at 10:51am — No Comments (Add)

Who has OCD? Not Me.... Coming soon to a profile near you....

Do you think my boss will be bugged that working ont his made me late today? [updated @ 1030pm ca time with almost all of the rest of my collection] …

#	Puzzle Name	Difficulty	Pict
1	Peaceable Kingdom

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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 at 8:30am — 5 Comments (Add)

New Stave Line of Business

I would like to openly propose a new line of business for Stave: baked goods! So if you followed the blog post & thread about my profligate spending on puzzles here, you'll know that two of the Stave gang, Jennifer and Paula were reassuring me that if I went b… Continue

Posted on June 1st, 2008 at 11:43am — 3 Comments (Add)

Puzzle Orders

Ok, to heck with financial responsibility... with the help of my "girlfriends" at Stave (Tammy and Paula), I've got on order: Tough Act to Follow

[New 2008 design]… Continue

Posted on May 19th, 2008 at 9:30am — 7 Comments (Add)

Team Building

After a weekend with my team... Perhaps they found the custom Stave puzzle I had commissioned too frustrating? … Continue

Posted on May 9th, 2008 at 9:30am — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 3:39pm on June 27th, 2008, David Minton said…: Hi Erik. I am indeed hooked! Must try a traditional puzzle next.

I was so inspired by your profile page and your table, that I've gone and nicked all your HTML. Let me know if you're miffed and I'll go back to my boring list. I've done you a little credit at the bottom of the table. Hope that's OK?

At 7:42pm on June 25th, 2008, David Minton said…: Hi Erik,
Well, I ordered Tusk 'til Dawn to begin with. I loved the preview pics of the individual little elephants. I thought it'd be a good first puzzle to try out as it's two swords. But then, well, I just couldn't resist ordering Aged To Perfection the following day. I love the colour purple and it seems an appropriate puzzle to solve over a good bottle of wine. It's also two swords of course. I said to myself, that was it. But then I saw 24 Carrots on a Wacky Deal, so I ordered one of those too. Now that's definitely it! I'll wait until they arrive and I see how I get on with them.
I must say I love all your pics. Thanks so much for posting them on here and on flickr. I've got a list of teasers and a couple of tricks that I'd like to buy in future, but I've also got a few ideas for some traditional puzzles too. It looks like you mix and match with some teasers, tricks, catalogue traditionals and custom traditionals in your collection as well as some limited editions. Your cat puzzle is lovely, and your Van Gogh puzzle looks absolutely incredible! I particularly love the openwork/scrollwork(?) that features in your avatar! Beautiful. And all the silhouettes etc. I really must work at getting a large traditional puzzle ordered, but they don't come cheap!
Which are your favorites from the standard teaser/tricks range?
All the best - David

At 9:06am on June 24th, 2008, Elizabeth said…: Hi Erik---Yes, actually I won the second week's game and already chose the puzzle: Peaceable Kingdom. I can't wait to see it!

Thanks again,

Elizabeth

At 11:39pm on June 23rd, 2008, Elizabeth said…: Hey Erik: below is the note I wrote you on June 15 in response to yours---I think I somehow screwed it up and it posted to my own page instead of to yours. So, I'm trying again! Sorry if you thought I ignored you. --Elizabeth

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Hi Erik---thanks so much for your thoughtfulness and suggestion! That's so nice. I might just look into that if I can't win one! I can hardly wait to own one of these beautiful puzzles, and to work on one. Hopefully soon I can officially join the Stave club!

Thanks and happy puzzling --Elizabeth

p.s. I love the photo of you and your co-workers on your profile page!

At 7:04pm on June 15th, 2008, Erik said…: I think you'll really enjoy it... they are a blast.... what one did you order?

At 7:03pm on June 15th, 2008, David Minton said…: Hey Erik,

Thanks for the warm welcome. Read about Stave in a magazine article yesterday and today I find myself having signed up and placed an order! It's going to be a long wait until my first puzzle arrives here in the UK.

At 9:11am on June 5th, 2008, Molly Delaney said…: Hi Erik,
Thanks for the welcome! I love being part of the Stave family of puzzlenuts and I can hardly wait to see how things develop.
Molly

At 5:13pm on May 15th, 2008, Paula said…: Erik - you're too crazy. What a fun photo! Just think what would happen if our crazy office and your crazy office got together - total mayhem :-)

Thanks for sharing, p

At 8:41pm on May 13th, 2008, Dee Rogers said…: Hi Erik,
I love the "after a weekend with the team" picture, I don't think it's the puzzle, it must be working the weekend!
They look like a fun bunch.
-Dee

At 3:20pm on April 25th, 2008, susan said…: Hi!
Great site you have displaying your Stave collection!!
Traditionals are my favorites with all the special touches the crafters magically create that enhance the image. In a way each puzzle tells a different story. Seeing your vast collection I'm sure you agree!
Stave is addicting, isn't it??

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