Pinterest is Your Friend

Does the World Wide Web sometimes seem too big?  Have some of your searches gotten out of control?  Do you need some inspiration?  Try Pinterest. 

I think of Pinterest as a visual “Favorites”.  But technically, it is a virtual pin board.   I create theme boards and pin images from the web (web pages, photo storing sites, blogs and even other pinterest boards).  That is a pretty basic description, but it can still be confusing.  

The power behind the concept is big, and I am a novice user.  For example, instead of searching the WWW for ideas, I search Pinterest.   One advantage is that the search results are visual and I can immediately see if it is what I am interested in.  Then the fun begins.  Each result sends me to someone’s board that may have other related ideas.  Then those board pins link to websites.  Oh My.  That’s when I get lost.
 
Let me share with you some of my adventures in the Land of Pinterest.  Let’s start with crafts.  One of my craft passions/obsessions is recycled crafts.  I like to use discarded items, such as paper for paper beads, toilet paper rolls for scrolling, shells for silver leafing, pop tabs for necklaces.  The list goes on and on.   I saw this inspirational pin from allthingspaper.net.

Next I started saving toilet paper rolls.  Eventually I had enough to create this. It frames the boring bathroom medicine cabinet.

Remember the newspaper Christmas trees from a previous post?  Yep, I got the idea from blog.maggiemakes.com on  Pinterest.

Currently I am working on creating chain maille from pop tabs to make a tote, based on a pin from PopTopLady's Etsy site.   I would never have thought this up myself.  It is taking a while, so don’t look for me showing these off soon.

Pinterest is not just for crafts.  I have a board of recipes.   I found this recipe for Orange Jello Shots on Pinterest.   I live in Florida…what a fun starter to serve visitors.

Not all recipes are edible.  I  found a recipe for homemade laundry soap from Being Creative (To Keep My Sanity) blog and am currently on my second batch…good stuff.

Interested yet?  Come on, start your own adventure at Pinterest...I dare you.