decor8 Collaboration with Pinterest
Hello everyone! I have to mention this fun collaboration currently going on between Pinterest and decor8. But first, are you following my boards? And are you on Pinterest too? Because if so, leave your @ name in the comments below so I can check out your pins. Ok, so anyway, they approached me to represent them as their Pinterest expert and of course, I said heck yes because I'm such a fan and use their site daily to share my own work and the many inspirational lifestyle-related things that I find online plus I create tons of private boards to plan the various projects I'm working on at the moment.
Pinterest is a terrific resource for a small business owner like me. It's always there too - your very own giant virtual mood board that you can access from nearly any device no matter where you are. I pin from my iPad, iPhone, desktop and laptop. During my bedtime ritual after my little one has fallen asleep, I love to put on my cozy pajamas, enjoy some tea (Winter in Lov is my current favorite), read a chapter or two of a good book and when I'm tired of concentrating, zone out and enjoy Pinterest on my iPad. My guilty pleasure for sure.
As their expert, I pulled together three boards around New Year's themes that I thought were important TO ME for 2015 - I was hoping to gain some inspiration through the repetition of pinning mostly to three main themes for several weeks. Here they are:
1. Living with plants and decorating with flowers (Go green).
2.Tapping into our creative side as much as possible to challenge us (Sei kreativ).
3. Healthy, mindful living (Gesund leben).
A funny thing happened as I was creating and pinning to these boards, which I've been working on since the beginning of December until now. They really inspired me to take action on a few big goals in my life! I think it was because I've been pinning to mostly these three boards so my focus has narrowed which gave my brain more space and enabled me to feel less overwhelmed. I'm usually pinning to 100 boards all at once, and I think this hurts me personally on a creative and emotional level - I don't get anything done! So I've learned through this exercise that if I focus my pins and work on only certain boards during a specific period, I accomplish so much more than just mindless pins. I discovered the art of mindful pinning!
For instance, next week begins my first of several private yoga and mindfulness lessons for 90 minutes in a local studio --all thanks to the Gesund leben board. The next inspiration which has resulted in action is the Sei kreativ board because now I'm in the beginnings of my 4th book which will be published in Spring 2016 and I'm more excited to finish decorating my studio and move onto the bedroom and living room now. And finally, the Go green board has encouraged me to add plants to my home in small, manageable doses and to care better for those I already have which has resulted in them flourishing - becoming greener and fuller - and my home feels more energy as a result.
Here is the splash page they've created for our partnership. Other pinners we've included in this campaign include Lu loves handmade, 23qm Stil, Titatoni and Sodapop to name a few. This partnering has already resulted in press mentions for me too on Wunderweib, Wohn Idee and Lecker, which was an unexpected and nice surprise, so thanks to Pinterest for that.
How are you using Pinterest differently for 2015? Will you use it to encourage action in your life as I have done? What are some of the goals you've set for yourself this year?
(Top photo: holly becker for decor8. All others: screenshots from Pinterest)