My love for Pinterest

A few months ago I was searching for ideas for Oliver's first birthday party. I needed a theme, I wanted to make things and given that I'm not very creative at all, I had no idea where to begin. I spent so long searching on Google and seeming to get nowhere! A lot of the search results were from a website called Pinterest. I'm not one for trying new ideas or websites I'm not familiar with, so I was avoiding looking on these pages but in the end I decided that, as a last resort, I'd take a look. Well, I fell in love and I've been hooked ever since.

 

For those of you that aren't familiar, Pinterest is a website that allows you to pin things online, just like a bulletin board, or a notice board if you like. So you set up an account for free and you can then search and pin whatever you like. It saves having to print various pages from the internet or bookmark endless websites. You can also create different boards to pin things to, so you can categorise your pins! As a busy mum who never recovered from baby brain before falling pregnant again, effectively giving me a double dose of it, I find it absolutely invaluable and find myself using it more and more for ideas on just about everything. I've even downloaded the app, which is free, and its on my main screen so I can access it easily.

 

You can literally search for anything and you will find something of interest. I have various boards set up, such as; hair, make up, outfits, toddler activities, home, etc. I'm often searching for recipes, cleaning tips, ideas for storing toys and recently I found some fantastic ideas for storing jewellery for my new dressing table. After using the app for a short time, your home page will be personalised with recommended pins based on your previous searches and pins.

 

I'm so obsessed with the app that when I was telling Dave about it I tried to think of something he would search for so I could show him, no it was nothing dirty, I thought he might like some ideas to help him sort the garage out as he's forever moaning about it, so I searched for garage storage solutions ... and then I spent an hour looking at the results because I was so fascinated at all of the ideas!

 

So whether you're a busy mum, a DIYer, a keen cook or just always on the look out for new ideas, I hope you take a look and find this website/app as fantastic as I do!

 

Thanks for reading, I hope you're all looking forward to the weekend.

Nisha x