If you haven't heard of "pinning", well you my friend are behind the times. It's the latest and greatest social media site. IMO. You can find it at www.pinterest.com, but I must warn you that it's EASY to get in and really hard to leave. You will lose hours upon hours in there. You have been warned.
Basically Pinterest is on online filing system where you can create "boards" and "pin" ideas to them. These ideas are pictures and links to other websites where you see something you like and want to reference later. So let's say you are looking for cute fall boots, who isn't, and you find a few killer pair that you just have to have BUT you don't have the money at the moment or what have you. You can then "pin" said boots to a board that you might entitle Cute Shoes. This way when you have the time to order them or the money, you can quick link back and buy them. Sounds great right?!? I'm pretty sure that is what the site was intended for, but there is a darker side. The dark side is that you can get lost in pinning and be there ALL day. Seriously, I have killed several hours there just pinning away.
So now you might ask, "Shannon. How many things have you pinned that you have actually baked or bought or styled after?" And the answer is, sadly few. I have made a few recipes that I have seen, sure, but those $2500 Louboutin shoes, yeah, that isn't happening. Facts are that I am WAY cooler on Pinterest that in my real life.
If you were to look at my boards you will see so many gorgeous shoes and rooms and makeup tips and ideas that I will never, ever, execute or buy. But that is kind of the fun of it too. And what is also fun is that you can follow friends, or businesses or celebs and see what they are pinning. And then you can re-pin their pins OR perhaps someone will re-pin your pin. Then my friend, you have arrived. I get so excited when I get an email that something I have pinned has been re-pinned. And I don't want to brag, but I have one pin alone that has been re-pinned by others 226 times. That's right people 226 times!!!! It's like I am Pinterest royalty! And I haven't even mentioned that I have 266 followers and I only know a handful of them in real life. It's the little things. And that is why I am cooler online, because in real life I haven't even bought the shirt that 226 others love so much. And the fitness and beauty boards...well I never exercise, ever and my beauty regimen is pretty basic. I have yet to even attempt a real smokey eye, but I can sure pin the crap out of one! And my home will never be at stylish as my For The Home board and any cleaning tips I have pinned, I probably haven't tried. I mean I do the mad 5:00pm dash around here trying to make it look like I did something. And why didn't I do something? Well I was too busy pinning clean houses to clean mine, silly. ;)
So feel free to check me out on Pinterest Shannon's Pinterest I'm always open to new followers. And feel free to disregard all that was said above and truly believe and buy into that I am just as cool as my Pinterest boards say I am.
Happy Pinning!
Shannon
