Pinterest has been keeping me very busy these days! And no, I’m not at all complaining! I try to pin for about 15 minutes each day, and of course, I pin things from blogging friends and from my blog, too! But I wonder if my technique is similar to anyone else’s? (In case you want to see for yourself, you can find me by CLICKING HERE!)
Here are my first 9 boards…
My Recipes – On the Road to Domestication: This one’s pretty obvious
My Projects – On the Road to Domestication: This one’s pretty obvious, too
Our Home Tour – On the Road to Domestication: Okay, third obvious one, right?
Lovely Photos: I pin photos that inspire me, photos that I want to “copy”, and favorite photos that I’ve taken on this board. Oh, and tutorials, tips and tricks, and pretty much anything photo-related.
Sweet Treats: You KNOW I LOVE to bake! So this board is for anything that would be categorized as “baking” or “candy-making” or anything of the sort. Anything SWEET.
Blissful Organization: Organization ideas for all areas of life can be found here! (And thank goodness for Pinterest’s feature that notifies you if you’ve pinned something before! I’d be up the creek without that!) This is one of my favorite boards!
Genius Gardening: One day my yard will look like some of these pins, I promise!
A Variety of Treasures: Sometimes I’m not sure where to place a pin, but I know I want it! Here’s where they go! So you never know what you might find on this board.
Inspiring Quotes: I do love a good quote…or a funny one! I try to update my Facebook once a day with something inspirational, so this is where I keep my treasure trove of quotes.
Here’s another 10!
‘Tis the Season: All things Christmas!
Color Schemes: These help me with designing printables and I also send them to my photography clients to give them ideas for outfits.
It’s all About Love: All things Valentine’s Day!
Risen Indeed: All things Easter!
Non-Sweet Treats: Obviously, this is the board that’s the opposite of the “Sweet Treats” board! So anything that I might make for dinner, anything that’s savory, not sweet, is here!
Gloriously Gluten-Free: Self explanatory, right?
Berries Galore: Remember, I was born and raised in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World! So here are all of my favorite strawberry things!
Lucky Duck: All things St. Patrick’s Day! (St. Patrick’s Day is also my hubby’s birthday!)
Cuppy Cakes: My dream job is to have a cupcake bakery, so this board is dedicated to that!
Tested and Proven: When something I find on Pinterest actually works well for me, I like to share it with everyone! (Because sometimes you never know if a pin will actually WORK or not!
And another 10…
Firecrackers it Is: All things 4th of July!
Future Dwelling Dreams: We all have ideas that we would like to incorporate into our home. One day we hope to build “our dream home”, and these pins are all about that!
Fabulous Fall: All things Fall-ish!
Divine Decor: I get lots of inspiration for my holiday shelf from these pins.
Simply Summertime: All things summer-y!
Rockin’ Crockin’: All things that could be done in the crock pot
Pretty Parties: I love entertaining! So anything that would help with any kind of party I might have is pinned here!
T is for Travel: I LOVE going places. So anything that goes along with that, goes here.
Socially Acceptable: Anything Social Media, SEO, helpful to blogging is pinned here. I really need to take some time to READ all this.
And 10 more…
Just for Me: Sometimes there is something that I see that’s just a little selfish. That I want to remember just for me. Here it is!
The next five are pretty self-explanatory, too: Dining Room, Kitchen, Laundry Room, Garage and Living Room
Springy: All things having to do with Spring!
Free is for Me: Anything free, especially free printables or papers
Two more self-explanatory ones: Bathroom and Closet
And the last 10…
Guest Room/Bath and Office…another two self-explanatory ones!
Placid Pools: Different ideas for above-ground pools
Master Bedroom: Well, yes, that’s what it is!
The Newest Thing: All things New Year’s!
The last four are newer ventures, as you can tell by the number of pins…
Smoothie Queen: Recipes for healthy smoothies!
Third One’s the Charm: Recipes that only use 3 ingredients
Clean as a Whistle: All things cleaning! (Figured I needed a cleaning board since I have an organization one!)
Pop it Like it’s Cake: My mother-in-law bought me a cake-pop pan, so I need to gather some ideas on how to use it!
There you have it! That’s what’s happening over on my Pinterest profile! 48 boards, 6,340 pins, 1,086 followers.
48 BOARDS. My goodness. Is that too many? How many boards do YOU have? How do you organize them? What are your favorite things to pin? I wanna know!
I much prefer to pin “pretty” things, but I end up pinning A LOT. I feel like I am always on Pinterest, too!
That’s why I have to limit myself to 15 minutes a day LOL
I actually don’t spend too much time on Pinterest. I’m afraid I will become addicted and bogged down.
Yes, that was me at first. Then I literally started setting a time for 15 minutes 🙂
The more followers I get, the more I pin. I pin for myself, but I also try to find pins that I think those that follow my boards may like. I try to pin for a few minutes every day, too.
Sounds like a good plan, Alli!
A lot of great boards. I’ve just recently started using pinterest more so I don’t have as many boards yet.
It won’t take you long, Salma!
Hi, my name is Shirley and I am addicted to Pinerest. My addiction is not as bad as it once was but I am on Pinterest several time each day, not for long at a time though. I have 99 boards (OMG!) I shall now schedule some time to consolidate some of those. Pinterest is one of the largest traffic sources to my blog.
Okay, I feel better about my 48 boards now LOL (To be fair, I had more, but I deleted some right before I did this post because I went through and realized that either I wasn’t using them or I didn’t need them anymore). Yes, Pinterest has been AWESOME for my blog!
Wow, you have a lot of boards lol Ok I have no room to talk, between all of my Pinterest accounts…and yes I have multiple…I’m probably pinning to around 40-50 boards. It’s an addiction!
Multiple Pinterest accounts, now that’s an idea! Do you separate business and pleasure, or what are the multiple accounts for, if I may ask?
I have not gotten into the pinning thing yet, I need to though. For some reason it is the one social network that has just not stuck with me.
Well, no need to force it on yourself! Just play a little bit every day for about a week. I’m pretty sure you’ll love it 🙂
46 boards, all arranged alphabetically (I’m only slightly OCD!) and I’m sure there are more to come…. All because Kristen introduced me to Pinterest 😉
Oh dear, I’m sorry! LOL I know you have at least ONE for shoes 🙂
I tend to stay away from Pintrest as once i start i can not stop,Especially if i see any funny quotes or funny pictures lol.
Yes, hence my timer LOL It IS easy to get sucked in!
I’m terrible when it comes to Pinterest. I’m not very organized and never know what to pin. I totally need to stalk you more.
HA!!! Stalk away 🙂
Pinterest is awesome for finding so many great things– but I often get sucked in so far, it’s hard to get out. Following you now.
Aw, thanks for following, Denise! You’re right, it’s hard to get out once you get in – hence my timer 🙂
I am actually not on pinterest! First off I don’t take pictures–and I have enough on my plate with all the reading I do!
HA! I feel ya!
I love pinterest. My most recent board was a board full of inspiration for my daughter’s wedding.
Oh yes, I wish I was on there when I was planning my wedding!
Oh Pinterest I loss track of time FAST there, I like your 15 min rule. Mine is in much need of some organizing, I think more boards the better to keep the pins more specific and not just generic boards. I don’t know that may be my OCD lol.
HA! We all have our OCD, that’s for sure!
Why yes, I do have a board devoted to shoes 😉
LOL
Oh wow you do look very busy. I do not have a pintrest account but it looks like a well worthwhile handful.
I think you would love it!
This post makes me thing, I really need to redo my boards. I love Pinterest so much! Not only for all the recipes, but also the party ideas, and craft tutorials!
Yes! There are endless lovely treasures there!
Ohh I love your idea of doing 15 minutes a day I think I need to try this as I neglect my pinterest to much :/.
It’s kind of like an all or nothing site LOL
I sometimes feel like I don’t know where to place a pin as well. I have tried to reorganize my boards and man that was one heck of a job. You look like you have a very nicely organized pinterest page.
Well, thank you! I try!
I don’t usually do a lot on pinterest, but I do need to get a post I just finished on it. My Daughter loves pinterest.
It’s definitely good for the blog!
I love pinterest! It brings the most traffic to my blog!
Agreed!
I love Pinterest! I agree with everyone else – it’s my number one traffic source too! 🙂
Indeed! We’re all thankful 🙂
I love pinterest too, so much fun and helpful too. I have many boards too. Some obvious, some for special projects and some for things I do not know where to put (like interesting). I also love the just for me board. Sometimes things are a bit private 😉
Yes, that’s true, but they have those secret boards, too! I have three of those. Wouldn’t you like to know?! 🙂
I am have 36 and have not be very active on there these days. I was spending too much time so I deleted the pinterest app on my phone. Now I sometimes forget about Pinterest (not good)!
Oh yes! I feel ya! I don’t do it much on my phone, because it’s harder to see the details! I’m getting old LOL
Oh boy!!! At first I was like, she has a LOT of boards, then I went on my profile, got distracted and started to pin. Forgot when I went there to begin with. Then came back here and realized I was looking to see how many boards I have….lol So far, I have 43 boards lol I’m going to catch up to you soon!
Yes you are indeed! Nothing wrong with that!
I spend a certain amount of time on Pinterest every day too. I think the fact that it is visual appeals to many of us.
That is a very good point!
I get a lot of traffic from Pinterest and I’m always trying to find additional ways to maximize this platform. I am easily distracted by all of the pretty pictures there….
LOL Me too, for sure!
I don’t spend a lot of time on Pinterest these days but I do love it. It’s really become my go-to source for certain things.
I know it! It’s funny, things I used to Google I now go over to Pinterest for!
I think I have about 15 boards, but I’ve been considering breaking them down into smaller boards because some of them have A LOT of pins.
Yeah, that’s how I got so many. I was pinning things to the same board and then I realized that they really needed their own board.
I probably need to spend more time on Pinterest. I use it to promote my site but I don’t usu sally use it beyond that. I recently did a major remodel of my kitchen, living room and garage and I was stalking Houzz all the time, LOL.
Oh yes, I haven’t gotten on Houzz because I’m scared it will suck me in LOL
I honestly don’t get into Pinterest like others do, which is strange based on my profession. But that is exactly why – it’s like image overload for me I and I yearn for words when I am browsing. Your boards looks amazing from these pictures. I hope you don’t mind if I go follow you
I can see where you’re coming from! And yes, I’d love for you to follow me! 🙂
Honestly my boards are a giant mess right now. I desperately need to organize them, but when will I have time?
Ha! In your free time, of course! 🙂 I feel ya!
I have a pinterest account but I never use it! I’m too afraid of how much I’ll love it and I’ll never get off of it! lol! We’re planning to buy a house soon, though, so I may have to get back on to start pinning ideas for our new place! Great job at organizing your boards!!
Amber, I have to say that Pinterest was VERY helpful to me when we were going through the process of buying our house…and still is with house-related stuff! Just put a limit on how much time you spend on there, and you’ll love it!
Once I go on Pinterest, I am on there atleast an hour. I love all the recipes, DIY’s, and tips.
I know, the finds are amazing!!!
Everything we do on the web is time consuming. Pinterest is so addicting, I limit myself as well.
That’s true, everything we do on here IS time consuming!
I have quite a few boards as well, but I like having them organized – I have ones for chicken, seafood, meat, sweets, etc with the food, then all different kinds of crafts.
Oh…breaking down foods like that…great idea!!!
I could spend hours on Pinterest if I had the time! It’s a time-killer!
Yes, that’s why I set a timer LOL