I signed up for Pinterest a while back, but I hadn't really spent too much time there -until last night. Oh my! This site is so addictive!!
What is Pinterest? It's a site that makes it easy for you to collect, save, and share all your interests from across the web. You organize all your beautiful finds from across the internet on 'pinboards' - kinda like virtual bulletin boards that you pin photos and recipes and ideas to. You can have as many pinboards as you want and pin as many things to them as you want. People use Pinterest to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, organize their favorite recipes, collect craft ideas, and so much more. You can save gift lists, wish lists, inspirational words, fashion ideas, menu ideas, whatever you want.
The addictive part is when you start looking at other people's pins. Browse pins and pinboards created by other people, discover new things, get inspiration, re-pin the ones you like, and it goes on and on and on. It's really hard to stop! You can follow your friends to see what they pin as well as finding new friends who share your interests.
I'm loving it. I'm collecting recipes I want to try, handy household tips, craft ideas that I might actually try one of these days or at least have one of my friends make for me, household decoration ideas, and all kinds of other things. Check out my boards. It's one of the easiest ways ever to save everything that catches my eye and all the stuff I want to try or look at more closely later. I added the button to my toolbar so I can quickly pin from anywhere. What's great about it is that it's very visual - you end up with a whole board/page of pictures - NOT just a list of words and links - and it's easy to see what caught your eye in the first place.
Pinterest is free to join, but you will have to request an invite first. Trust me, you want to!