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Let Me Pique Your Interest in Pinterest {pinterest}

A few months ago, I decided to let you in on my little secret.  A food blogging friend of mine (The Noshery) had invited me to Pinterest back in the fall, and I had kept the secret to myself long enough.  So I shared with you in this post a video tutorial on how to use Pinterest.  Since that time, hardly a day goes by that I don’t get an email asking for an invite to Pinterest.  Peeps, if you have a facebook or twitter account you can get IMMEDIATE access to the site with the link included on that post.  Go on over and click it if you want in! However, I must warn you that it’s just a wee bit addictive :).  You have instant access into everyone’s tumblr files all at once!  Additional warning: Like all great online tools, you might not care for some images that pop up before you but there are ways to filter what you see.

Here are some of the fabulous things I found on Pinterest today:

Gallery wall to hide the light switch, doorbell, and thermostat. Brilliant!

The Little Things

Wreath made from varying sizes of PVC pipes.

Today’s Nest

Toilet paper origami.  Wouldn’t it be fun to go over to a friend’s house and do this in their guest bathroom? 🙂

My flip flops are always a mess.  Here is a tutorial on how to create adorable hangers for your flip flops and flats!  I love this!
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When I did my gardening post last week, many of you mentioned succulents as being very easy to care for.  I found this living succulent wreath last week on Pinterest and tweeted/facebooked about it.  But it is so lovely it deserves another mention.  

Prudent Baby

Here’s a cleaning tip on how to easily fill up your mop bucket!  Use your dustpan as a funnel. 
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Another ingenious tip found on Pinterest: Use bread bag clips to organize your cords behind your entertainment unit or desktop computer.

Re-nest

DIY fishscale wall made from cardstock circles spraypainted gold and hung with tacks.

Kara Paslay Designs
So have I piqued your Pinterest yet? 🙂  You can follow all your favorite bloggers and friends and see what they are pinning.  Click here to get the invite.  (By the way, Pinterest isn’t paying me to push their crack on you.  I just like to share a good thing when I find it!  Isn’t that what friends are supposed to do?)

Happy pinning!
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  3. I need your help! I know I emailed you this question months ago but I can’t find the email. I haven’t been blooging or Pinteresting much. Now that I am back into it I am wanting to know exactly how to take a picture FROM pinterest and use it on MY blog. I have googled and googled to figure it out and now I am google eyed. Please help me in detail. Thanks Beth 😉

  5. I LURV YOU! I have been trying to get an invite to pinterest for a while now. YEAH!! I'm off for summer break so it's perfect timing…now I can live on pinterest! Thanx!

  6. Wow! You've got me hooked!

    I actually did that whole hide-the-thermostat-with-a-photo-wall-thing with a collage of my children. Works wonders!

  9. Just what I need another addiciton…lol

    Cool ideas huh ???

    Kathy 🙂

  12. Yup, I am Pinterested too lol. I look at it quite often as well…what do you mean….addicted HAHA

  13. I have been using it for a couple of weeks and I love it! It makes keeping the things I want to do organized so much better than bookmarks!

  14. ~ * ♥ * ~

    Gah! Thanks for posting the invite Beth! I toddled over to Pinterest earlier this week only to be told I was "in line for an invite"…

    I am so excited to start checking it out. The pictures you put up were awesome! Great ideas. 😀

    xox,
    bonita of Depict This!
    ~ * ♥ * ~

  17. Okay, seriously–there were some good ideas there that I wanna try out!

  18. I've had an account(thanks to your original post) but JUST started to get into it this week. So.darn.addictive.
    Needless to say… I'm getting nothing done!

  19. I've had an account(thanks to your original post) but JUST started to get into it this week. So.darn.addictive.
    Needless to say… I'm getting nothing done!

  20. Just got an invite this week & still trying to figure out how to navigate it! Definitely going to have to check out your video tutorial!! You found some great stuff!! Love those hangers for the flip flops & that dust pan funnel…GENIOUS!!

  21. Pinterest is definitely sweeping the web! I am a recent discovered of the site and am COMPLETELY addicted! I feel like it's how I waste the majority of my time now haha.
    Jenn @ Going the Distance

  22. I just discovered Pinterest and have to say I'm addicted already! What a fabulous site. The headquarters is just down the road from me. Wouldn't it be a great place to work?!

  23. Awesome inspiration! I guess I haven't figured out what the easiest way to use it is?

    I'm really working on it this week though. 🙂

  24. I love Pinterest, but put myself on restriction until after my daughter's graduation next week– too much of a time sucker!! Boo hoo. 😉

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