Lindsay's Necklaces: How it all began

It all began on June 12th 2004 when my dad handed me the style section of the New York Times. I was heading to Spain to further my studies of the Spanish language in ten days, and I had nothing  but 29 cents in my pocket and a $30 overdraft at the bank. I needed money and I needed it fast.

 That is when it came to me: if Prada and Gucci could make money by selling accessories, so could I. At 11:30 that same night my mom and I produced the very first Lindsay necklace, made out of 30 year old pink and orange cotton Marblehead Hand Print material. Little did I know that I would be spending my only week at home that summer working my sewing machine making brightly colored, fun, fabric necklaces.

 I made nine necklaces the following morning, and that evening my dad's friend bought all nine for his daughters. Lindsay's necklaces started at my kitchen counter, and were first sold out of my house.

 During the next week, I sold necklaces out of the back of my moms' car at my brothers' tennis camp. Every morning my moms' station wagon was swarming with women ready to buy  new necklaces. 

Making necklaces started as an idea, and turned into a business. However, it has become more than just a business. Two of the most important things in my life are helping people, and turning ideas into reality. I had to do something with the money that was flowing into my pocket from my necklace sales. Because Africa has become one of my passions and I have become very aware of the needs of the people I want to help. Many of the children in Africa cannot afford an education. I met Servio Paul when I was volunteering in Arusha in March 2004 at an orphanage, and I have decided that ten percent of all of my earnings will pay for him to continue his schooling and follow his dream to become an architect.

 Lindsay's Necklaces are in 35 stores across the country, from California to New York, and in the Bahamas. With the help of my customers, my family, and my friends, I have paid for two years of Servio Pauls' education. With the new Lindsay's line of bags and belts, I hope to continue enriching the lives of suffering people across the world.

 This past summer 2005, Padget, my best friend has joined me in expanding Lindsay's further by creating bags, key-chains, bracelets and different styled necklaces. Together, we are running the business, doing trunk shows in various places such as lacrosse tournaments, Fisher's Island, NY, Northeast Harbor and Prouts Neck, ME, and Newport, RI.

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