Oh, Pinterest, I Love You
Hello. My name is Helen and I’ve become yet another Pinterest fan.
When I started receiving invites from friends to join Pinterest this summer, I thought “heck no! I don’t need yet another time-suck in my life!” and so I ignored the e-mails. Then a few friends on Facebook started sharing their “pins” and I would click on it and find this whole Pinterest thing confusing. Then the confusion turned into intrigue…
A couple of months later (yes, I resisted for that long) I decided it really might be helpful from a business standpoint, so I e-mailed a friend and asked her to send the invite again. (Tip: If someone personally invites you to Pinterest you’re in immediately, versus being put on the “waiting list” if you request to join directly through the website.)
Ok, so here’s why I love, love, love Pinterest…
Organization:
While Pinterest comes with some suggested “boards” to start you off, you can customize, add and subtract boards to your heart’s content. It rocks! I have my photography inspired blogs divided out by portrait style (I uses these as inspiration for upcoming sessions), I’ve got a board of pins dedicated to various Photography tips and tricks I’ve found, I have a board of things to try (of which I’ve tried one and have the stuff to try another one), I have a board of things that just amuse me (like the pin that tells me the average 4 year old asks 437 questions a day, which means 1311 in this house!), a board for recipes and more.
Here’s the beauty of the whole system – yes, you could spend hours just browsing other people’s pins and repining them to your own boards (like pictures of kitchens none of us will ever be able to afford), BUT you can also add a handy little “Pin It” button to your browser tool bar and then pin things you find on your own while browsing websites. For example, when I find a recipe online, try it and love it, I pin it! This way I won’t have to go through all my book marks to try to find it when I want to make the recipe again. It’s a virtual bulletin board, but instead of being a jumbled mess (unless that’s how you roll), it’s all neatly categorized so you can find things easily down the road.
Ok, so what have I tried on Pinterest that’s so great (besides the photography stuff):
Laundry Soap! I love this homemade laundry soap! It’s far cheaper than the stuff I was buying (even with my super coupon/deal hunting skills) and it gets the kids’ clothes clean. The first time I made it, I only made half a batch just to test it. Last week I made a full batch and we should be set on laundry soap for the next 7 or 8 months and I only paid about $10 for the ingredients.
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