Friday, June 29, 2012

Flashback Friday: Montauk (The Sequel)

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History: I love being in Montauk. I got pretty in depth about my love for the beach town in this post. That was when we went for my birthday, but two summers ago we also went just because. We packed a picnic lunch and watched big waves roll in while hanging out on gigantic rocks, and it was awesome.
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Tortured Artist

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I was just playing around with Photoshop (since it's way easier to do that literally whenever I want, now that it's portable!) and I made this image based on some inspiration from Brigette. That girl is constantly inspiring me. After I saved it, I thought about it, and this image actually MEANS something. These are my deep rooted feeling about it being ONE HUNDRED AND NINE DEGREES outside today and not being able to go to the beach, visualized. Just wanted to get it off my chest.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Mic Check

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This post will basically serve as a test. If there's one thing I'm okay with widening in my life, it's my photos. I tweaked the layout a bit. After all, Brilliant Nature is essentially a photo blog. The bigger, the better. :)

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Story of a Girl

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This is the story of a girl who took a look around today on her drive to work and thought, again, "wow, this is still so new". A girl who took a breath at her desk today and smiled though she was working very hard because it felt great, and she knew she was becoming a great asset to her company. A girl who opened the door as her boyfriend got in from work and told him how cute he was because she was so happy he was home. And, a girl who installed Photoshop on her laptop (finally) and can edit photos while laying in bed, if she wants to, and not on a really loud, really ancient Dell PC. 
This is the story of a girl who is finally, actually content.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Porter Flea

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending Porter Flea at Marathon Music Works here in Nashville. Porter Flea is described as a "modern handmade market", and it was so fascinating being there and admiring all of the hard work, craftsmanship and talent it takes to create unique products, art and shops. Think of a craft fair minus satchels of potpourri and tissue box covers, plus everything awesome ever. I had such a great time!
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Another awesome thing about Porter Flea was meeting Kaelah and Mike, and shopping in their Honeybean! I've been following Kaelah's blog for a while, and she was super helpful and sweet when I reached out to her for some information on neighborhoods and such before my move to Nashville. We kept in touch, and I can say that she is just as sweet and great in person. I am so super impressed by the Honeybean Mobile Boutique and hope to see more of that lady soon!
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Twenty Heads
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West Vintage Trading Co.
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I really wish I was more organized and less shy, and spoke with all of my favorite vendors from the flea. But I am me, and I like to hide behind a camera and snatch a business card. I'm fairly new at this type of thing, so please don't be offended if I didn't credit your work! Just comment or e-mail me if you are or you know who the creators of these marvelous goods are and I will correct this immediately!
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Some favorite artists and printmakers from the flea were: Laura Baisden, Emma Klingbeil, Sally Harless aka Sadly Harmless, Cordial Kitten, and the rad people of Monkey Ink Design - Alicia Waters is so talented! I bought a print from Monkey Ink Design that I absolutely adore and is currently hanging on my bedroom wall.
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400 Moons had these cool terrariums on display, as well as kits for you to design your own!
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Little Things Studio. One of my favorite quotes.

After Porter Flea, we went to Mad Donna's for brunch. For lunch, really, but they were serving brunch and that was great. I'm apprehensive about becoming a "brunch" person. Remember Hannah's break up speech to Adam on Girls? "And it makes me feel very stupid to tell you this because it makes me sound like a girl who wants to, like, go to brunch. And I really don't want to go to brunch." Yeah, ditto. But anyway, there was a Bloody Mary bar and I got to eat fried eggs and salad at the same time, so I was pretty content. Mad Donna's seems to have great drink specials going on all the time, also, so I'll be going back.

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All in all, it was a very nice little Saturday. We ended the night with dinner and wine and movies at Laurie's, and today I sat out by the pool for a while. I start work tomorrow! And the rest of the night will consist of me mentally and physically preparing for that. But be sure to check out the Porter Flea website, because they list all of the incredible vendors, most of which have online shops, and you can fill your home and wardrobe with these beautiful, beautiful things just like I have. Have a nice week, folks :)

xo, Corinne

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Home of the Brave

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Bought myself some new, very patriotic shorts (not shown: stars ALL over my butt), realized I had the perfect shirt to match, and hung curtains. I've been celebrating, since I finally landed a "real" job, and I get to work there full time on top of my Free People gig. It's a big relief, and I feel like I can finally get really comfortable. This weekend has been fun so far. We attended Porter Flea today and that was tons of fun. Also got brunch at Mad Donna's, and it was delicious. More on that later. I actually went to the gym yesterday! AND we bought a tv! So today I started 30 Day Shred on said tv, and I'm looking forward to what should be my next and FINAL foray into fitness (since I won't wuss out this time). I'm feeling super positive and super happy. Things are falling into place and the future is looking bright.
xo, Corinne :)

Friday, June 15, 2012

Flashback Friday: The Beach

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Nashville and I am having a great time in my new city. I think I've mentioned that, right? The last few days though, after seeing my friends back home hanging out at the beaches on my Instagram feed.. I am really missing it. I was lucky enough to grow up on an island and have the water surrounding me, literally anywhere I turned. Today's Flashback Friday entry is my ode to the beach. All of those waters and shorelines and ocean breezes were really, really good to me.
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After editing these, I noticed that these were all from the North Shore. The South Shore is gorgeous too. One day soon I will take drive out to a place here in Tennessee that they call Rock Island, and I will jump into the water and swim and hopefully miss the beach a little less, but the ocean will always be my home.