PUZZLEKINS came about after I was inspired by a wooden jigsaw puzzle my mother-in-law makes that has
the pieces facing out. I always thought that it would be more fun if both sides of the pieces were
painted. So I designed a house puzzle for my kids. I painted the outside as the front of a house,
underneath as the inside, and then the backs of the pieces as characters and objects to be played
with in the house setting. After much research and rejection, I found Pamela Drake Inc. They licensed
the puzzles and recently were acquired by smallworldtoys.com. Puzzlekins are still very new, they
first went on the market in July 2008. I am hoping they do well so that I can continue to make more
designs.
