Kelly Lester

Most Popular Lunch Boxes for School and Work

July 13, 2012

2nd year in a row! With back-to-school shopping in full-swing, it’s no wonder I’m shipping two truckloads a month to Amazon! I’m still amazed and ridiculously delighted that my lunch containers have been the #1 best selling lunchboxes on Amazon since last summer, and now, once again, they are also the top-selling product in home [...]

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Be Popular on Pinterest with Picture Perfect Images

April 25, 2012

Pinterest. Are you using it? Most people I know fall into one of two camps: They’ve either never heard of it, or they are totally obsessed with it. I’m pretty much a happily obsessed camper It’s been a fantastic place to not only share pics of lunches packed in my EasyLunchboxes, but an incredible resource [...]

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EasyLunchboxes Adventure Story – Spring Awakening LA

April 7, 2012

The following story is inspired by Kendra of Biting the Hand that Feeds You, who wrote about her EasyLunchbox’s adventures in Vegas, who was inspired by Sarah from Bentoriffic, who took a picture of her EasyLunchbox on a beach at sunset who then inspired Cristi of Bent on Better Lunches to start taking and collecting goofy pics of EasyLunchboxes in fun [...]

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Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook – Easy Lunchboxes

March 31, 2012

I’m Writing a Book!   f you’re lucky enough to have a Trader Joe’s near you, you understand why it’s my favorite place to buy groceries.  And it’s not just because of their oh so affordable and flavorful “Two Buck Chuck” wine (which I tend to be drinking as I write these late night posts…). No, [...]

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I wasn’t at the Oscars but I won

February 29, 2012

When I was growing up, a tall woman was often called an “Amazon”. Well, Amazon just made me feel like a super “Amazon”. And this one feels ten feet tall. I’m featured on the home page of Amazon.com today! They’re telling everyone how my small biz, EasyLunchboxes, soared when I started selling on Amazon.com, and became their #1 best-selling [...]

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My Brainchild Allows This Little Parent to Stay Home

November 12, 2011

Yesterday I had the honor of being interviewed by my dear friend and fellow mompreneur, Ally Loprete. Ally is the effervescent and inspirational host of This Little Parent Stayed Home, a weekly radio show which encourages coming together as a family unit and using ones own resources to provide for the children in the best [...]

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Sharing Lunch and Social Media Success via Facebook

September 10, 2011

  When I started EasyLunchboxes in late 2009, I was not familiar with the term social media. I did not know the difference between a personal Facebook page or a Facebook fan page. I definitely was not on Twitter. But my website was up and I thought I had come up with a pretty terrific [...]

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It all Comes Together When you Work From Within

April 14, 2011

I learned something new! I just found out there’s a name for what I do. Insanity. It’s called having a “portfolio career”, and for some strange reason, it makes me happy to think that, if what I do has actually been given that lofty sounding title, maybe I should stop whining about being overwhelmed and simply embrace [...]

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My new Musical Web Series – Singing, Celebrities… Lunch Boxes!

January 20, 2011

The Premiere! Here’s  the very first episode of my new, musical web series “Let’s Do Lunch!” Barry Williams, aka ‘Greg Brady’, one of  the stars of The Brady Bunch, is my first celebrity guest! Groovy, Baby! The style of the show has a “retro” feel – a humorous tribute to the variety/talk shows of the [...]

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Thank you for a Fabulous First Year!

December 29, 2010

My “baby” is a year old. But I’m not talking about my real children, one of whom is in college. I’m talking about my business, Easylunchboxes.com, which celebrated it’s first anniversay this month– thanks to YOU. One of the most delightful things over this past year was seeing all the pictures of your babies enjoying their [...]

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