Pinning Etiquette

In case you’re not already aware, Pinterest is basically an online bulletin board of your favorite images and videos. It’s social bookmarking with a more visual element, allowing you to organize images — whether that be home decor, design, food, travel, wedding inspiration, the possibilities are really endless — into “pinboards” that you create and categorize.

This "digital pin board" has been around for more than 2 years, but has been making some big buzz this year. Time Magazine calls it, one of the 50 Best Websites of 2011.

Ben Silbermann, Co-founder, Pinterest, 29 years old

What is a Pin?

A pin is an image added to Pinterest. A pin can be added from a website using the Pin It button, or you can upload images from your computer. Each pin added using the Pin It button links back to the site it came from.

Pinning Etiquette

1. Give credit and include a thoughtful pin description.
2. Pin from permalinks.
3. Pin from the original source.
4. Follow boards & like stuff! (ie, interact)
5. Comment when you have something nice to say.

Persnickety's Pin Boards

How to use Pinterest's pinboard for the Web

from adding a price to using the search bar, this article from USA TODAY can surely help.

Why we Pin

{our color board}

Inspiration
Ideas + DIY Tutorials
Site "bookmarking"/check back's
Compilations with Contributors 

{wedding invitations}

We can't wait to see what Pinterest does in 2012. 

Happy Pinning!

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