Thing 7: Content Saving and Sharing, Pinterest

Pinterest: "Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that turns that traditional list of bookmarks into a bulletin board-type display of photos. You pin to Boards (folders) you create so you can find the pins again. Each photo/pin is a link to the site where you found it. This is great for visual learners or anyone who needs a pictorial reminder of just why you saved that link. Pinterest has many social features to explore, too, but this Thing focuses on the saving/finding features of the mobile app for Pinterest."

I am a mad fiend for Pinterest and I love using it on my iPhone. I use it both personally and professionally. How much do I use it?

Personally, I currently have 137 boards and yes, I am going to bore you with what they are. I am heavily into vintage and antique things and fairy tales. Fair warning.

1. Aged P's (inspirational senior citizens)
2. Alice, I Love You (Wonderland related)
3. Wonderful Animals
4. Art Deco Glamour
5. Art Nouveau Jewelry/Hair Ornaments
6. Art Nouveau Splendor
7. Arthurian Tales
8. Arts and Crafts Period
9. Authors and Other Famous Folk I've Met
10. Autobiography 1963+
11. Autumn
12. Beauties Illustrated (pictures, not photos, of the beautiful, mostly women)
13. Black Cats, to Thelma
14. Book Beauty (book covers)
15. Book Fun (book covers)
16. Ray Bradbury Tribute
17. Burlesque Beauties
18. Buttons and Buckles
19. C is for Clauser (letter C script)
20. Carousel Creatures
21. Chickens
22. Old-Time Circus
23. Art Deco Cosy Cottages (illustration)
24. D is for Donell (letter D script)
25. Downton Abbey
26. Dreamy Beauties (Pre-Raphaelitesque photos)
27. Playing Dress Up
28. My Faerie Fey
29. Fairy Gardening
30. Fairy Princesses (old photos)
31. Fairy Tales (misc.)
32. Fairy Tales Around the World
33. Feedsack Prints
34. Fabulous Felines
35. Flowers
36. Flower Fairies of My Garden (Cicely Mary Barker's illustrations)
37. Gardening/Cottage Gardening
38. Girlfriend Looks Like a Boyfriend
39. Glamour Girls (old photos of famous ladies)
40. Glamping!
41. Our Baby Goddaughter, Olive (present ideas)
42. Halloween Postcards: Finding True Love
43. Halloween Postcards: Romantic
44. Vintage Halloween
45. Vintage Halloween Photos
46. Vintagey, Shabbyish Home Style
47. I Like It (misc)
48. Whimsical Illustration
49. Jesus
50. Jewelry
51. Lovely Lace
52. Librarians
53. Sumptuous Lingerie
54. Lucky Cats (Maneki Neko)
55. Makeup, Hairstyles, Nails
56. Mysterious Merfolk
57. MN Spay/Neuter Rescue Cats (where I volunteer)
58. Naughty (and vintage)
59. Interesting People
60. Peter Pan
61. Pin Ups
62. Pin Ups with Pets
63. Pinocchio
64. FATshionistas Plus Size Style (group board, not created by me)
65. Plus Size Style
66. Pre-Raphaelites and Co.
67. Prettiest in Pink
68. Reading Relate
69. Maurice Sendak: a Tribute
70. Spring!
71. Squirrels for Mom
72. Style Inspiration
73. Colorful Tara
74. Tea Party Time (vintage with primarily children and animals)
75. Terraria
76. Tricksters (Coyote, Brer Rabbit, etc.)
77. Trims and Embellishments
78. My Twin Cities
79. Valentines
80. Vintage Children
81. Vintage Couples
82. Vintage Gentlemen
83. Vintage Ladies
84. Vintage Pets
85. Winter Holidays
86. Glorious Victorian (begins boards of vintage fashions)
87. Edwardian Beauty
88. Edwardian Beauty 2
89. Edwardian Underpinnings and Sleepwear
90. 1920s Style
91. 1930s Style
92. 1940s Style
93. 1950s Style
94. Vintage Stylemakers (modern folks with vintage flair)
95. Armless Maiden (begins boards of fairy tale illustrations)
96. Baba Yaga
97. Beauty and the Beast
98. Billy Goats Gruff
99. Bluebeard and Co.
100. Boy Who Drew Cats
101. Bremen Town Musicians
102. Briar Rose
103. Brother & Sister
104. Cinderella
105. Donkeyskin/Manyfurs
106. East O' the Sun, West O' the Moon
107. Emperor's New Clothes
108. Frog Prince
109. Goldilocks/Three Bears
110. Goose Girl
111. Hansel & Gretel
112. Jack & the Beanstalk
113. Jorinda & Joringel
114. Juniper/Almond Tree
115. Little Match Girl
116. Little Mermaid
117. Little Snow Maiden
118. Princess & Pea
119. Puss in Boots
120. Rapunzel
121. Red Riding Hood
122. Red Shoes/Andersen
123. Rumpelstiltskin
124. Snow Queen
125. Snow White
126. Snow White & Rose Red
127. Steadfast Tin Soldier
128. Three Pigs
129. Thumbelina
130. Tinderbox
131. Toads and Diamonds
132. 12 Dancing Princesses
133. Wild Swans
134. Andersen's Fairy Tales Covers
135. Grimms' Fairy Tales Covers
136. Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales
137. Fairy Tale Faction (group board, not created by me)

You can find these boards here: http://www.pinterest.com/cleery/

And some that have come and gone: Nutcracker, Tribute to Edward Gorey, Compassion, Wardian Cases, etc.

Professionally, I have 29 boards. I use them to share book titles and to save display and programming ideas.

1. Adult Fiction: Fairy Tale Root
2. Adult Fiction: Mythological Root
3. fiftyfifty.me 2013 Books
4. fiftyfifty.me 2013 Movies
5. Flannel Boards
6. Fairy Tale Retellings: Chapter Books
7. Fairy Tale Retellings: Teen
8. African Folktales
9. Australian Aboriginal Tales
10. Chinese Folktales
11. Japanese Folktales
12. Russian Folktales
13. Kid's Bulletin Boards
14. Based on Greek/Roman Mythology: Chapter Books
15. Based on Greek/Roman Mythology: Teens
16. Kid's Craft Ideas
17. Kid's Program Ideas
18. Librarian
19. Library Decoration
20. Matryoshka Stories
21. Pro Reading/Pro Library
22. Based on Mythology: Chapter Books (Norse, Egyptian, etc.)
23. Based on Mythology: Teens (Norse, Egyptian, etc.)
24. Passive Programs
25. Storytellers (Pueblo Storyteller dolls)
26. Storytime (activities)
27. Family Storytime Books
28. Teen Displays
29. Teen Program Ideas

Check them out at: http://www.pinterest.com/bookbesotted/