For The Love Of Pinterest
I tried to resist, I really did.
I thought, "I don't need another place to mess around online."
And maybe I still don't really need another place to visit online, but Pinterest is really serving a purpose.
The purpose is inspiration.
Color inspiration. Type inspiration. Memory keeping inspiration. Cooking inspiration. Clothing inspiration. Home inspiration. Inspiring words. And stuff I just love.
It's a site to categorize and keep all those inspiring ideas in one place.
I see things online I want to remember and I "pin" them to my "boards." This is my favorite way to use it - as a home for things I'd like to remember or revisit all in one place.
I also see other cool things people are "pinning" and "re-pin" them to my own boards for safe keeping.
My collection of inspiration is growing. And just like many things, I've already gone through a couple phases. Right now I'm in the "this is super great" phase especially as we head into the holiday season. A quick search for Fall or Halloween or Christmas brings up so many fun ideas and eye-candy.
Are you on Pinterest?
A really big thank you for your kindness and support on my What Is Real Now post.
YES!! I love Pinterest for all those same reasons - I'm no longer tearing things out of magazines or copying/pasting/printing things for my inspiration folders (Yay for the trees!). The website/concept is amazing....genius, really! It has also become a joke in our circle of friends. I've gotten all of the women hooked and the men poke fun at us by saying 'pin it' to everything we say :) I feel indebted to the creators of Pinterest - I it SO MUCH MORE than Facebook!!
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I just caught onto it myself maybe a month ago - so many great ideas and inspiration out there. It's so addicting but a fabulous way to organize all those little things you see that you hope to remember!
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i LOVE pinterest. And can you believe it, i got my husband todd on pinterest. he was dying a thousand deaths over it, but it has helped us SO much coordinate our thoughts and ideas as we are planning to build a house next year. would it be weird if i asked our architect to go in pinterest? hahahaha.
I have been on Pinterest for ages and am using it to file everything I can in prepartion for building a new house in 2-3 year time. I totally expect our selected architect to be prepared to get on Pinterest to see what I have. So much easier to maintain than endless folders and files of clippings. One of the really interesting things for me is just looking at an overview of a board - say for example kitchen - and seeing the similarity in colour schemes in the pins. It has helped me realise specifically what I like in the greater scheme of things as well as finding tiny details.
I love that Jenni - totally makes sense to me!
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Love it -- used to use tumbler, but love the organization of Pinterest. Now, I need to stop GATHERING ideas and start MAKING some of them!
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I tried to resist too, spend to much time blogghopping as it is. But it is a great source of inspiration. Love it. I will be following you too.
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Oooo, scary. Ali how are you in my head challening my thoughts? This is exactly what I have been thinking about Pinterest in the last week since I started using it... I resisted for a long time - I think it was a pick on PRT months ago and gets mentioned regularly - and I can see why. Love, love, love it for organising my creative mind. For bringing other people's inspiration to me. For the beautiful things all right there on one page. Brilliant!
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Yes gulity as charged. Its just a wonderful source of inspiration and just a wonderful place to get a bolt of mojo when your in a need of it. :)
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I am! on Pinterest i.e. I love not only seeing what others Pin, but find it a great place to store scrapbooking layouts I like since I can add a word that shows WHY I copied it. Plus the link-backs are just perfect for showing the details and the products used.
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Okay so I'm such a lagger...I had no idea what pinterest was until I read this. I love this idea! I have all of my stuff shoved into a photo folder right now. However I went to their site and got confused...guess I'll stay behind the times haha
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I want to start on pinterest but I'm wondering how it works - guess I'll have to just take the plunge and try it. it looks like fun!!
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Love Pinterest. All my wish I could, someday I will and yes I am going to do this lists are there waiting! They are ready when I am ready...love that. Best part is some of my wish I could, have been done! Pinterest is a visual person's best friend.
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I felt the same way! I'm on there and I LOVE it. Definately my new place for searching when I am looking for some inspiration. It is like everyone's favorites on the internet. If anyone is hesitating - DON'T!
http://pinterest.com/kellyxenos/
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Addicted to Pinterest!! I love it!! Great inspiration.
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I joined Pinterest about a month ago, and I love it! I just did a blog post about it yesterday. I'm also using it as a go-to place for a Christmas wish list. :)
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No, I'm not although I am hearing more and more about it.
I've actually never been on it because like you ---I'm thinking I don't need another place to mess around online.
But I've got a question---
for example I see a layout on your website that I'd like to 'pin'---could I do that on pinterest?
Yes. The main thing to do is to make sure that you pin it to the "original source" - like the actual post it was posted in on my blog. That way when someone clicks on your pin they will be taken back to the original source.
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I love organizational tools and pinterest is one of the best! And it's educational- really! Only slightly addicting...
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I'm a dork. I still don't "get it". But sure is fun to look at other people's favorite stuff!
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i just received my invitation last night. now what? i am almost afraid but it was seeing kelly purkey's pin boards that got me thinking about what kind of christmas loveliness i might find and then one thing led to another and i found myself requesting an invitation. i have yet to pin anything but i know it is coming. i can feel it! love your boards, ali.
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Just checked out pinterest and love it...however, I'm doing something wrong b/c I can't get things to PIN. Any suggestions?
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Just requested my Pinterest invite, looks like a great way to keep track of wonderful inspiration, thanks so much for sharing!
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You bet! I love it for the same reasons...so many fun, inspiring people, places and things out there.
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I am a designer by trade, so Pinterest is fantastic for inspiration of all sorts. I follow your boards, Ali, which I love, by the way. I spend entirely too much time on their website, but it is absolutely a tool that I put to good use daily.
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I.ABSOLUTELY.LOVE.PINTEREST!! It's the next best thing to my iPad. ;)
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Yes, I love pinterest. The challenge is just to not spend more time collecting ideas than actually putting some into practice!:)
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just caved in this week ... :-)
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