10K SUBSCRIBERS!!! Q&A Video - My First Cobble Hill Jigsaw Puzzle
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- I know there are issues with lighting in this video and I'm sorry. I'm having troubles with all my cameras at the moment and don't know why. I really hope I don't have to splash down a ton of money to buy a third one. I'm working on it and apologise. One minute it's the audio, next it's the focus, then it's the lighting...ugh!!! Hope you enjoy anyways.
Kia ora from New Zealand! I'm Donnalouise - a puzzled puzzler puzzling puzzles who's reached 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS!!! Thank you so very much to each and every one of you that comes back to watch my videos week after week - it means so much to me! I'm answering your submitted questions about puzzling and the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships. If I didn't answer your question in this video, I will save it for another. Again, thank you so much! Your support is truly appreciated. Enjoy!!!
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Brand: Cobble Hill
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Title: Thru Swirly Railings
Artist: Jo-Anne Yelen
Pieces: 1,000 Random Cut
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Thank you! Merci! Gracias! Tēnā Kouto!
You have a great personality. Enjoy your yourney! 😊
Thanks so much Steve! Worlds 2024 we are getting a photo all together!
Congratulations Donnalouise!! Your channel has become one of my favourites for puzzles and I always look forward to your videos. I have used some of your tips in my own puzzling! Thank you so much for all you do for the puzzling community and wishing you all the very very best! I hope to meet you one day at Worlds and say thank you in person!
Thank you so much!!! You're gonna make me cry AGAIN! hehehe I also hope you can make it to Worlds some day. It was so much fun and it would be great to meet you as well.
Exactly what I was here to say too. Many thanks for the tips and the entertainment.
@@whitetiger1518 Thank you!!
Congratulations on the big milestone!
Thank you!!!
Guess what... Cobble Hill beat you to it.. They have reduced their puzzle box size and include posters that are folded. I liked it when the posters weren't folded... I hang them on my bedroom wall. But I'm okay with the changes. The 2000 pc puzzle boxes are slightly bigger. Congrats on your first CH puzzle and on 11 plus thousand subscribers. They are my favourite.
Thank you! That's awesome!! I'm so pleased they reduced the size and still included the poster. Folded posters are annoying but, I will take it if it means the box is a lot smaller.
Congratulations 🥳 🎉
Thank you!!!
Congratulations on 11k subscribers. I love your videos and enjoyed the Spain content as well.
Thank you!!! Spain was so much fun and I'm so glad everyone seems to be enjoying that recap videos on it.
Super congratulations to you, fellow youtuber! Very happy for you! 👏🙌👏 Even though i have very little interest in speed puzzling i know how much you love puzzles and i enjoy your calm personality and beautiful puzzles. Thanks for the great tips on big puzzles btw, im about to embark on big adventures and your previous tips will be very helpful.
Thanks so much Ric!! I can't wait to see what your next big adventure is...?? A large piece count puzzle if I had to guess but which one??? I'm excited to find out.
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Hi DonnaLouise 👍🏻 no worries, I'm always happy to see people thriving and achieving milestones, your dedication shines through and that is very special. Omg the puzzles - well the plan is to start small 3k, then maybe a 6k piece but that's for a little while though, still collecting tips on how to even tackle that! My biggest ever was 2000 and it was a challenge already. But hey this is not about me! Here to congratulate you! Have a great Sunday ahead 🙌
Huge congratulations
Thank you so much!!!
Wow! I was a little behind on my videos, so came today to watch and congratulate you on 10k and I see you're at 13.5k! Absolutely amazing and so well deserved. It brightens my day when I see one of your videos pop up in my subscriptions.
Thank you! I can't believe how well the channel is growing - it means so much to me that people enjoy my content and come back to watch week after week. So please I brighten your day - you brighten mine by being here.
I will add, about the Vintage Travel Grafika puzzle, the pieces seemed unusually small and there wasn't enough of a unique cut to them, while they were all a similar colour! They might need to re-think their 6k line. I'm also looking forward to the next BOTYP and I'm sure you're going to see a bunch of creative home-made TShirts now as well!!
YES!!! I totally forgot to mention the small awkward pieces. I think I do talk about them during the actual video in which the puzzle is features. Those pieces are so so frustratingly small. It's like the puzzle should be a 4k cut and they just made the pieces smaller to be a 6k. I do also hope that people will make their own homemade shirts to wear for BOTYP!!!
Love your videos Donnalouise! You are awesome!
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations, and thank you for indulging us🎉👍👏
Thank you!!! I'm pleased so many have enjoyed this lengthy Q&A
It was only a joke about the botyp t-shirts. It's a fun event, that's all.
@@simplydee4522 But now I like the idea of people making homemade BOTYP shirts to wear.
My favorite emoji is also the little I hope to see your channel continue to grow, you bring much joy to us 😊
WONKY DONKEY FOREVER!!! Thank you so much!!!
Ooh just saw next year’s worlds sept 17-22/24 so should be fun!
Already have my accommodation booked! HAHAHA
I miss the moment to meet you in Spain. Love as usual but that day I was on surgery and now I’m retraining to walk again with crouch. I hope next year. ❤
Hope surgery went well and you recover quickly. I had knee surgery as a teenager and also had to relearn how to walk properly. You got this!!!
Hello from British Columbia. I used to live in Cobble Hill where these puzzles were born. So glad to see you got to try one. I love the random cut. Congratulations on 10,000 subscribers!
Thank you!!!
Such a nice chatty video. I enjoyed your company. I'm sewing today, not puzzling. 😊 Hope you have a great week! 🌻🍄
I'm known to be quite talkative. Imagine if I drank caffeine?!?! Glad you enjoyed listening me chatter away. Have a great week/weekend also.
Congratulations 🎉 and thank you so interesting Q&A session
Thank you Karolina!!! xxxx I just found your Instagram Art page - you need to make these into jigsaw puzzles!!!
@@fortheloveofpuzzles I have thought about it, but my art doesn't quite fit into the puzzle world, and now my art hobby is "on hold". But, I've ordered the custom puzzle for my husband with his art on it, it was really awesome present and I love to assemble this puzzle
@@leviscarroll I would love to see a photo of that puzzle if you send on Instagram please.
I love that you’ve got some lovely Whittaker’s chocolate on hand for snacking
Always!!! Love me Whittaker's Dark Almond chocolate - it's my sustenance.
Félicitations, ta chaîne RUclips va sûrement continuer à grandir! Cobble Hill a tellement de belles images et ici au Canada ils sont moins cher que les Ravensburger, je les adore ❤.
Heureuse de t’entendre dire que tu tricotes 🧶 et que tu aimes la broderie 🧵. Dommage que tu sois à l’autre bout du monde, on aurait beaucoup de plaisir ensemble 😊
Merci beaucoup! J'en suis bien sure que nous serions des meilleures amies si j'habitais plus proche.
Congrats!!!!! for all your subscribers WELLL DESERVED!! I would be emotional too!! and we will never tire of hearing about Spain, what fun you had!!! another job well done!!! my brain does not wrap around puzzling out of the box, I found this video quite interesting to watch, how you work all over the image at once, that you hold up pieces to see where each piece may go..... I flip all my pieces not matter the count and then sort per what ever section I am doing ... I tried sorting and struggled with each and every piece..as to what pile to put it in.... especially with a busy image..... again I found this very interesting....... I enjoyed that you slowed the pace so yes we could watch........ I puzzle most in the evening. I know most you tubers have great lighting due to filming.. but if you get a chance maybe address ideas for handling the glare. I have googled different light bulbs etc.. most of us are just using standard house lamps etc... If you have addressed this I will revisit older videos.... always enjoy your channel... keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!! Working all over the image - I call it my build-as-I-sort - I try to place a piece in as close as possible to its position and then sort into piles the once I can't figure out. I do plan on doing a Puzzle Along series in which I explain this process in more detail. I did have issues with lighting in this video which I don't usually have in others - it's very frustrating because one minute everything is fine and then another, there is an issue. Sorry about that. I think I may have a solution with my camera setting based on what another subscriber commented. I'm not perfect but I try my best.
Congratulations! I am horribly behind and was going to watch all the Spain videos first, but I had to see this one first. So happy for you! Oh and I love Cobble Hill puzzles!!
Thank you!!! I had so much fun in Spain - hope you enjoy those videos.
Let me add my voice to the chorus of congratulations. It is so pleasant to see that your passion and hard work are being rewarded. I am still hoping that you won't give up on the 42K Educa puzzle as I am looking forward to see more videos about it.
P.S. The photographer in me had to be restrained from giving you unsolicited advice about lighting but can I just say two words: key light.
Cheers!
I am planning on cracking open the third bad of the Educa puzzle soon - maybe after Oz Nationals. I am having so many issues with my cameras lately! First the Canon is having focus issues but my lighting works nicely with it. So I switched to my GoPro but now the image is too dark. I know...I know... I'm working on it but a lot of this is out of my knowledge range. I will be testing out some different lighting tomorrow - fingers crossed it works. And it's so annoying that the GoPro is so sensitive to light that it changes the images from warm to cool...it's frustrating!
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Yes, I have also noticed the white balance issue during the timelapse. You can fix that by disabling the Auto White Balance feature on the GoPro. It's an option in the video capture settings. Bouncing the lights off the ceiling creates a bright spot above you that confuses the camera's light meter. The addition of a key light (a direct light coming from an angle) would also resolve the darkness issue when you are talking to the camera. Hope this helps!
@@fellowpuzzler The Auto White Balance - I will check that and turn it off and hopefully that will resolve that issue. I do have two lights hitting me at different angles but with their diffusers, they are not strong enough. The GoPro has a Vibrant image setting but I find it washes me out too much. Seriously - film, photography...it's not that easy! There is always something with lighting or sound or focus...frustrating as I try my best and get so annoyed when things don't work and I can't fix them. Thanks for your input though. I will try the White Balance and see if that makes a difference.
Oh Donnalouise, how exciting on the growth of your subscriber list! Congratulations! I so enjoy your channel and your enthusiasm and friendliness is such a draw. 😸🧩
Thank you so much!!! I have the best subscribers and members - everyone is so supportive.
Congratulations on 11.3k!!
Thank you!!
Congratulations! Great video! Just FYI, Cobble Hill just recently changed their boxes to be smaller, I believe earlier this year. The last couple I have purchased are the smaller boxes.
Oh that’s good to know as the box did seem to be quite large. I hope they keep the poster the same size.
Congratulations! Very nice. Really appreciate the time and work you put into your videos. I think Cobble Hill is such a nice brand. I think their boxes are usually oversized. I have several and have enjoyed doing them.
I really want to do that entire rainbow series - I think it would look lovely.
Congratulations!!! All of your hard work and dedication deserve all the success and more 🤗🤗 Here's to another 10K!
Thank you so much!!!
Congratulation! 🎉🎉🧩
Thank you so much!
❤❤❤ so well deserved
Thank you so much!!!
@@fortheloveofpuzzles well simply put, you provide great entertainment, spread joy and make so many people happy so THANK YOU!
@@thegoodchicken1078 You are all going to make me cry!!! xxx
Congrats, you really deserve it! ☺🧡🧩
Thank you so much!!!
your actually pushing 13K!
I KNOW!!! What is happening?!
Congratulations on over 10k subscribers, you deserve it. I rather love the voiceovers you do. Cobble Hill are lovely jigsaws. I think I’ve only done a couple. At the moment I’m doing a gorgeous one called Dreaming by Heye. I keep finding brands I’ve not heard of before. There are so many, which obviously I have to try….😁
Thank you!! I still have to get my hands on a Heye that I like. Hopefully some day soon...
Nice video! Thank you for answering my question 😀 I'm trying to do as many different puzzles as I can, but I always tend to buy the ones I love because I don't have a high budget to buy them. Definitely will have to try the countdown method as well. Thank you so much and, again, congratulations!!
I'm the same way - I just want to buy puzzles that I love. Now I try to buy the ones that are on sale which means I get a better variety. Perhaps you can find someone to share/trade with. I've now decided that I'm holding onto all my 500 piece Ravensburger but do lend them out for others to do. Fingers crossed we both get faster!
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Congratulations Donnalouise!! I'm so happy for you. I love your explanations and the research you do regarding the puzzle images and the artists involved.
Thank you!!! I do love all the information I find out doing the research for the voice overs.
Congrats on almost 12K subs ! I enjoy Cobble & Hill a lot. I like the pieces are different and with a variety. C&H also have a lot of puzzles with larger pieces so I think the box size is pretty standard, and I like all my boxes to have the same size, easier to have a neat and tidy shelf.
I woke up this morning and am just a few subscribers shy of 12k and I am in shock!!! WOOHOO! I've been sent photos that Cobble Hill have reduced their box size for their new puzzles but still include the poster - so that is awesome in my opinion. I think they all have the same width and length but they just increase the height for puzzles with large piece counts.
Wow, over 11K subscribers, fantastic! 🥰 Your videos are so enjoyable so not surprising you have so many subscribers, well deserved. Cobble Hill do some good jigsaws with varied images. I've done some of their puzzles and have two waiting to be done. The boxes are now smaller measuring 29 x 21.5 cms and the poster is 37 x 26.5 cms. Bits & Pieces do what you call wonky donkey shapes and I've done quite a few of their puzzles. Look forward to the next video.
So pleased to read that they have made their boxes smaller. I so want to get a Bits & Pieces jigsaw puzzle some day to do. Another brand to add to the list!
Congratulations Donnalouise! I am proud to say I was somewhere in your first hundred or so subscribers, and I knew you had great content as soon as I saw your first video.
I wish I'd seen your call for questions, I'd have left one (probably about your dogs again
Thank you!!! And yes, you have been around for a long time now - thank you for your continued support. Yes, it was an Exit: the Game Advent Calendar and I loved it! But then my husband got me that Secrets of the Scientist one which was all about jigsaw puzzles. May have to ask for another such advent calendar for this year.
Greetings from Hazlet, NJ, USA. I loved this video and although I didn’t get a chance to ask a question, I hope I can ask one now. Your lack of an accent of any kind suggests that you might be from the USA? Mid-west? Congrats on 10k subscribers of which I am one. All the best. You’re great.
I'm originally from Canada - East Coast and am bilingual. I've lived across Canada and even in the US where I met and married my hubby - so he is American. We've now lived in NZ for 10 years. So yeah...my accent is all over the place now! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Parabéns pelas suas conquistas, fico muito feliz em ver seu canal crescer tão rápido, e isso só acontece por sua simpatia e dedicação. Agora ... rumo aos 20000 inscritos!!!! Abraços, fica bem!!!
Muito obrigado!! Agradeço muito por você sempre assistir e comentar meus vídeos. Sempre significará muito para mim. xx
@@fortheloveofpuzzles 🥰🥰
The Wonky Donkey is a book by Craig Smith.
It sure is, great book by a kiwi author!
If you wanted, you could try the mini versions of the 42,000 Around the World puzzle (2x 1,500 and 1 x 2,000). There's still a bit of issue with the piece cut but it’s not as bad.
Ah yes, Vicky did one from Anatolian I think...??? I didn't realise Educa also had smaller versions of these images as well. I will crack into the 3rd bag I think once I get back from Australian Nationals. I know I will love looking at it once it's all done.
@@fortheloveofpuzzles It is worth it in the end. I've done both the mini and maxi versions and the larger one is better (although I've yet found space to display it properly).
I enjoy your channel, so happy and uplifting😁 What is the name of the Cobble Hill puzzle featured in this video? I enjoy the brand but find them a bit difficult.
The name of this puzzle was "Thru Swirly Railings" - I always list the puzzle details in the video description for everyone's reference. It was a fun puzzle but more challenging. The image was tricky. I wouldn't recommend this one in particular for someone wanting to try their first Cobble Hill but I did enjoy the brand overall. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Thank you. Found on US Amazon but I think the puzzle ships from Canada. Thanks again. 🧩
My biggest issue with Educa is that you cannot move a group of assembled pieces without it crumbling!!!
I agree!!! I can't even move like 6 pieces, not even 2 actually. Just so crumbly and the reason I am not super excited to start the next bag of the 42k puzzle. Love the image though!
Thank you - beautiful puzzle and interesting chit chat. What brands use AI generated images? How do you recognize them?
There are a few companies out but I don't want to publicise them by listing them. Then again, if you want to know so you don't buy them, then perhaps I should share...hmmm...feeling conflicted because I also don't want to necessarily talk down about any brand just because I disagree with their practices...
I understand. I just don't know how I'd know which brands are doing it. Maybe I'll google it and see if I can get some info.@@fortheloveofpuzzles
@@alisonm3946 Some are honest and upfront and say they use AI like Unreal Puzzles, CreaMindsLabs and Stuzzles. It is sometimes hard to tell though.
Congratulations on the 10K subscribers. I am so happy for you. Thank you for all the information you shared about the cobble hill puzzle you worked on. This is my favorite puzzle brand. Have you ever reviewed “White Mountain” puzzles? Being in New Zealand is probably difficult to get a hold of one but if you have, it would be lovely to hear your thoughts about them😊🧩❤️
I did a video not too long ago on two White Mountain puzzles. My friend Wendy found those puzzles for me as they are not readily available in NZ. She got them from someone's grandma's stash somewhere. You should be able to find the video to watch if you look through the thumbnails.
Oh my gosh, is that why I keep feeling like I recognize you?? If you don't mind sharing, what was the name of your fragrance channel? I watched a lot of scent videos a few years ago. (Currently wearing Xerjoff Casamorati Italica sample, a bad pick for a hot day!)
The channel was called "My Two Scents" - I started it in 2014. I love perfume and did enjoy making those videos. I wonder if I should post here some screenshots from way back then...??? I've not tried any Italica perfumes yet.
@@fortheloveofpuzzles that timing does line up! I got into fragrance when decants first started getting popular, before their prices went through the roof. Good times.
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I felt so silly but left it in because I just kept crying! I'm just so overwhelmed with joy.
Not buying AI art doesnt nessicarily mean they treat the artists ethically unfortunately. They will often do anything to not pay out residuals on work
I would hope that companies like Ravensburger, Trefl, Clementoni and others pay the artists what they want and deserve to use their art. At least by not buying AI generated art, I'm not contributing to art misuse and artist being taken advantage of.
I really love Cobble Hills brand.
I definitely want to do more!!!
i've now become a member just for the wonky donkey !
kidding, i really enjoy your content, thanks for giving it your all! 🤗 with the announcement of the date and that it's again going to be in Valladolid, i have now decided i want to join WJPC 2024! and you and your content were one of the main factors for helping me decide it i'm excited to try out speed puzzling strategies and practicing!
Welcome!! You are now a Puzzling Peep and part of the Wonky Donkey crew! WOHOO!!! So pleased you will come to Worlds next year. Trust me, you will have a great time. It was so much fun this year. I loved meeting everyone. Have fun practicing!
Congratulations on your 11k subscribers! I believe it has a lot to do with your wonderful personality. You're so personable that people can relate to you. I'm sure your great puzzle videos helped, too.
I do enjoy Cobble Hill puzzles. They have great images, no false 6 I like the feel of the pieces.
Thank you so much!! The Cobble Hill pieces were so much fun.