{"id":26333,"date":"2022-06-01T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=26333"},"modified":"2022-05-28T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T20:36:03","slug":"puzzle-review-illustrated-crystallary-garden-quartz-by-maia-toll-kate-ohara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2022\/06\/01\/puzzle-review-illustrated-crystallary-garden-quartz-by-maia-toll-kate-ohara\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle Review – Illustrated Crystallary: Garden Quartz by Maia Toll & Kate O\u2019Hara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Puzzle Review<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Illustrated Crystallary<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Garden Quartz<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

By Author Maia Toll<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

By Illustrator Kate O\u2019Hara<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

750 Pieces<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Publication Date: October 13, 2020<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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I had the pleasure of putting together The Illustrated Crystallary Puzzle titled Garden for a review. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This puzzle has 750 pieces and the finished size is 18 7\/8\u201d x 26 3\/8\u201d. It comes with a mini poster which is 6 3\/4\u201d x 8 3\/8\u201d so you can use it as a reference. You can even frame it when your finished.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This beautiful gemstone puzzle was illustrated by Kate O\u2019Hara.\u00a0This puzzle is from the book Illustrated Crystallary by Maia Toll.\u00a0Maia Toll also has The Illustrated Herbiary & The Illustrated Bestiary.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I love and collect crystals so I knew this would be perfect for me. My husband set up a card table for me on the side of the living room so I could have enough room to relax and put it together. I put on some peaceful nature sounds and lit my favorite incense called \u2018Tree of Life\u2019 and started to separate the pieces. I gathered several small bowls and found all the outside frame pieces first, then I separated the best I could by colors.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I started putting the frame together it wasn\u2019t too bad. I was so excited every-time I fit a piece together. A couple hours later the frame was complete. I felt accomplished but had to call it a night.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The following night I started putting together the corners and both my adult boys joined me. We rocked out on some pagan music, lit another incense and we started putting it together. I couldn\u2019t find a certain piece I was working on so I actually tried each piece but nothing fit. I thought I had to have missed it so I moved on to another area. Ahhhhh yes the wonderful feeling of connecting another piece over and over again. So relaxing and my boys were enjoying it too. I went back to my area but still couldn\u2019t find that piece or the one next to it. I worked on another area near it while I let my son work on that area but no luck.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I know we didn\u2019t drop any pieces, but just in-case, we crawled around on the floor looking but didn\u2019t find anything. \u201cIt has to be here,\u201d I told the boys. I was reaching over trying each piece again. Even pieces that we already locked into place just in-case maybe it didn\u2019t really fit. My back was killing me but I wasn\u2019t giving up. Finally my son said he will count the pieces. Oh no 747. Nooooo way!! 3 pieces were missing and all the same color area. We were disappointed but honestly it was really fun and relaxing doing it. Note to self: count the pieces before I start next time, haha! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mechanic errors, it happens. It happens, so don\u2019t let this review stop you from putting together this gorgeous puzzle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maia Toll is the author of the best selling and award-winning Wild Wisdom Series. With over 100,000 copies sold, The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, and The Illustrated Crystallary have inspired a line of puzzles and oracle decks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maia also owns several herb shops called Herbiary located in Asheville, Philadelphia, and also an online site.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maia even has a new book out which I can\u2019t wait to read called The Night School. It\u2019s a magical course of study for modern seekers and mystics.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Illustrated Crystallary Garden Quartz on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sarah Mascorro AKA Pixie Witch<\/strong>. I\u2019m 45 years young and have been married to my soul mate for 28 plus year. We have 2 boys and live in good ole California. I was actually born in England but came to the states when I was 5.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m Pagan\/Wiccan and have been practicing over 10 years now. I always knew I was different but didn\u2019t figure it out till 2008, that\u2019s when I came out of the broom closet. I\u2019m a Witch and I\u2019m proud of it. When I say different I mean I just didn\u2019t fit in with what others did or believed in. I\u2019m sure you all totally understand that feeling. Now I know though I\u2019m not different, I\u2019m me and there are so many others like me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I hold rituals at my house with my circle for each Sabbat and we do a lot of witch crafts together. I love to do all types of crafts not just witchy like I make dream catchers, wood burn, make soaps and bath salts. I love to cross stitch and make latch hook rugs. I have a small page on Facebook that I sell my goodies. You can FIND THEM HERE<\/a> at Pixiewitchcorner<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love to cook and bake. My mother was a great cook & I picked up her talent. I love to make my own fun recipes and add some magick to them. I mean cooking is magickal right so why not add a little extra to it. I started a Kitchen Witch Group<\/a> on Facebook over 4 years ago. If your on FB come check it out<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love to spend my time with my hubby & boys. We love to be out in nature especially the beach & the forest. I belong in the forest, I guess all pixie\u2019s do hee hee. My friends call me Pixie due to my size I\u2019m 5\u20191 and barely 100 pounds with really long red and silver hair hee hee.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I collect stones like hag stones, labradorite, amethysts, quartz etc\u2026 I also collect witch statues, Goddess statues, owls, crows and the Moon. Oh & sea glass I cant forget that. Do tattoos count? If so I have over a 100 of them I\u2019m about 80% covered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Another hobby is photography. I love taking pictures of nature such as flowers, animals, trees, mountains, the ocean and my favorite of all the Moon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love to unwind two ways one is with a great book, usually witchy or paranormal ones catch my attention the most. I do read & research a lot about the human body and diseases due to my families rare health issues. The other is going outside under the stars and Moon. What a great way to end the day looking up at the dark beautiful sky.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s pretty much it, you see what you get hee hee. You either love me or hate me. Hopefully you all will love me haha.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Puzzle Review Illustrated Crystallary Garden Quartz By Author Maia Toll By Illustrator Kate O\u2019Hara Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC 750 Pieces Publication Date: October 13, 2020   \u00a0 I had the pleasure of putting together The Illustrated Crystallary Puzzle titled Garden for a review. This puzzle has 750 pieces and the finished size is 18 7\/8\u201d x 26 3\/8\u201d. It comes with a mini poster which is 6 3\/4\u201d x 8 3\/8\u201d so you can use it as a reference. You can even frame it when your finished.\u00a0     This beautiful gemstone puzzle was illustrated by Kate O\u2019Hara.\u00a0This puzzle is from the book Illustrated Crystallary by Maia Toll.\u00a0Maia Toll also has The Illustrated Herbiary & The Illustrated Bestiary.\u00a0     I love and collect crystals so I knew this would be perfect for me. My husband set up a card table for me on the side of the living room so I could have enough room to relax and put it together. I put on some peaceful nature sounds and lit my favorite incense called \u2018Tree of Life\u2019 and started to separate the pieces. I gathered several small bowls and found all the outside frame pieces first, then I separated the best I could by colors.\u00a0 I started putting the frame together it wasn\u2019t too bad. I was so excited every-time I fit a piece together. A couple hours later the frame was complete. I felt accomplished but had to call it a night.\u00a0     The following night I started putting together the corners and both my adult boys joined me. We rocked out on some pagan music, lit another incense and we started putting it together. I couldn\u2019t find a certain piece I was working on so I actually tried each piece but nothing fit. I thought I had to have missed it so I moved on to another area. Ahhhhh yes the wonderful feeling of connecting another piece over and over again. So relaxing and my boys were enjoying it too. I went back to my area but still couldn\u2019t find that piece or the one next to it. I worked on another area near it while I let my son work on that area but no luck. I know we didn\u2019t drop any pieces, but just in-case, we crawled around on the floor looking but didn\u2019t find anything. \u201cIt has to be here,\u201d I told the boys. I was reaching over trying each piece again. Even pieces that we already locked into place just in-case maybe it didn\u2019t really fit. My back was killing me but I wasn\u2019t giving up. Finally my son said he will count the pieces. Oh no 747. Nooooo way!! 3 pieces were missing and all the same color area. We were disappointed but honestly it was really fun and relaxing doing it. Note to self: count the pieces before I start next time, haha! Mechanic errors, it happens. It happens, so don\u2019t let this review stop you from putting together this gorgeous puzzle. Maia Toll is the author of the best selling and award-winning Wild Wisdom Series. With over 100,000 copies sold, The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, and The Illustrated Crystallary have inspired a line of puzzles and oracle decks. Maia also owns several herb shops called Herbiary located in Asheville, Philadelphia, and also an online site.\u00a0 Maia even has a new book out which I can\u2019t wait to read called The Night School. It\u2019s a magical course of study for modern seekers and mystics.\u00a0   Illustrated Crystallary Garden Quartz on Amazon   ** About the Author: Sarah Mascorro AKA Pixie Witch. I\u2019m 45 years young and have been married to my soul mate for 28 plus year. We have 2 boys and live in good ole California. I was actually born in England but came to the states when I was 5. I\u2019m Pagan\/Wiccan and have been practicing over 10 years now. I always knew I was different but didn\u2019t figure it out till 2008, that\u2019s when I came out of the broom closet. I\u2019m a Witch and I\u2019m proud of it. When I say different I mean I just didn\u2019t fit in with what others did or believed in. I\u2019m sure you all totally understand that feeling. Now I know though I\u2019m not different, I\u2019m me and there are so many others like me. I hold rituals at my house with my circle for each Sabbat and we do a lot of witch crafts together. I love to do all types of crafts not just witchy like I make dream catchers, wood burn, make soaps and bath salts. I love to cross stitch and make latch hook rugs. I have a small page on Facebook that I sell my goodies. You can FIND THEM HERE at Pixiewitchcorner. I love to cook and bake. My mother was a great cook & I picked up her talent. I love to make my own fun recipes and add some magick to them. I mean cooking is magickal right so why not add a little extra to it. I started a Kitchen Witch Group on Facebook over 4 years ago. If your on FB come check it out. I love to spend my time with my hubby & boys. We love to be out in nature especially the beach & the forest. I belong in the forest, I guess all pixie\u2019s do hee hee. My friends call me Pixie due to my size I\u2019m 5\u20191 and barely 100 pounds with really long red and silver hair hee hee. I collect stones like hag stones, labradorite, amethysts, quartz etc\u2026 I also collect witch statues, Goddess statues, owls, crows and the Moon. Oh & sea glass I cant forget that. Do tattoos count? If so I have over a 100 of them I\u2019m about 80% covered. Another hobby is photography. I love taking pictures of nature such as flowers, animals, trees, mountains, the ocean and my favorite of all the Moon. I love to unwind two ways one is with a great book, usually witchy or paranormal ones catch my attention the most. I do read & research a lot about the human body and diseases due to my families rare health issues. The other is going outside under the stars and Moon. What a great way to end the day looking up at the dark beautiful sky. That\u2019s pretty much it, you see what you get hee hee. You either love me or hate me. Hopefully you all will love me haha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10005],"tags":[10346,13824,13823,10805,12615,12614,13548,10075],"class_list":["post-26333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-author","tag-garden-quartz","tag-illustrated-crystallary","tag-illustrator","tag-kate-ohara","tag-maia-toll","tag-puzzle","tag-review"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26339,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333\/revisions\/26339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}