Looks like people do not want any. I had some for sale on consignment since September 2025 in two shops and only 3 of 12 in one of them sold. I will be getting a payment for the three and the unsold items back. I’ll discover what happens with the other shop on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, I need to figure out what to do with the 9 and the rest of the unsold stock. Rather demoralizing, but a learning experience, I suppose.
150-pieces, a winter forest in Finland
If anybody is interested in 150-piece tube puzzles, those are available as print-on-demand in CreateJigsawPuzzles.com, link in the banner.
I have now began Survival September 2025 sale in my print on demand shops.
My Etsy store is running for US customers a 20% off sale for all items I have uploaded so far until the end of this National Preparedness month in the USA.
I am currently updating the prices of my eBay items (those need to be updated manually each and some include shipping while others do not.)
After that I try to do something to my items in Amazon, and then to those in Printify pop-up store.
All the shops except my Amazon sales channel (which is still just in its beginnings) are listed in the banner, or you can click the highlighted links in the text.
I will be adding more items to my shops as the month progresses.
And while I am setting up the Survival September 2025 sales in this side of the Pacific, I am also uploading more jigsaw puzzle designs, especially for tube puzzles, onto my shop space in CreateJigsawPuzzles market place.
Be like a weed, dare to thrive. Also, be prepared.
This post is just to announce that I have a Pinterest account for PlanktonPunkt Designs. I’ll use it mainly to publish pictures, jigsaw puzzles (those typically after they have been published here or in CreateJigsawPuzzles.com), designs with links to the PlanktonPunkt Designs online shops, and maybe short video clips. Hopefully, you’ll find something beautiful there!
I have become more active on jigsaw puzzles and other short form posting, because I am now also in Pinterest, and as I make designs there, some of them seem to lend themselves for jigsaw puzzles, which I post here and on Pinterest.
White magnolia flower modified from a photo in jul10 folder (63 pieces, click the image to play)
Other photomodifications may make print-on-demand designs, whereas others might go to commercial jigsaw puzzle site.
A palm top and a plant growing from the trunk, an interpretation (108 pieces, click the image to play)
This is a mosaic bubbles version of a photomodification of a palm top and an epiphyte growing on it, also from jul10 folder, photographed in Berkeley.
To apologize for the vanished free jigsaw puzzles, here are two until I design more. These are photographs from around Berkeley, CA, which I gave more color and adjusted brightness and contrast. As before, click the picture to open a jigsaw puzzle and, please, have fun!
Weed
Unbothered. Moisturized. On my lane. Happy. Focused. Flourishing.
One project I was proud of was the series of five collages, Spring Flowers in Berkeley.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 1 – Urban Beauty
All these flowers were photographed in Berkeley, CA from March to May 2025.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 2 – So Many Varieties
The only modifications were cropping and adjusting color saturation, warmth, brightness and / or contrast. Except for one of the background images that may have more manipulations to make the background prettier.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 3 – Beautiful California
Yes, palms have flowers, too. By the way, palms are not trees but monocots like lilies and grass.
Bay Area climate supports an impressive variety of ornamental plants from all the inhabited continents (Antarctica does not count), and the residential streets of Berkeley are an ideal place to spot them blooming.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 4 – Relax and Enjoy
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 5 – Moments of Calm
These five collages have been uploaded to CreateJigsawPuzzles site and can be bought from there (click a picture and the link will take you to the shopping page), though I should warn the US readers that the current tariff situation with the elimination of de minimis rule from China may make them surprisingly expensive and / or complicated to buy.
One advantage CreateJigsawPuzzles has is that their bulk discount applies to products of similar type even if they individual puzzles have different designs, so one Spring Flowers in Berkeley tube puzzle is 20,40 euros + shipping, whereas all five tube puzzles of the series are 83,00 euros + shipping or over 18% cheaper per puzzle (for some reason CreateJigsawPuzzles is not showing USD prices for me any more.) Two puzzles instead of one already have the same discount, i.e., price of 16,60 euros per puzzle.
I am planning to create Summer Flowers in Berkeley series once the summer photos have been collected. Right now, I am processing lichens from Finland.
Finland, a gray day (108 piece jigsaw puzzle, click on photo to play)
Finland is a beautiful country rain or shine, there will be more photos, hopefully videos and designs, too, in weeks to come once I have arranged my folders. I have also recorded hours of bird song (assuming the traffic and other noises did not overpower the morning chorus), just in case I need some soundtrack on videos I may compile in future.
Finland, sunset (80 piece jigsaw puzzle, click on photo to play)
Pollening (I suspect the pine) is strong right now – spend a couple of hours outdoors and your devise touch screen will show the dust. I have added here a photo of front porch tiles with accumulated pollen.
Pollen(?) on porch (40 piece jigsaw puzzle, click on photo to play)
I am thinking about joining TikTok and Pinterest, but those can wait until I am back in USA with my contact information back to normal.
This is my main jigsaw puzzle sales site (products currently under review, the first three jigsaw puzzles, one 2-sided mini jigsaw, one 1-sided tube and one 2-sided postcard, will hopefully be accepted, and I am planning to design and upload more!) The products are on sale from China (tariffs to USA are now fluid, and GPSRs may be needed for EU sales – I’ll need to figure that out.)
This is a Printify pop-up shop. In there, I am designing multiple types print-on-demand items, maybe including jigsaw puzzles. This shop currently has the first two T-shirts available. I have other products in development (more T-shirts, laptop sleeves, coasters, postcards, tote bags, key rings, etc.). Printify sells in USA, UK and EU, including Finland.
A rusty Honda Civic had stalled on the road side. The engine did not work, the steering just allowed the car to be pushed onto the shoulder, even most of the lights were out of order – only the left blinker still worked. The driver was trying to stop someone to who might help him, and eventually a Maserati stops. The Maserati driver and the Honda driver conferred for a minute and they agreed that the Maserati would tow the Honda to the nearest gas station and if the Honda had some additional trouble, the Honda driver would turn the left blinker on.
The towing started well, but soon the Maserati turned to a highway and a Lamborghini started flashing its lights and honking and revving next the Maserati, challenging it to a race. The Maserati driver forgetting about the Honda accepted the challenge and the race was on. The unburdened Lamborghini led but Maserati followed right behind and the desperate Honda driver was blinking furiously.
A highway patrol sees the trio speeding well over 100 mph and radios back about his intention to chase. “There is a Lamborghini versus Maserati race going well over 100 mph, Lamborghini is leading, but then there is a rusty Honda Civic following the Maserati tightly and indicating that it wants to pass the Maserati, over.”
The idea of a rusty Honda Civic overtaking a Maserati was supposed to be the joke, but for anyone who has driven on East Bay highways, often the fastest car to pass you seems to be a Honda Civic or a Honda Accord. These little vehicles (not all of them but the fast ones) weave along the four or five lanes finding gaps large enough to fit their car and disappear a few minutes later behind horizon. Assuming the traffic is not standing still or crawling bumper to bumper at 20 – 30 mph. I sometimes think the speed limits in Bay Area highways, especially near Hayward are aspirational.
Also, here are a couple of unrelated jigsaw puzzles
I have been busy recently trying to get my jigsaw puzzle business going. First, browsing Print On Demand suppliers for dropshipping partners, I realized that I could sell my designs printed also in other items. Then, I realized that I might need a seller’s permit, especially if I also sell physical goods to local stores for resale.
I got a seller’s permit for State of California but in the office I had a brain freeze and had to use a placeholder name for my print-on-demand business. I needed to later change that to PlanktonPunkt Designs. I also learned that I should get a city business license. The permitting office was next open on Monday morning.
On Saturday, I took a long trip (for me) driving over 100 miles to each direction to a comic book garage sale to connect with comic book crowd and to ask advise in on-line sales. On my way back, I stopped into a comics & games shop to ask if they were interested in buying my jigsaw puzzles. In principle, yes, in practice, let’s wait until I get my business going.
On Monday morning, I walked to a copy shop to print my applications for business license and fictional name registration, then to city permitting office, where I was told I would need to register my fictional business name before I could apply, but if I made it back before 2pm, I could submit my application in the same day.
I walked back near my rental place, where I had parked my car and drove to county registrar where I could register my fictional business name. Otherwise good, except the office was next to county court house and registrar of voters and there was a special election going April 15th, so it took some searching to find a parking spot. The registration itself went smoothly, relatively short waits and minimally complex bureaucracy, only cost me 40 dollars.
After finishing my business registration application while drinking Vietnamese coffee, I drove to city permitting offices again and this time, after some wait, I managed to submit my application (80 dollars) but was directed to zoning board. Nonplussed, I meandered upstairs and got to fill a zoning application. I think it was approved, but that took a 250 dollar fee, paid in the spot. After which my business application will travel through a few more desks (I don’t know how much those are going to cost and what more forms or other actions will be required.) Meanwhile, I will need to within next 45 days post four times at minimum 5 day intervals an announcement of PlanktonPunkt Designs (I’ll need to find details, exactly what) in some newspaper circulating in the county…
While I waited to become commercial, I edited some of my older posts, mainly replacing a couple of jigsaw puzzles and other images that are OK in non-commercial blog sites but not in commercial environments with more acceptable content.
About a week later, I went back to City Permitting Offices to ask about my business license. I was told it will still need to be seen by two more desks and it could take up to two weeks. I was horrified. I asked if it could be expedited. They promised nothing, since that is not a service the offices do. However, on Sunday when I unusually opened my email I discovered that my business license has been approved. Plot spoiler, I am still in process of testing my samples, not going to open a Print On Demand store by the Mother’s Day rush, though that was what I had originally aimed for.
Getting licenses and ordering samples was more expensive than I thought, so I had to put some samples on hold until I got some money from my other business. Today, as I finally could afford this, I bought an upgrade from WordPress and a business email contact@planktonpunkt.com from Titan Mail.
Now I’m busy doing designs and ordering samples (the supply chain is still undecided), but at least I have upgraded this blog site for monetization and got a domain name, planktonpunkt.com for development of actual ecommerce. I’ll keep you posted as I continue my business attempts.
Once I get my print-on -demand shop(s) open, I’ll link to those. Other medium to intermediate projects I have planned include making little videos and / or podcasts to Instagram, YouTube and / or TikTok to advertise PlanktonPunkt Designs.
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