Ouf. Monday.
A co-worker of mine once said, “The best of Monday is being on Pinterest and pretending it’s not Monday.”
Yup. That sounds about right.
Are you on pinterest? I can’t get off it. Sometimes I blame it for zapping my creativity (too much looking – not enough doing) but I’m not fighting it right now. I love Pinterest and Pinterest loves me. And while it is wonderful to have a feed full of new ideas and input from hundreds of people, there are a few I find myself pinning over and over (Want to know who you repin the most? Look in the upper right corner of your profile page). There are oodles of amazing people on Pinterest, but these five keep coming up time and again.
Disclaimer: I don’t know any of these people, I just feel like I know them based on their taste in jewelry and brownie recipes.
Bink & Boo. When I see something on Pinterest and think SWEET-N-SOUR JESUS I WANT THAT, there’s about an 70% chance Bink & Boo was the one to pin it. I dig her style. She has better taste than me but it’s all still funkadelic. Great eye for pattern. Vibrant. Clever. Happy. Her pin boards just feel good.
Toshiko is the great curator of what I would call light handed crafts (the opposite being heavy handed crafts, something that plagues Pinterest and my second bedroom). She ferrets out projects that are personal and thoughtful….dare I say “artistic” rather than cute or crafty or holiday-specific. There is something delicate and artful in everything she pins, which is something I admire to no end.
Amber Interiors. If Penny lane from Almost Famous grew up and became an interior decorator, Amber might be it. Very cool. Very California. Some great ethnic Etsy and Ebay finds mixed in with high-end design. Contemporary, but not intimidating. She also has great hair. I’m so jealous.
Speaking of decorators…Black & Spiro is the store belonging to Anna Spiro, the Australian decorator I would probably be stalking if she did not live in Australia. I know that sounds cute, but really, no, it’s a good thing we don’t live on the same continent because I would probably be rifling through her garbage looking for buried treasure. Then I’d get arrested. Thank goodness I can keep tabs on her via Pinterest, because that is way less creepy.
Lefa has a tremendous eye for color. And even though she puts out a high volume of pins, I can usually spot her stuff before I see her name just based on the vibe. Colorful. Craftabulous. Retro kitsch. Uplifting.
Looking for more folks? Here are five more folks I mentioned a couple years ago. And hay! I’m on Pinterest too.
PS: I doubled my boards over the last year, so if you are already following, now might be a good time to drop by and “follow all.” Or not. I won’t be offended if you don’t like my pins. Speaking of offended, two points of Pinterest etiquette worth mentioning…
1. When you pin from a website, remember that the person who runs that site can see your pin comments and description when they run a search (we do that on occasion). If you pin something with a description that reads “Yuk! Who would make/do/eat/wear this?” The site admin is going to see it. And if it’s someone me, they’re probably going to comment on it and call your rudeness in front of your friends. So yeah, don’t do that.
2. It’s considered rude to copy the whole of a post’s text/instructions/recipe and paste it into the description. Instead, just use the description to entice people to click through and read the info directly on the site.
So that is what I know. Do you have any favorite folks you are following on Pinterest? If you do, leave a link to their profile in the comments (feel free to leave your profile link as well and then we can all follow each other and get a bit of a party going on. K? K!)
Sarah Holis
My boards are all wedding stuff but I love following the Katie Brown Workshop show: http://www.pinterest.com/kbworkshop/.
Aunt Peaches
Yes, I follow her (them?) too. Used to see her show on PBS too but it’s been a while.
Deb
I’m not a hard-core pinner. I use Pinterest as a place to store ideas. I have a nice craft board pinned with “to do” things. Those are the things that I’d love to do but will never get a round tuit. The cheesecake recipe I pinned, now that’s going to be done next month.
Aunt Peaches
That’s just how I started on Pinterest. Just a place to store ideas….then I started going to it more often. And more often. Now every time I’m in line waiting Im on my phone on Pinterest. It’s addictive!
Amy Albanese
I’m a Pinterest addict, there I said it! I had a conversation with a family member over Easter dinner about the amount of money I would be willing to spend to feed that addiction if it ever came down to paying for the service, which I’m sure it will at some point all good things do right?
And thank you for this post, as it makes me feel less crazy about the imaginary friendships I have with people I follow on pinterest.
http://www.pinterest.com/ala77/
Aunt Peaches
Now following you, Amy!
I had a similar conversation with someone not that long ago about Pinterest — but I don’t think it’ll require us to pay, but just the opposite — I think we will be paid to pins. I think companies will figure out a way to track our pins and turn it into promotions “show us 5 pins about chicken to your followers for $3 off your next bucket of KFC!” or people with a certain # of followers will qualify for clubs where they can get free product samples or something. It’s a word of mouth economy — advertisers and people pushing products see pinterest as a super effective, low-cost way to spread the word. I worry it will corrupt what make sit fun in the first place.
Sollfire
Recently wrote a little blog of my own about “pinning”… hope you enjoy… thing is, we’re on opposite ends of the spectrum, in this regard!
http://nickicarm.blogspot.com/2014/03/ive-been-pinned.html
Cheers, Auntie Peaches!
Aunt Peaches
Hmmm… I don’t look at people’s Pinterest board as a blog, I see it as a sort of bulletin board of recommendations and favorite things. My #3 source of traffic comes from people pinning my posts for their friends and followers to see. Probably nine out of the last ten blogs I started following came as the result of me stumbling in from something I saw on Pinterest. It’s just a great resource for sharing! Maybe not for everyone, but I love it. 🙂
Sollfire
No… definitely not “a blog”… we agree on that!
Anonymous
My name is Helen and I’m a Pin-aholic. http://www.pinterest.com/helbomck/
I follow you, but more boards.. I’m on my way!
Aunt Peaches
I’m following you now, Helen!
Anonymous
i don’t get why its bad to include the info in the description. if it can save me a click im all for it!
Aunt Peaches
So here is the thing, bloggers (not all, but many) earn income from advertisers based on their monthly # of pageviews. Every time someone clicks on my page, I get a fraction-of-a-fraction of a cent. Those clicks add up. Enough to cover your mortgage – probably not. Enough to cover the cost of hosting fees, supplies, digital storage, and a bunch of other expenses related to running a blog (not including time) – probably, yes. So, while clicking through to read the content directly on the site might be a hassle for you, it’s not a lot to ask in exchange for that free content offered up in the first place.
For the record or for anyone else reading this who did not know, this also goes for reading site content via email, tablets, or feed readers that block advertising. I’m not saying these things are bad, I’m saying if you want to support the bloggers who work hard to provide a steady flow of free content – take a sec to read their content directly on their site and not through some third party application.
*stepping off my soap box*
Natalie Galbraith
Ok, am very confused because I am also a pinaholic and I started following you (Aunt Peaches) a long time ago but on the one I have of you with your photo you have four boards but NONE of them have anything pinned to them? Have I got the wrong you and is somebody copying you because as we all know there can be only one Aunt Peaches?! This is the address: http://www.pinterest.com/kscaletta2/
Aunt Peaches
Sorry, I know who that is but that’s not me.
Natalie Galbraith
Oops read down to the bottom and found YOU… sorry… xx
Melissa@Julias Bookbag
I was already following you!! Here’s me, my boards are the bees knees, just sayin’….
http://www.pinterest.com/juliabookbag/
I also love Sarah Kieffer from Vanilla Bean Blog! http://www.pinterest.com/threadedbasil/
Aunt Peaches
Now following you both!
Melissa@Julias Bookbag
woooo! let the pinning party begin! 😉
Jonathan Milott
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heidi
My pinterest is http://www.pinterest.com/heidiatdollop/ such a fun idea– PIn Party!
PEACHES
now following you!
Laurinda
Hi, my name is Lauri, & I’m a Pin-aholic, & I don’t want a cure! I follow/stalk you on Pinterest & Facebook, because I’d hate to miss anything! I’m here- http://www.pinterest.com/laurpud/