I tried Facebook and other than seeing pictures of the family I just couldn’t get into it. I tried Twitter and felt it was an incredible interruption for which I wasn’t garnering a whole lot of useful information. I rate myself pretty much a failure at social media — it just doesn’t seem to be how my brain and personality work.
Enter Pinterest. I had heard of it, but never really examined the site. I was researching ideas for mu DIY projects realized I was running into a lot of images from Pinterest that would link to the original blog or article that explained the process. It was love at first site. I am a very visual person — don’t tell me about a project, show me a picture. Better still, demonstrate how you did it. Maybe that’s why the one form of social media that seems to really work well for me is Pinterest.
Talk about a great filing system for visual images — set up a board on a particular topic (mine so far are storage ideas, decor ideas, recipes and how to for cleaning, how to (instructions), camping, garden and outdoors, cool products, sewing, crochet, entertaining, and holiday decor as can be seen at pinterest.com/IamTheDIYGirl/boards/. When you find a picture or technique that you love just Pin It and it’s saved to the appropriate board so you can easily find it later. It’s a great big filing cabinet filled with pictures that most often lead to how to do it. I am truly in love.
So I’ve added the pin it button to my browser and am working at making my post images more Pinterest friendly. Big thank you to the folks at Pinterest — what a great idea. But an even bigger thanks to the people who pin all the great ideas.
