Pinterest.

I heard about the website Pinterest maybe a month or two ago, and signed up even though I didn't really even know what it was. All I knew was that there were a lot of creative types on there that were in love with it (yeah, I was a follower...). Anyway, I signed up for it and then didn't look at it again until recently.

Basically, Pinterest lets you bookmark pictures on websites and share your bookmarks with others. For example, someone who loves food could bookmark a picture on a food blog of a cupcake, and someone who follows them can click on that link and see the original blog post. Or, someone might have a board of things they find on Etsy that they like, and that person's followers can see it too.

I bookmark pages all the time, but sometimes I forget what things are and don't even bother clicking on it. Now, I can bookmark things and see them visually. Lately, I've been looking at a lot of design blogs. Now, I've started bookmarking pictures I'm in love with so I can go back and look at them later.

For example, this picture I found on Design Sponge today:

 

This dresser has my name all over it. The colors, the amount of distressed details, everything about this screams "Laura" to me. I must replicate this. Normally, I would bookmark it in Firefox, and then later probably not be able to find it by the name of the blog post. I would be sad, and either have to spend forever going through the Design Sponge archives or just admit defeat. Now, I can see it in my visual bookmark on Pinterest by going to my "Furniture" board and finding it.

What I also love is that I can follow other people who I think have great taste. I can't spend all day searching the Internet for things I'd find awesome, but I can easily scan the latest pinned photos by people that I follow.

Are you on Pinterest? My page is here. I've hardly bookmarked anything so far, but you can be sure that will change in the near future.