TODAY'S INSPIRATION... ALWAYS BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

Today's Inspiration... Be true to yourself, Help others, Make each day your masterpiece, Make friendship a fine art, Dive deeply Into life, Build bridges not walls. Love and let yourself be loved...

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Based out of the Hamptons and inspiring New York City.

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WANDERLUST FOR TRAVELING....

BORN OUT OF A DESIRE TO SEE THE WORLD....

I am building a wanderlust travel collection of clothing and photos. I love discovering new places and things to photograph...

NOT ALL THOSE THAT WANDER ARE LOST....

JOIN ME ON MY JOURNEY THROUGH PHOTOS...


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GETTING SOME REST ON AN AIRPLANE!

GETTING SOME REST ON AN AIRPLANE

Finding The Best Seat

The best seat to get some Zzzz’s and have a little extra room is the window seat of an exit row. If this is not available I personally like the middle row outside seat when I am able to pre-pick my seat. I choose a seat that has only one seat in between another traveler and myself.  Most travelers travel in pairs and families and let’s face it who really wants to sit away from their travel partners.  This thinking gives you the best advantage to having an empty seat next to you.

If you are in a middle seat. 

Travel pillows are great options when dozing off

Wear Comfortable Clothing. 

This does not mean you have to wear sweat pants nor should you. I personally love these yoga harem pants. They are super comfortable and stylish.

You can get these are here YOGA HAREM PANTS

Or bring a small pair of pajama bottoms to change into for the flight.

Bring Snacks And Water. 

Often travels are worried about missing in-flight meals and drinks. If you bring your own you can relax and eat and drink when you want to not when food is being served.

HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

Reasons to Support Local

Supporting local keeps more money in the local economy. Locally owned business build a sense of stronger community by keeping up the ecstatic of a neighborhood, by linking neighbors economically and socially, and by contributing to local causes.

One of a Kind business often select products based, not on a national sales or trends, but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, this provides more unique and specialized product choices.

Supporting the Environment. Buying local has less impact on the environment because items such as fruit and vegetables do not need to be shipped across the country to be purchases.  Therefore, produce is fresher and in season so you are getting a richer variety of food throughout the year.  In addition, local business often have nicer up keep and good use of their space unlike sprawling strip malls and huge outlet centers.

Above all you can have a sense of pride that you know where your products are coming from and who they are supporting. They are support you and your community! 

WORKING OUT WHILE YOU ARE TRAVELING

What kind of traveling you are doing greatly determines the workout schedule, workout time and workout routine you have available to you.

Whether it’s for business, vacation, pleasure, soul searching, or life long quest, at some point you will be taken out of your normal routine.

If you are going on a business trip you are most liking staying in a hotel room. Make use of the hotel fitness room. Many hotels offer weight machines, treadmills, stationary bicycles, and fitness mats for stretching or exercising. Ask hotel staff where the fitness center is located in the building and what the hours are for the facility. Do not try to use any machine you are not use to using because if you use bad form it may cause injury.



If you do not have a gym in your hotel and cannot leave the hotel grounds use the hotel stairs and grounds as a workout. Free easy to use equipment.

Do not want to leave your room to work out??? Bring a Pilates DVD to play on your computer.

If you are traveling light use your own body weight to work out. Do push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, strength training, jumping jacks, jogging in place, and other basic moves to work your muscle groups, stretch, and get your heartbeat up.


Interlaken, Switzerland

My all-time favorite way to work out while on vacation is to walk or run everywhere especially if you want to see the sites. No cabs unless you are going to dinner and it is raining out. This way you get to see every nook and cranny of a town or mountain or beach. So then you can have your cake and eat it too.


Venice, Italy


HAPPY TRAVELS!!!!

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NOT FOUND ON EXPEDIA

Travel deal sites such as Expedia.com, Orbitz.com and Hotwire.com are great ways to find travel deals: cheaper flights, better pricing on hotels, car rentals, cruises and activities. These sites can bundled the different options for even better deals. They do a lot of grunt work for you with just a few clicks of a button. These sites are Acting like modern day travel agents, and putting many travel agents out of business. Kayak.com goes one step further and compares these travel deal sites against each other!!

When I am traveling I often go to kayak.com and check pricing for flights and then if I need say a hotel also, book a hotel with them. It is great to learn about the different hotels. I can get photos and reviews on multiple hotels in my destination of interest in just a few clicks of my mouse. What these sites do not tell you is that not every airline or hotel chooses to affiliate with these third party aggregators. It is a personal company choice so although these sites have some definite pros to what value they can add to your travel buying experience these sites may not always have the best pricing. Southwest airlines for example does not want to be affiliated with any of these party aggregators. It costs money to be part of their sites and they can control the variables and environment better on their own website. Delta and American Airlines have removed their flight from several 3rd party websites also.
So just like these websites are doing a lot of the legwork for you know that knowledge can be power and you may be able to find a cheaper flight directly from the airline’s or hotel’s website exclusively.



HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

Corinne 

SELLING ONLINE IS EASIER THAN EVER!!!

The internet has done wonders for how the small and large businesses do get their products out in front of their customers before there were limited ways for people to see your products. Now because of the internet has opened up the doors for even the stay at home mom that makes specially beaded necklace to get her unique designs in front of the public.
The first and most traditional way artists, designers and collectors would sell their products with a website. This is a great to exclusively showcase your items, but can be limited to you being able to drive traffic to your site, being able to build a website and being able to afford a webmaster if you cannot design a site yourself. Having a website a great way to showcase your product, but there are easier ways to promote your product. Just because you build it does not mean they will come.

Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items as well as art and craft supplies. These items cover a wide range including art, photography, clothing, jewelry, food, bath and beauty products, quilts, knick-knacks, and toys. Many individuals also sell craft supplies such as beads, wire, and jewelry-making tools. All vintage items must be at least 20 years old. The site follows in the tradition of open craft fairs, giving sellers personal storefronts where they list their goods for a fee of $0.20. Etsy is a great way for people who are not savy with web design to have an online store front. Etsy is a great community of buyer and sellers that want to support each other.
http://www.etsy.com/people/CORIJEAN

eBay.com is an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is one of the notable success stories of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries.

Google changed the name of its Local Business Center to Google Places to underscore its tighter integration with Place Pages. You can post contact information, hours, photos, video clips and coupons. Business owners can use Place Pages to get customer feedback and communicate with patrons, and a personalized dashboard collects data including how many times people have found your firm on Google and what keywords they used to sniff it out called Google Analytics.

A new one…Art meets commerce head-on at Big Cartel, an online platform that enables up-and-coming bands, fashion designers, jewelers, record labels and other creative types to launch their own customizable web storefronts.Big Cartel now boasts more than 125,000 registered stores in all, each tailored to the seller's unique business needs and distinct artistic vision.

There are a lot more options out there and it is to pick the ones that work for your products and designs. These are just a few, but a good few.

CORI JEAN DESIGNS: BORN OUT OF A LOVE FOR SEWING

CORI JEAN DESIGNS: BORN OUT OF A LOVE FOR SEWING or maybe a love for wanting to live wherever I want or be wherever I want to be. I love to travel and there is just so much world out there.
In December 2012 I decided to leave my job and move Upstate to be a free babysitter (when needed) to my brother new baby boy!!! Very excited!

Through this blog I would like to share my functional and fun travel and business tips and tidbits that I hope you find helpful and useful in your life journeys whether close to home or trek far off lands. Please Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment or add to the conversation.
Only One of Its Design!
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