A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles
Pairing craft cocktails with crafty puzzles
![Lo-Fer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1642881754402-G8IYBQFSTOQ2Q5GCIU56/IMG_1872.jpg)
![Beer-Stein](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1642880155955-R6HPR14GJ3C1MCO7VBSM/IMG_1805.jpg)
Beer-Stein
“Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health.” – Thomas Jefferson
![Dormouse Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1642872669579-1D1DVAC8K00TA5DB3GQA/IMG_1882w.jpg)
Dormouse Box
A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.
— Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
![Apricot II](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1642355251490-NL433UGM271MUUI7FL7N/Apricot%2BII.jpg)
Apricot II
Should the east winds blow,
Carry to me the fragrance
Of apricot bloom;
And though your master is gone,
Never forget the springtime.
- Sugawara no Michizane
![Turtle Trip](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1642353788061-MM7RX6GBV0BFALADZQGD/IMG_1942.jpg)
Turtle Trip
Sometimes you get invited to the party, but you just can’t find your pants. So begins the premise for one of the most surprising (and good) puzzles of what has been one of the most surprising (and bad) years in recent memory. This puzzle is so good it will make you forget about 2020, for a little while. It’s a trip worth taking.
![Arbitrage Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1642353412470-FRRTZTDUVPDRFMK43O5Q/IMG_1859.jpg)
Arbitrage Box
“arbitrage - the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset”
![Tumbler](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641594838953-BXRQQMA5GADI7YJSUMB0/IMG_1736.jpg)
Tumbler
I’m flush with excitement about introducing this new designer to the world of puzzles and puzzle boxes. He’s got a pair, no, three of a kind of special puzzle design he invented during the quarantine downtime that are quite magical. Get them all and you’ll have a full house of clever items. Ok, let me get straight to the point here – these puzzles are aces.
![Sea Chest](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641594294149-Y81FTUFSYTKKCFGK121B/IMG_1823web.jpg)
![Turing Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641593277969-92IYX4NT6Q4WGRYCIQE6/IMG_1637a.jpg)
Turing Box
“The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure!” - Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
![Siesta](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641592716943-XITDEAEVRMQ9EPVTGDXT/IMG_1525.jpg)
![Ansel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641592058137-HXL4J5113HMBDNVS7MTM/IMG_1546.jpg)
![Lock Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641160517952-ZYE11F8FLPYPC8KD8O3I/IMG_1602.jpg)
![Side Swiper](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641159959158-5ZCXD7O8WY62257S6QJG/IMG_1588.jpg)
Side Swiper
After investing so much time poring over the classics from twenty years ago it’s time for something new and refreshing. And speaking of investing, you can take this one to the bank. Or rather, from the “bank” – the Hughbank.
![Donay Bottle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1641159565338-O7J4OXK71QDUBTKWJ7H5/IMG_1442.jpg)
Donay Bottle
“I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle” - Ellen DeGeneres
![Berkeley Lighthouse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1640969726999-HKTH7O9VZVTVXT6EGU39/IMG_1489.jpg)
Berkeley Lighthouse
“Lighthouses are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to each other” - Virginia Woolf
![Cannon Puzzles](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1639685043622-PM808WA00D8AK8HVJIHQ/IMG_1469.jpg)
Cannon Puzzles
“The cannon will not suffer any other sound to be heard for miles and for years around it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
![Castle Money Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1639684529167-838TR2CPLCT0N0YPGZ59/IMG_1423.jpg)
Castle Money Box
Treen Castle is not a castle, it’s a jagged rocky promontory of cliffs that sit on the edge of Cornwall, England in the town of Treen.
![Barrel and Ball](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1639684253058-MCXC319WPT8572LWLHT2/IMG_1386.jpg)
Barrel and Ball
Small wooden household and domestic objects were referred to as “treen” in the nineteenth century and earlier, a word derived literally from “of a tree”.
![Donay Pear](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1606602705290-69NBQDPN75IW7VAK3IE9/IMG_1404.jpg)
Donay Pear
We’re taking a sabbatical abroad this summer at Boxes and Booze to visit England and shine the spotlight on a very special wood turner named John Berkeley.
![Clutch Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb580b091db0704dc270739/1639683133052-QS2JEW2N4474D3W3MJPW/IMG_1325.jpg)
Clutch Box
There’s a fantastic origin story behind this award winning puzzle maker (it's appropriate that he has an origin story, given his almost supernatural abilities).