Art and Crafts by Joy

Sorry I havent written anything lately but things just got away from me and now I have a new computer and it is all another learning curve LOL, will find something to add at a later date so watc...

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Right now I am doing my Bobbin Lace, making a long border for one of my daughters, she has aquite a long cabinet so it will take some time but when the border is finished it will be completed wi...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2015/02/right-now-i-am-doing-my-bobbin-lace.html

CHRISTMAS 2014 To my DH Bernard, Another day without you, the day times not so bad, Another lonely night, I sit here with my memories of the happy times we had It"s Christmas now when mos...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-2014-to-my-dh-bernard-another.html

This is the edging around a tablecloth, I did the white embroidery just to take the plain material and give it a lift.

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2014/06/this-is-edging-around-tablecloth-i-did.html

This is a small video I made to show how I tat with a netting needle

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2014/04/tatting-with-netting-needle.html

Since I moved to my much smaller house I have been searching for things as I still have boxes unpacked. recently I found my Cross stitch tapestry but couldnt find the cottons....yesterday I foun...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2013/11/tapestry-counted-cross-stitch.html

Here is the table runner finished apart from the material being sewn into it Hugs  Joy

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The Wedding went off beautifully so here is a photo of the Bride and Groom after the ceremony, thay make a gorgeous couple, they are now in Thiland on their honeymoon Hugs Joy

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It has been a while since I put anything up on my blog, I seem to get caught up with one or other of my crafts and just get lost in the moment, although I haven't touched my painting since Berna...

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Hi All, I have had my Bobbin Lace UFO out for a week now and I am learning all over again after being away from it for so long...its heading for the last length so I thought I would show you a ...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2013/06/hi-all-i-have-had-my-bobbin-lace-ufo.html

I cannot believe that I have not updated my blog in a while so I want to wish you all a very Blessed and Happy Easter. With the weather being so hot here in Melbourne Australia I can say that ...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2013/03/happy-and-blessed-easter.html

Hello to everyone, I have spent the last few weeks reading 2 very interesting books, I love reading and biographies are my favorites...  we can learn so much from those that have gone before...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2013/01/hello-to-everyone-i-have-spent-last-few.html

Happy New Year to you all.....I am putting a couple of my bobbin lace items here for you to see, They were done a little while ago Hugs Joy

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Well wouldn't you know it that as soon as I say something is very wrong it becomes right again...I am now seeing the top bar of my blog...is Google playing games I wonder LOL Hugs Joy

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Hi All, I am having a problem with my blog again, I cannot see the top bar on my or anyone elses blog...the one that says.... next blog, new post, design, etc, please can anyone help me out??? ...

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Hi Folks, Well they say that one never stops learning....so I have taken on a new hobby once again...it is Zentangles which is a form of art and meditation, you don't have to be able to draw  ...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2012/11/hi-folks-well-they-say-that-one-never.html

Hello from "Down Under" Seems like ages that I wrote something for my blog. reason being that I have been trying to learn a new craft.......it is making Turkish Oya Knotted lace and having lots...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2012/10/hello-from-down-under-seems-like-ages.html

Monday 3rd September 2012 You may ask what I am thinking and doing today so I will open my heart and tell you. 12 months to the day my husband Bernard passed to be with the Lord, I am living e...

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Hi All, It has been a couple of weeks since I last wrote anything on this blog so I though that I would do so  now. It is getting very close to the date of my 1 year without my DH, on the 5th...

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I have started to tat the Split Chain doily from Linda Davies's pattern, Many thanks to Linda for being so generous with her patterns and her wonderful advice, I am posting a photo of the doily ...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2012/07/split-chain-doily.html

Hell All, I have just finished my first term teaching Tatting at the Crib Point Community Centre and I am very pleased with the results...I start a new term on the 23rd of this month with a set...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2012/07/hell-all-i-have-just-finished-my-first.html

Hello All, Well I said that I wouldnt get another dog when my 2 darling Poodles passed away but I relented and got this gorgeous 3 year old Chihuahua called Tara....she is simply adorable, so ...

http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com/2012/05/hello-all-well-i-said-that-i-wouldnt.html

I am having another very sad time as my two gorgeous Poodles had to be put to sleep, Mindy was going on 14 years and had a very bad heart and was nearly blind due to cataracts, she was very unst...

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My Daughter and I went on a short holiday to a place called Lakes Entrance here in Victoria, Australia.......I was really feeling washed out after the loss of my husband but I am pleased to say ...

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My printer gave up the ghost so I had to get a new one.......I have been playing with it this morning after I downloaded it all yesterday and thought that I would just have a go. I found this g...

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