EDITED TO ADD
I have 5 invites left besides Ginny’s one- if you want one, let me know in the comments.
I’d seen Pinterest mentioned on a number of blogs but I didn’t like that it was “by invitation only” and all “exclusive”.
That kind of thing doesn’t encourage me; I feel incensed at the injustice of it all 🙂
Yes, I’m a tad dramatic.
Anyway, eventually I had an aha moment that if I signed up, I could organise all my bookmarks currently stored on the computer and have ONE place to refer people to.
My current bookmarks were organised in folders, mostly, but you couldn’t see what was so special about bookmarking something. It lacked the visual impact.
I signed up exactly 3 months ago and it’s been great.
If you don’t know about pinterest, it’s like a giant filing system of things on the internet.
Boards are broad categories – you can use their suggested boards or create your own.
Then you pin your individial items on the board.
E.g. On a board called home you could have kitchen, bathroom, bedroom ideas.
You can also tag your pins so that they’re easy for you to find afterwards.
These days I find myself saying, “oh, you should see my Pinterest – I have a recipe for that” 🙂
And the other day my boss and I were discussing offices in cupboards (I am currently obsessed with these) and I sent him my pin to show him what I meant.
As with anything (facebook/ Twitter/ blogs, etc), if you allow it to be so, it can be a huge time suck.
Confession – last night I spent about two hours on Pinterest but on a daily basis, I typically just pin and if I’m in a dreamy sort of state, then I’ll indulge a little.
Here is my for the home board and here is a pin on that board.
Follow me if you want and see all the things that make me happy. And things I would do if only I could sew.
Leave comments on my pins and tell me if you like them and what you like about them – I love hearing from you. It truly makes my day.
Are you on Pinterest?
How much time are you spending there in a week?
Which is your favourite board?
Hi Marcia I love pinterest. I havent really done much with anything I have found except pin but that is changing this week. I am going to try and make some of the recipes and also use a few organizing solutions I have found there too. Like buying a paperclip magnetic holder container and storing my daughter’s bobbypins in it !!!!!!!! Brilliant!!!!!!!!
I love pinterest and say that is what I am addicted to right now. I used to spend a lot of time on facebook and reading blogs but find myself drawn to pinterest a couple of times a day just to check and see what is new. I am actually thinking of cutting back on the amount of blogs I read beause I am a visual person and love pinterest and find just as many good ideas.
I’m pretty sure you’ve already figured out I spend too much time there LOL
BUT I’ve found recipes we’ve tried, and was inspired to make our menu board because of Pinterest, so at least there’s that 😉
Ha, I’m not on pinterest for the same exact reason: I don’t like “by invitation only” things! But I use the ancestor of pinterest (which hasn’t had the success it deserved, unlike pinterest, even though it works more or less the same way): vi.sualize.us. You can follow my “pins” here, if you’d like to have a look: http://vi.sualize.us/chloe/
I have a profile but haven’t had the time to play around yet. I actually that think I am following you. Don’t have a favourite board yet but I’m guessing that there would be a board for knitting and one for gift crafts seeing that I’m going to be making Christmas gifts this year instead of buying them. Will make time to play around this weekend.
Since I haven’t been invited to Pinterest, thanks for the tip of the other site Chloe! I’m going to try them. I like the visual way of saving things!