Distressed , faded and worn out with holes !

      Why is it when shopping for jeans we choose to buy the distressed faded jeans with holes ? As a teenager we would wear out our Levi's until the knee's started to show signs of wear and suddenly the hole was created . They became soft and fit the body like a glove . I remember my first pair of  fresh jeans from the store a little stiff and a bit dark . That awkard moment on the first day of school with these dark stiff jeans . Everyone knew they were new because they to went through the pain of wearing stiff jeans and couldn't wait to get home to take them off . And off they went into a bucket of bleach and in the drier . I would wash them in hot water then into the drier they went I couldn't  wait to get them out of the drier while they were still hot to put them on and start walking on my knees to soften them up  . My mother thought this trouble was a waist of time and silly why do you want your jeans to look old ? She did not find this style of jean so appealing infact she thought the methods used were bit silly but went along any way  . In fact if we wore holes in our jeans she would rip the hole right off our tushies or if she found a pair in  the laundry you can be sure they were donated to the local Thrift Store . And we would start all over again with a fresh pair of Levi's 501's at the then famous Miller's Out Post . It took year's to get my mom to understand fashion of the 80's . My mother's  generation holes and distressed jeans were a sign of being poor . Sign's of the times change and boy have they changed .

    Teen's today don't go through the same trouble of fading out their jeans by leaving them in a pool over night , or soaking them in bleach which makes the holes come in softer an nicer . You can find the already made holes in your favorite designer jean .

      Today our mother's no longer judge our  distressed jeans as a sign of being poor . We join our teen's in wearing designer made holes and today we spend $ for our distressed jeans .  It's a part of fashion that will always be around with holes , distressed , cut off with fringe . Jeans are forever .

      Love my jean's dirty and on the rock's oop's that's a martini ...

                          Love Tilly


               

     Fashion , clothes and shopping . Let's face it's an art to be creative enough to find pieces of clothing that make the perfect look to fit your mood . Clothes are a  necessity so we might as well find the right look that suits your style . From punk , to bohemian your clothes can create such looks that fit your life style and daily acitivity . Teen's explore many styles and go through many clothes changes just find the right outfit for the day . Your clothes say who are and what your personality is like .  Picking out the right outfit is very important for helping you get the right job to saying unspoken messages that say your a free spirited friendly soul .

  Their is so much out there to choose from today from shopping at a boutique to shopping from the internet . Shopping just got crazy fun . You can shop while chillin at the beach from your phone . How crazy is that ? Well I must say you can definetly get your shopping done , and play time in not missing a second .

  Why not shop on Tradesy you can even sell on Tradesy . Just retire the clothes your not wearing for clothes you want at prices you want . It's  a great way to find the pieces that you want to help you create your style . And make extra cash while staying true to your style .

   Rock on all my gypsy lovin bohemian stylin friends .

                        Love Tilly

Miracles ...

Nissim Levy -Nissim Levy is the hebrew name meaning miracles
He lived up to the meaning as he was my miracle and gift to life .
   As my Fathers youngest daughter and child I pushed many limits and his huge heart always forgave . I always enjoyed visiting my parents and spending as much time as I possibly could for I new this day would one day arrive and I did not want to take him for granted . Shabbat was our special time together and he enjoyed the passion of Shabbat with stories that he painted of his great life .

  A twentieth century Renaissance as man my niece Sivan described him . Pa Pa as the grand children called him was and is a great inspiration to them all as each of his 9 grand children bear a gift of his uniqueness .
Dad you are loved you are and always will be missed yet forever engrained in all the hearts of those you have touched forever .... Love you ... your daughter forever Tilly

" A Fresh Start "

   I have been meaning to write for a while now about the lack of employment these day's but the optimist in me just procrastinated  as a way to not let it effect me . I have worked in the Jewish community for 25 years as an early childhood teacher and never during that time found it so difficult to find work until this last time when I got laid off from a teaching job at Heschel West which is now called Illan Ramon .

  I was hired October 2010 right after the year got started . A part time job that took 50.00 dollars for gas a week to get to , the drive was 1 hour . The pay well was not the best hourly wage I have ever earned in 25 years but I took this job gratefully and accepted what ever was given to me . By November I was offered another job at another school they offered me a wage exceeding what I was getting paid by 8.00 dollars more . It was something for me to think about . After all the pay I was getting covered my gas and one bill and the work I  put in and energy plus dollars made this offer look good . I turned it down as I want to remain loyal and do the right thing so I chose to stay only to get laid off  in June of 2011 . I was surprised that they did not return the loyalty . Instead of letting it bother me I let it go . Things happen for a reason I thought . I tried not to let it bring me down but well the moments when I thought of how I turned down a job that was going to pay me almost double well almost made me bitter but I stopped it from letting it get to me . I did the right thing I stayed loyal I put my hard work and devotion love energy and even my dollars for that class . They chose not to return the loyalty love energy and well for blog sake dollars well then a lesson learned and since I believe in karma well I say no more on that subject just how it refocused me and challenged me to stay positive when all I wanted to do was be mad and well get a job . Getting a job I thought would be easy as it always is . Not this time . I turned my energy into what I have . What I have is a hobby and the gift of creativity added by positive thought's . I created jewelry . Every time a negative thought tried to get in I pushed it away with a positive piece until weeks went by and still no job I had a trunk show and I actually started to make some money at this . So I added a page on Face Book and started blogging to block all negative thought from entering my mind . I could of got ugly I could  of self loathed or ended up occupying some street about my lack of  finding work instead I found that I could have my own jewelry business and sell my jewelry and with the work plus time put in to that who has time to do anything negative like complain . I am lucky that I am creative enough and motivated enough most of all positive enough to get the energy to design jewelry I am grateful for all the people I have met that have liked my page encouraged and bought pieces from me . I am so humbled and appreciative .

 I turned to my my love of precious and semi precious stones and metals that come from the nature I love . My hands that love to feel the rough hard and soft qualities of every stone and piece of metal . My inspiration comes to me in many ways and I love to express my love and desire to be creative which allows me to breathe and share with every piece .

  While now I am happily growing and creating I am back on the job hunt . I love what I do and that is the secret to do what you love and be surrounded by love everyday ... I love creating and especially love creating with kids ... Every one deserves a fresh start ...


                                                                    Cheer's to a fresh start
                                                                      Love Tilly

Happy Thanksgiving !

     While a lot of people are out of work these day's and the economy well quite frankly  it sucks these days . They're are a lot people finding it hard to find reasons to be grateful on a day like Thanksgiving . Really just one day out of the year when we get together with our families and enjoy a wonderful meal . An American tradition that started long ago that I do not wish to focus on as we all had to sit through the history lesson in school and really it's not the point . While I love getting together with my family on Thanksgiving and I am blessed to have such a large beautiful family . It is not just once a year I say Thank you nor am I grateful once a year . I am grateful everyday and thankful everyday . I choose to be happy.

     The economy has put a strain on my family  . I lost my job and I to did not find an easy time getting one .
 The more difficult it became the more I decided to take matters in my own hands . I got desperate and rather than worry about it or let it get me down I took action . I was already on the computer so I started this blog . It kept me busy and my mind off the fact that I did not have a job . And in addition to that I created jewelry something I love to do . I could of easily gotten depressed like most or complained but chose not to . Why be negative ? I got a great reaction from everyone and that made me happy every single day and every time I sell a piece I want to make more . I am so grateful for everyone who encouraged me and everyone who bought from me . I still am out of the work force and I so love my early childhood teaching career . I was grateful when I was working . But for now I realize that the time spent not working was a blessing . I learned so much from the experience . For one thing I most certainly did not have time to even think about the Occupy movement which I will not get into .

   What I learned and got out of the experience of not working and looking for a job was a great lesson and it helped me truly appreciate life and it's wonderful miracles . Yes miracles . It's a miracle that we have been able to put food on our table and yes we struggle to pay the bills but they get paid . It's a miracle I was able to use my hands to create beautiful jewelry and sell them . While being home I had the company of my dogs who shared the day with me listened to me and kept me company and sometimes just acted so silly they made me laugh and that my friend is a miracle .They kept my attention away from getting frustrated which could of happened very easily . While out of work I helped and was able to be there for a friend who needed me . That to was a miracle , while helping her  I was helping my self . The biggest miracle is that by not working I able to be there to pick my son up from school as soon as the bell rings and we get to spend more time together . So many more miracles and blessings but it would take forever to write them all and I really don't want to bore you with my blessings . Instead it's to give example on what you could do for yourself when life hands you an obstacle look at it as a miracle or a blessing in disguise . Take action . And most of all if you trust the Universe and just relax you will get through it the Universe wants you to choose and to be Happy .

    I am still blissfully out of work and still looking and I still refuse to let it get to me . I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving and from this day on wake up that's a miracle in itself  and be thankful everyday , find a hundred blessing's make everyday a miracle because it is a miracle and the miracle is  you.
                                                                     

                                                       
                                                                       Cheers
                                                Take one on the rocks for me , Love Tilly!                             

                             

Not just a rock !

                                                  There is a story behind this bracelet .....
                                         
                                     

 Ever wonder about the worlds mysteries of the amazing rock's and stones ? How has rock's or stones made an an impact on your life ? Did you ever skim a rock across a lake or the ocean tide ? Ever collect rock's during a hike ? Did you ever find one in the shape of a heart ? There  are so many thing's that come to my mind like marbles and in some countries they  even make games out of rock's like jack's with no ball just rock's . Rock's are raw and come from nature and continue to inspire me and fascinate me every time . I collect all types from the ones I create with to the ones I find in nature . Rock's are natures gift and give great energy  . A rock is not just a rock .

    The amazing rock has been around for over two million year's and will be around until the end of time . I find that amazing . Rock's have influenced ours and other cultures around the world and has impacted the technological development of the human race . Starting with the invention of lithic technology ( stone tools ) the oldest continuously used technology used for mining . The mining of rock's is one of the most important human advancement . Think of diamond's , crystal's , granite , marble , copper , metal , even silver and gold ....and the list goes on and on but you get the point . Not all cultures around the world use lithic technology how ever lithic technology is still being used today . The earliest stone tool's were recovered from Ethiopia and dated two million and three million year's old .

    Underground hard rock mining refers to the underground mining of hard metals such as ore containing gold , silver , iron , copper , zinc , nickel , and lead , The same techniques are used to excavate ores of gems such as diamonds . Soft rock mining is the excavation of softer minerals such as salt , coal , or tar sands .

    The fact that miners have to dig deep to get the precious stones and metals is amazing but even more amazing is how deep they have to go to recover them . From the mines to the hands of the people who use them to trade , to build , engineering , tool making  , silver wear ,  pot's and pan's , china and last but not least jewelry and  I am sure I  have even missed a few . If you take apart this computer you will find copper and other metal and now you know it came from a mine .

    I want you to think about how the rock has made an impact on your life and I am not talking about rock and roll  . I thought I would add some fact's about just how deep some of the great mines are .

  - The deepest mines in the world are Tau Tona and Savuka gold mines in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa . Working today at the depth exceeding 12,800 feet .

                                                Gold mind in Agnio-Eagles La Ronde mine
               
 -  The deepest hard rock mine is in North America the Agnio-Eagles LaRonde mine . Which mines gold zinc , copper , and silver ores , 28 miles east of Royn and Noranda , in Cadillac Quebec La Rondes Penna shaft # 3 shaft is believed to be the deepest single shaft in the western Hemisphere . The new #4 shaft bottom's out at over  9, 800 feet and is the deepest long hole open stopes in the world .
 -  The deepest hard rock mine in Australia are copper and zinc lead mines found in Mount Ilsa Queensland 51,900 feet .

                                             Copper found in the mines in Mt. Ilsa Queensland


   - The deepest platinum palladium mines in the world are on the Merensky Reef in South Africa with a resource of  203 million Troy ounces currently worked on at approximately 7,200  feet .

                                                                           
      The impact and influence mining has had in our technology and our lives is remarkable and incredible . Think about the impact it has had on the jewelry and jewelry making industry .Next time you purchase a  piece whether machine or hand made or wear a piece anywhere on your body you now know more about the history of where it came from . From the mines and miners that dug deep to mine them and then to the hands and machines that made them . I hope this can add value to your jewelery box and the rock's you keep inside them .

                                                                       


                                                            Gonna go find me a rock to sit on
                                                        and as always I'll take mine on the rock's
                                                                          Cheers Tilly

A little bit of Geology for the sake of the rock !

                                                                           
   This great big Earth has been around for centuries and centuries . We all share this great big rock and it keeps producing more and more rock as time goes on adding layer by layer until metamorphosing into different categories of rocks and stones .

     I can't help but be mesmerized with rocks that have been around since the beginning of time imagine if they could talk the stories they could tell . Ever wonder wonder about Stone Henge ? My mind wanders into the land of the lost or as most would call it the Dinosaur age every time I explore the mountain's for my daily hike . A routine I try to keep up with weekly . Rocks and stones are every where even under our feet . I pick them up , I touch and feel them . Some are smooth and some are rough some small and some sparkle and some are matte . It's composition is raw and natural and is constantly forming itself with time and corrosion .

    A rock or a stone is a natural occurring solid aggregate of minerals and mineraloids .The outer layer of the the Earth is called Lithosphere it is the hard layer and is made of rock .There are three types of rock igneous  , sedimentary , and metamorphic .

   Rocks are classified by mineral and chemical composition, by texture of particles and the process that form them .They are then separated into classification and transformation from one type to another ...
The Rock Cycle ....

                                                        Rock on , three cheer's for the rock !
                                                   I will have my rocks with an ice cold beverage !

                                                                 Love always Tilly