Pinterest has long been a love for me – coming a close second to scrapboooking I discovered it about 3 years ago when I was preparing for my son’d first Birthday…and I never looked back.

For those who aren’t familiar with Pinterest – Its a free photo sharing website, officially described as a catalogue of ideas. You can create a profile and then maintain ‘boards’ which are like folders. In each board/folder, you can ‘pin’ ideas/photos posted by other users and even upload your own.

As you can imagine, its a visual treat. For us scrapbookers, who are visually motivated – it serves as the perfect go to platform.

I have looked to Pinterest for answers to just about everything. I started with my son’s first Birthday and had a rocking party – thanks to Pinterest! When we moved houses, I was looking for decor ideas and many of my walls look good now – thanks to Pinterest. Very recently, I was asked to concentrate on my son’s motor skills development. I opened Pinterest on a whim and was not disappointed! I was pointed to so many activities that I can not complete them all …. at least in this life time! Pinterest to the rescue again!

So why am I talking about it here? On The Digital Press blog? Because I believe, there’s no better source of inspiration for scrapbooking, than The Digital Press Pinterest Board. Its been my first stop for ideas for months and I haven’t looked further.

The Digital Press Board contains beautiful scrap inspration for sure. But what keeps me there are the other boards over and above the inspiration board – which, by the way, is TDP’s most popular board. You can find it here – https://www.pinterest.com/thedigitalpress/scrap-digital-inspiration/

I love the designer boards – getting to know them, their scrap pages. They seem more real then My second favorite is ‘For The Love of Color‘ board. Its just down right pretty! I can spend quite a lot of time with this board! Finally, my third favorite is ‘Words to Live By‘ Board.. Sometimes witty, sometimes quirky – this board has uplifted me many a times and the words have found their way into my page title or journaling.

With regards to Pinterest – the only thing I will caution you against is…. the time!  You can spend hours there and not even realize it! Pin at your own peril! I will leave you with some of the most pinned pages from the popular Scrap: Digital Inspiration board.

First up is this layout by CT Shivani which was pinned/favorited the most times. The circles and the lovely pictures of her sweet girl give the page the perfect aha effect.

Next is this gorgeous pocket layout by CT Erin. I am a huge fan of Erin’s pictures and pages. So no surprise that we find it here

Equally popular is this layout by the very talented CT Kacy. I love her take on clean and simple – with a lot of drama Her color choice makes me look at this page again and again.

 

There are numerous such amazing pages on TDP Boards. In order to get your mojo flowing, I am hosting a Pinterest Scraplift Challenge over at the Drawing Board:Challenges Forum. Do stop by and share your thoughts and creations there.

 

About the author: Pallavi Sureka is a wife and newly designated stay at home mom to 3 years old Rajveer. She currently lives in Mexico City and her family moves around a lot. She has previously lived in Calcutta, Pune, San Francisco, Chicago and London. She reflects all these places in her pages as she captures her everyday stories.