Pin It Forward UK

Unless you've been living under a large, hard, stone thing that looks incredibly like a rock for the past year or so, you're probably going to know what Pinterest is or at the very least, heard of it. If you don't know what Pinterest is then let me tell you that it is an online tool that helps you collect and organise all the things you love - kind of like an online scrapbook. Let me also tell you it's just a teensy-bit addictive. (I may be lying actually...it's HUGELY addictive!).

So yeah, Pinterest. You create "boards" about anything you like, onto which you can "pin" things from all over the internet or even from within Pinterest itself - I spend an awful lot of time checking out other peoples boards when I should be doing something more productive. Of course, being a food lover I pin lots of food ideas to my boards including my own home cooking but I also have many other boards for home inspiration, craft ideas, a board that covers my love for the Duchess of Cambridge (slightly random maybe) and one that helps me compile the shortlist for my future husband (Justin Timberlake, Brandon Flowers, Ryan Gosling and Leonardo DiCaprio are currently in the running). I also have some more specific boards that have themes like sprinkles, cherries, pumpkins, chickens and the evil font that is Comic Sans.  This summer I'm travelling to Italy and France and I'll most certainly be making boards to help me plan that trip and more importantly, the food I shall be hunting out!

I find Pinterest hugely inspiration and I like that it's so visual. Things catch my eye immediately and I can quickly pin them so I can refer back to them later. I've found some amazing things to cook so far and it's introduced me to some truly talented and creative people that I may never have come across otherwise.   One of those is Laura from Keeping Healthy Getting Stylish who will be talking about her love of Pinterest on her blog tomorrow so do check it out.  Laura's blog covers all her passions - healthy delicious food, fitness, fashion, beauty and style and amongst her Pinterest boards she has one full of her own lovely recipes that is well worth having a look at.

If you haven't yet got yourself an account with Pinterest, why not give it a whirl? Sign up via this registration link where you can follow my boards and get yourself pinning!