Pinterest Addict?

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  • saverys_gal
    saverys_gal Posts: 808 Member
    Guilty! I've found so many new recipes on there. Granted I still Google recipes, but it's nice to wander through Pinterest not looking for anything in particular and have something totally strike your fancy!!
  • geonbaeLeilee
    geonbaeLeilee Posts: 606 Member
    Pinterest is a drug! I have so many craft and home projects lined up, I'll be busy until 2016!
  • daisiemae123
    daisiemae123 Posts: 277 Member
    Guilty! I love that when I see an idea I can pin it so I don't forget for a later date and it keeps me from having to remember where I saw something. I am also one of those who has created "the board" to keep track of the things I have tried.
  • serena569
    serena569 Posts: 427 Member
    If I has $1 for every wedding idea I've pinned, I could pay off the national debt.
  • carmenstop1
    carmenstop1 Posts: 210 Member
    I love Pinterest, but I do have to laugh at myself and the irony of how I pin one thing about health and fitness and the next pin is one about a very fattening cheesecake....maybe one day after I lose the weight I can eat the cheesecake!!!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Guilty as charged! It's so addicting!! BUT....the pictures of all the delicious recipes make my mouth water and the DIY crafts makes me feel like I could put that together...and 9 times out of 10 it never looks like it's supposed to. LOL.

    I once stumbled across a website that posted people's pinterest projects that didn't quite turn out like the pin. It was pretty funny. I can't remember what it was though.

    I love pinterest. I use it to pin fashion (although not as much as I thought I would), recipes (a lot - and I have made quite a few of them), workout ideas/tips that I want to incorporate at a later time. I've pinned home decor ideas. I am actually working on a series of paintings based on some items I pinned for decorating. It's so much easier than having 50 trillion bookmarks to sort through. I can go ok, I need a dinner recipe. I go to my dinner board and see pics and decide what looks good. Rather then read through a ton of bookmarks trying to find somehting.
  • RubyRed8067
    RubyRed8067 Posts: 301
    Wish they had a "did" button on Pinterest
  • klab11
    klab11 Posts: 7 Member
    Let's just say if pinning was a work out then I would be ripped!
  • Kvanstrom
    Kvanstrom Posts: 11
    LOVEEEE IT. However, just tried to use it, and it won't let me repin anything. Weird. Must be a temp bug.
  • lovensunshine
    lovensunshine Posts: 11 Member
    Kinda....I only have 1400 pins, but I feel I'm a success because I have more followers than I follow. My mother in law has over 50k pins. Now she is addicted. She is a hoarder in real life, so I should not be surprised.
  • tabnmyq
    tabnmyq Posts: 10 Member
    Hehe I was addicted the first day I went on it :wink:
  • FitToFifty
    FitToFifty Posts: 164 Member
    I am wearing my "cut t-shirt scarf" as I type this :laugh: My husband looks at it this morning and says...I don't know that I like that - it looks like a cut up t-shirt...I told him to stuff it!!
  • mandilwebb
    mandilwebb Posts: 13 Member
    Let's just say if pinning was a work out then I would be ripped!

    THIS. Exactly this! My husband calls me Pinterest Queen on a regular basis :)
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    ::raising hand:: Addict here. I use it to pin recipes and beauty/fashion stuff. Every week I make one new Pinterest recipe and have found so many that the family loves. Even found some that were complete duds. LOL.

    I get on nightly during my wind-down time before bed.

    But like someone else said, I think its funny when I pin a healthy recipe or a workout, then turn around and pin something with a gazillion calories.
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    Yes, Yes, Oh Yes! :tongue: I really Dig the workouts!
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I am wearing my "cut t-shirt scarf" as I type this :laugh: My husband looks at it this morning and says...I don't know that I like that - it looks like a cut up t-shirt...I told him to stuff it!!

    OMG!!!! Too funny!!!!
  • opalescence
    opalescence Posts: 413 Member
    I received the invite when the site first launched but never signed up because I knew what would happen... last week I finally signed up and I was right. Death to my free time...
  • Mrsmartin61
    Mrsmartin61 Posts: 67 Member
    I just recently started looking at Pinterest!
    Oh my - but there is a lot to see; just might go over my monthly internet allowance! hehe!

    :love:
  • ChangeIsADecision
    ChangeIsADecision Posts: 709 Member
    I once stumbled across a website that posted people's pinterest projects that didn't quite turn out like the pin. It was pretty funny. I can't remember what it was though......

    Here's the one I knew about: http://pinstrosity.blogspot.com/
  • ChangeIsADecision
    ChangeIsADecision Posts: 709 Member
    I am wearing my "cut t-shirt scarf" as I type this :laugh: My husband looks at it this morning and says...I don't know that I like that - it looks like a cut up t-shirt...I told him to stuff it!!

    I DID THE T-SHIRT Scarf too!!!!!

    T-ShirtScarf.jpg
  • ChangeIsADecision
    ChangeIsADecision Posts: 709 Member
    potential time suck that could be used for more productive things.

    Except for the fact that I've found countless healthy recipes on Pinterest, learned how to clean the house with fewer chemicals and found some nice things to decorate my home. Plus, it makes for a nice distraction when traveling. We can't all work and workout 24/7/365.

    AMEN SISTER!!! :smile:
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
    i just went to a Pinterest party on Saturday!! LOVE it!
    What does one do at a Pinterest party? Did you make crafts from the site or something?

    I love it too...I've found some cool *kitten* on that site! :love:

    My BFF hosted. We brought supplies (if you wanted) and an idea to make something. She had food and wine. We started at 6 and ended at 1am. We made cards, ornaments, ruffled tree skirt, clay figures. We did have Pinterest open in case we needed it.
  • KatieMae75
    KatieMae75 Posts: 391 Member
    *Waves* I'm not a very crafty person, but I use mine for recipes, oragnizing ideas, and science stuff. There's several things I've found on there that I use around the house that have been very handy. A while back, the "Crap Basket" pin was popular. I used that one and not only do I not know how I lived without it, I wonder why I didn't come up with it myself. Some of the things on there are brilliantly simple.
    http://pinterest.com/katiemae75/
  • pixtotts
    pixtotts Posts: 552 Member
    I LOVE it! :D
    doesnt seem to work on firefox for me any more though :( BOO!
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    I like it for the fitness inspiration mainly. (Although one of the people I've subscribed to is too much into running for my liking.)
  • hofdog
    hofdog Posts: 269 Member
    The demographic of this thread is interesting for Pinterest (I work in Marketing).
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    Yes, I think I have like 2,000 pins or something.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    The demographic of this thread is interesting for Pinterest (I work in Marketing).

    :D Only two blokes including myself said they are on Pinterest. Oops.
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
    Today I used a pin from Pinterest to make leg warmers out of sweaters for my 13 year old daughter for Christmas. Hubs said "Hands off mine!" (lol) so I went to Value Village and got some $3.99 sweaters, cut off the arms, hemmed them, added an elastic piece for under each foot, and voila! Saw them at a craft show this past weekend for $15/pair. LOVIN' the $aving$!
  • KatieMae75
    KatieMae75 Posts: 391 Member
    The demographic of this thread is interesting for Pinterest (I work in Marketing).

    I think that has to do with the fact that when someone hears Pinterest, they automatically think "crafts". But, anyone on it knows that it can be so much more. I know quite a few guys who are on it, but I don't think they would reply to this thread. I'm kind of a tomboy, so personally I like a little testosterone in my pin mix.

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