i've been tagged!

i've been tagged... twice!  once by happy place design, who has a super fabulous blog and etsy shop... and again by nancy, who is the lady behind the blog wandering nancy and the adorable etsy shop sugar village.  be sure to check both of them out!

so, as per the rules... here are seven random things about me:

1.  i was in an a cappella group in college (dork!)... and that's how i met my hubby!  we still love singing and making music together.

2.  my best friend and i met on the school bus on the first day of kindergarten... we have now been friends for 20 years :)

3.  i grew up in new jersey, and i always wanted to live in new york city.  i fulfilled that dream when i moved to brooklyn with two friends and went to f.i.t. to study fashion design.  i dropped out a couple months later when i realized it wasn't for me, but it was a really great life experience and i'm glad i did it.

4.  i've worn contacts since i was in eighth grade... i really can't see anything without them, and i can't stand wearing glasses (strangely, though... i am wearing my glasses right now!).

5.  i love cooking, baking, and making my home look pretty... and i secretly (okay, maybe not so secretly) want to be the next martha stewart.

6.  i've never played on an organized sports team in my entire life... that includes elementary school... unless you count dance (which i don't!).

7.  i love tea... i always drink at least one cup every day.  i think coffee is gross.  i wish i was british!

okay... now i'm passing it on!  i am tagging:

jess gonacha

amanda (blake) fall

geschichtenvonkat

black mustard

kim*

stacey

kiddlebug

here are the rules:

*link to the person who tagged you

*post the rules on your blog

*write seven random things about yourself

*tag seven people at the end of your post and link to them

*let each person know they've been tagged

xoxo,

lesley

p.s. it's snowing right now!  yay!

veeeerrrrry interesting . . .

. . . but what does it all mean? this was posted yesterday by rob kalin, ceo and founder of etsy:

http://twitter.com/rokali/statuses/821082595

let the rumors begin!

xoxo,
lesley

vote for me!

for those of you that don't know, my husband and i got married last september... we just celebrated our 6 month anniversary on saturday - woohoo! we kind of threw together our wedding at the last minute, but everything fell into place and it ended up being completely perfect! i recently entered some of our wedding photos into the knot's real wedding awards contest. the photos with the most votes will be featured in the knot magazine! help us out and check out our entry (and vote for us!) here:

http://realweddingawards.theknot.com/photo/view/Lesley-amp-Robin

xoxo,
lesley

snow day!

on saturday, robin (my husband) and i decided to spend some time outside to enjoy the snow. we got all bundled up like when we were kids and headed out. it was so much fun... we had a snowball fight, made up a new game ("snowling" - bowling with snow balls and snow pins), and made a teeny tiny snowman. i just love simple things like this that let you forget about everything and act like a little kid again... we're back to being adults again, but it was good to take a little break :)

xoxo,
lesley

look what i woke up to today...

snow! and lots of it. you probably can't tell from the picture, but there is about 5 or 6 inches on the ground, and it is still coming down like crazy.

this being my first winter in new england, i was expecting a very snowy winter. much to my dismay, we haven't really had any really good storms yet. it seems like every time they call for a ton of snow, we have some flurries overnight and i wake up to barely an inch on the ground. but not today... today is a real new england snow day!

days like these make me want to just curl up on the couch under a big fluffy blanket with a hot cup of tea (my choice: mojito from tea noir) and read a good book all day. they also make me wish i had a fireplace. and a kitty to snuggle up with. but i suppose the hot tea and good book will have to do for now.

xoxo,

lesley

p.s. i feel like having something hot, tasty, and hearty for dinner tonight. any suggestions for great meals on a snowy winter's day?

help a struggling entrepreneur...

i wanted to share this amazing website i found through kate's blog today. it is called kiva. basically, they find entrepreneurs all over the world struggling to make a living and list them on their website. all you have to do is choose the person you would like to help out, and make a $25 donation - which is actually a loan. once the person of your choosing makes enough to pay the loan back, you can either withdraw your funds or re-invest them in another entrepreneur. how cool is that? read more about kiva here.

some other fun ways to help people:

free rice
help the UN donate rice to hungry people all over the world by playing a fun vocabulary game

pangea market
shop online for handmade goods from artisans in developing nations

toms shoes
buy a pair of toms shoes, and a pair will be donated to a child in need

xoxo,
lesley

my personal dna

i just took this cool personality test, called personal dna - your true self revealed. it was fun, and very different from other personality tests i've taken - and it seems to be pretty accurate! here are my results:

Considerate Dreamer

to take the test yourself, click here

it's a blog!

so, i finally decided to jump on the blog bandwagon... yay! i have been crazy busy crafting and updating my etsy shop, so expect lots of updates as new products are created and listed. i also want to feature some fabulous etsy artists here, so stay tuned for some super handmade finds! thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon!

xoxo,
lesley