I've worked as an intern for a wedding planner, and as if
brides and their mothers weren’t crazy enough, someone went and created
Pinterest, making it easy for brides to see millions of wedding ideas and
decide they want all of them in their own wedding. Within their budget, of
course..
As I was pinning everything I could find, I began looking
for another user with similar interests- my social bookmarking “soulmate” if
you will.
I found plenty of people with similar interests in food,
travel, and my favorite sports teams, but I was searching for someone who
mainly shared my interest in lacrosse, and possibly a few similar interests in
these other Pinterest categories. I found a woman named Debbie who had pinned a
couple of lacrosse-related things that I had re-pinned.
When I looked at her pins, I realized that we mostly had
lacrosse and food (are you surprised?) in common. So maybe we’re not exactly social bookmarking
soulmates, but here interests were the closest to mine than all the other
profiles I had found of people who pinned lacrosse-related items. She had a
variety of pins on her “recipes” board that I found I was also interested in
(again, food is a significant Pinterest category for me).
Debbie also has a great “Bucket List” board that had a few
beautiful photos of places it appeared she would eventually like to visit.
Quite a few of these places were in Europe, and coincidentally I just found out
I will be studying abroad in London next semester and had begun making my own
bucket list of places in Europe I wanted to visit while I was there. Another “soulmate”
point!
I noticed that she had a few knitting/crochet related
boards, which is more of my sister’s thing than it is mine, but I really liked
Debbie’s arts and crafts board. I love DIY products, and a lot of the brides I
worked with during my internship really lean toward the homey, self-made feel
for their invitations, gift bags, and even their dinnerware. I particularly
liked Debbie’s variety of pins on this board, ranging from baby outfits and
vases to jewelry and bookshelves. I could see myself making (or at least
attempting to make) many of these items on her board. That is, if I can survive
my midterms and find some free time (come back in 10 years, I swear this will
become an arts and crafts blog).
Who’s your social bookmarking soulmate?
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