Woodland Fairy Mk. 2

So I finished my 1,500 sunsout puzzle and honestly, it wasn't my favorite... The pieces were really easy to misplace, the fit is loose, and the puzzle is just soooo shiny it's hard to work with it... that said, I liked the artwork, i'd definately do more puzzles from this brand.

I was attracted to this artwork because of the fairy, one of my pet peeves, is the bastardization of the fairy (or faerie) in our culture... people think of fairies as tiny little creatures that carry wands and fly around from flower to flower, the problem with that is the image most people have, is of the Pixie, NOT the fairy... The fairy is a human sized winged human like creature that brings magic to people and places not once imbued with magic...

I like to think that the fairy seen in this image as the fairy queen titania, william shakesphere really hadthe right idea =)

anyways, pics now...

 I started with the greenery

 More Greenery

 Then the mushrooms

 Then Titania, scarf, wings, and hair/face, this was a LOT more difficult than I thought it would be...

 The golden parts of the floor leaves

 and a Random picture of Lucy sleeping on my arm =)

 I then did the dress, and started the dead leaves on the forest floor...

At this point I discovered the pattern, alternating rows of thin long then square pieces, and big thin then big fat pieces

 Finished work on the floor

 Did all of the background blue... Using the alternating pattern

 Started doing horizontal rows on the left side, using pattern

 Finished left side

 Did the bottom right, and middle right, then removed the top to work without having to stretch...

 And finally finished, I think it's a gorgeous puzzle if I do say so myself

 Another pic from a different angle

Now what's next? I'm thinking I might do this 1,000 piece Educa puzzle I bought a little while back... I'm sure it'll be a bit easier, and it'll prime me for the 33,600 piece Wildlife puzzle that I'm getting on Wednesday!! (hopefully)