Guest Post: Pinterest for Inspiration

Pinterest for Inspiration

If you’ve never heard of pinterest before, you must have been living under a rock for the last year. It has become the fastest growing social media platform ever, and recently came out of beta testing, meaning you no longer need an invite from someone to join, you can just sign up.

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From the pinterest about page

Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.

Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.

What can pinterest be used for?

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The beauty of pinterest is that if you can think of an idea, someone has pinned something about it before. Using the search bar and creating new boards, you can keep all your inspiration in one place. I’ve created boards after spotting red velvet and cake pops and food in jars trends using these methods.

I’ve used pinterest for research (I’ve got an idea) and gathering information (bloggy bloggy) and making others smile (laugh and the whole world laughs too) and remembering words (read this, wise words).

But what’s next?

After pinning randomly for several months, and starting to see the same things come around again, I asked myself the same question “why was I pinning all this stuff?” I would probably never build a cubby house for my kids, or cook amazing meals or sew amazing quilts. Then why was I doing it?

In 2012, I chose DO as my One Little Word (you can read more about One Little Word on Ali Edwards blog), so I knew that I had to actually start DOing. That’s how Less Pinterest More Do was born. Now, when I spend hours on pinterest, I can say it’s for research! You can see all the things I’ve been inspired to create by checking here.

A word of warning

If you are inspired by images, pinterest can suck away your day!

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Cate is an Australian who blogs about life behind the purple door. When she isn’t procrastinating on pinterest, she’s learning about scouting, or baking awesome recipes she pinned from pinterest. She is also obsessed with Christmas, and knows that it is only 128 sleeps until the fat man visits. If you’re obsessed with Christmas, why not consider writing a guest post? Find all the information on her blog or facebook page.

Thank you Cate for such a wonderful post!  I love finding inspirations daily and Pinterest is a wonderful place to be inspired!  Cate and I met during the Blogging Olympics, hosted by Caylie from Better Business Better Life. 

If you haven't check out pinterest yet, then there are some fantastic links in this post to get started. Just be prepared Cate isn't stretching the truth, you are highly likely to spend hours enjoying the smorgasbord of images found there.