Oh, How Pinteresting!

Barbecue Recipes

pinterest-annie — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:10:50 -0400

Barbeque by Terry

Flame On! by Kita Grilled Veggies & Fruit by Peter Burgers Gone Wild by Sommer Smores by Cindy

Pin A Video!

pinterest-jennifer — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:48 -0400

Images aren’t the only things that can be pinned on Pinterest. You can pin videos, too!

To pin a video, use the Pin It button on YouTube and Vimeo.

You can also see other videos from pinners by clicking Videos from the categories menu.

A picture may be worth a thousands words, but sometimes a video is more effective in communicating emotion and captivating a viewer. For example, I love pinning stills of dancers, but they pale in comparison to videos of entire dance routines.

Whether you’re pinning images or videos, you can use Pinterest to collect things that inspire you—all in one place.

—Jennifer Tsai, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to Dance

Introducing More Useful Pins

pinterest-anna — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:09:00 -0400

When you find something you love on Pinterest, sometimes you want to learn more so you can act on baking those cookies, streaming that movie, or buying that couch. That’s why we’re taking a first step toward making pins more useful. We’re also making it easier to pin no matter where you are.

Here’s how:

Pins with more information

To start off, we worked with some popular websites to show more information on some pins, so you can do more of what you love. You might see:

-Product pins for things like clothes and furniture with pricing, availability, and where to buy (updated every day!)

-Recipe pins from your favorite bloggers and websites that include cook time, ingredients, and servings

-Movie pins with content ratings, cast members, and more

From your feed, you can tell when a pin has more information by the icon that appears below the picture. We’ll also update all of your old pins so they’re more useful, too. For an example, check out this board or just pin from any of these popular places.

For clothes, furniture, gifts and products:

Anthropologie, Asos, BHLDN, eBay, Etsy, Free People, Home Depot, Modcloth, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Overstock, REI, Sephora, Shopify shops, Shop Terrain, Sony, Target, Urban Outfitters, Walmart, Wayfair, Zulily

For mouth-watering recipes:

101 Cookbooks, Better Homes and Gardens, Bon Appetit, Chobani, Country Living, Delish, Epicurious, Good Housekeeping, Leite’s Culinaria, Martha Stewart Living, MyRecipes, Naturally Ella, Nestlé Very Best Baking, Real Simple, Simply Recipes, Skinny Taste, The Girl Who Ate Everything, The Kitchn,What’s Gaby Cooking, Whole Foods Market, Woman’s Day

And for your favorite flicks:

Flixster, Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes

Want to make pins from your site better? Learn more here.

Pinning from mobile apps

We’re also making the Pin It button available in mobile apps, so you can pin on wherever you are! Take a look at these apps to get started:

Behance, Brit+Co, Etsy, Fotopedia, Jetsetter, Modcloth, Snapguide, TED, The North Face, and Zulily

You can only see these new pins in the new look. To get the new look, click the Get it now button on top of your home feed. This is just the beginning and we hope to make all pins more useful in the coming months. What types of pins would you like to see improved? Travel pins? Design pins? Pins of adorable puppies? Let us know in the comments.

Happy pinning (from everywhere)!

—Anna Majkowska, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to Cool Products

Class of 2013

pinterest-annie — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:05:14 -0400

Class of 2013 by Taylor

Graduation Cap Ideas by Betty grad night inspiration by Tiffany Graduation leis by Sandra Graduation Party by Jennifer

Send Pins To Friends

pinterest-sunny — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:57:59 -0400

Have you ever seen a pin you knew a certain friend or family member would love? Now you can send pins directly to your friends and fellow pinners from the web or your phone. You can even include a message to give it a more personal touch!

Just tap Send from either web or mobile to send a pin. You can send pins to fellow pinners (if you both follow each other), Facebook friends, or email contacts. We’ll show you the most recent people you’ve sent pins to for easy access.

Your friend will see the pin in their notifications or in their email.

If they repin, like or comment on the pin, we’ll let you know through notifications, too!

It was possible to send pins before, through e-mail, but we’ve made it even easier. We’ll be rolling out this feature over the next few weeks. If you can’t send pins yet, sit tight and you’ll be able to soon.

We hope you’re excited to send pins to your friends!

—Sunny Rochiramani, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to dessert

Did You Already Pin This? Now You’ll Know!

pinterest-xun — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:11 -0400

We’ve been hearing that you’d like to know when you try to pin something you’ve already pinned. We’re happy to oblige when we can, so we’ve built a new feature that does just that.

When you pin something you’ve already pinned before, you’ll get a message. You can still pin the image if you’d like, we just wanted to make sure you knew.

Right now, we are slowly rolling this out on web, and we hope to bring it to mobile soon.

Thanks for sticking with us while we built this.

Happy pinning!

—Xun Liu, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to Great Pics / Places

Pinning On The Go Just Got Better

pinterest-naveen — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:09:00 -0400

Good news, pinners! We’re all about making Pinterest better on your Android, iPhone, and iPad, so we’re excited to roll out iOS 2.4 and Android 1.5. There are a lot of great new features, but here are the highlights:

-Receive notifications: Our notifications are now on mobile! Now you can see who commented on your pin or mentioned you whenever you have your phone handy. And if you can’t get enough, we’re also introducing push notifications so you can find out what’s happening without even opening the Pinterest app.

-Mention your friends: You can now mention people from your phone. To mention someone, just hit @ and start filling in the name of the person you want to mention. Select their name and your friend will get a notification that you mentioned them. Voila!

Search more easily: We’ll now suggest search terms as you type on mobile. You can also see recent searches you made from other places, so if you searched for a soup recipe from your computer, you can do the same search when you’re at the grocery store with just your phone to help you. It’s easy to delete these searches from your settings if you want to.

Excited to get started? Just visit iTunes or Google Play now to update to the latest apps.

Happy (mobile) pinning!

—Naveen Gavini, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to Visit

Easy Pinning From Google Chrome

pinterest-connor — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:37:00 -0400

If you use the Google Chrome browser, pinning is now as easy as clicking a button with our handy Chrome extension. It allows you to find images, videos, songs or other pinnable stuff across the web and easily pin them to your boards.

To install, simply head on over to the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome.

After installing, you should see a Pinterest icon on the right-hand side of your browser.

Now, any time you want to pin something on the web, click that button and we’ll show you all the pinnable stuff on that page. Then, click the image you want to pin.

We hope this makes pinning was easy as 1, 2, 3!

—Connor Montgomery, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to World

Pin It Forward UK Kickoff!

pinterest-enid — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:01:00 -0400

Three years ago, when Pinterest was a much smaller community and team, we had a great opportunity to have bloggers try out pinning. The site looked quite a bit different back then, we didn’t have any mobile apps, but it was a lot of fun and we learned a great deal from folks too. Back in 2010, this collaboration was called “Pin It Forward,” and we thought we’d bring back the idea to get to know our British community and how they use Pinterest. We’ve invited blogger Will Taylor of Bright.Bazaar, one of our earliest pinners, to share a guest post and kick off Pin It Forward UK with colour and style.

Hi there! My name is Will Taylor, a freelance interiors journalist and blogger at Bright.Bazaar, happily pinning since 2010. Those who know me can attest to my love of colour, but it’s also true that my addiction to Pinterest is just as strong as my affection for all things bright.

It’s been exciting to see how Pinterest has grown and evolved over the years. While the site has always been available worldwide, the team is making Pinterest feel even more welcoming for those of us across the pond. In addition to Pin It Forward UK, there’s a new (very proper) British English language setting and improvements to make local UK content more easily discoverable for UK pinners when searching.

For the next 30 days, 300 bloggers from the UK will be sharing boards and stories about what inspires them and how Pinterest is a part of their personal passions. We’ve rounded up all sorts of bloggers from home cooks, to automotive enthusiasts, globe-trotting writers and more. We hope this mix will help you discover some great pinners and curators in the UK—no matter what you’re interested in.

To kick things off, you can read “What Pinterest means to me” on my blog. Other fantastic pinners are also starting Pin It Forward UK today so check out their stories and find new pinners to follow:

Boho Weddings, Cars & Life, Craft Blog UK, fabric of my life, From China Village, GlobalGrasshopper, I Want You To Know, Jane Foster, Kingdom of Style, Lisa Elridge, Love Chic Living, Menswear Style, The English Kitchen, This Is Life

A huge shout out to fellow #PinItForwardUK bloggers for participating! We’re all looking forward to seeing your posts and inspiring boards.

3 Days in London, 416 Studios, A Bavarian Sojourn, A Crafty Chai, A Diary of Lovely, A Little London Wedding, a mummy too, Abigail Ahern, Abigail and the Future, Amber Rose Photography, Amelie’s House, Anastasia & Duck, Anknel and Burblets, Annaboo’s House, Anne’s Kitchen, Aphrodite’s World, Around Britain With A Paunch, As the Bird Flies, Aspirational Bride, Aspiring Kennedy, At Home With Mrs M!, Atelier Tally, Average Janes, Average Joes Blog, b.loved, Baby Budgeting, backpacker becki, Bad Fiction, Bainser, Bambino Goodies, Barrie Crampton, Beauty Aesthetic, Beauty and the Blogger, Beauty Geek UK, Beauty Lust, Belle Amour, Belle Noir Bride, Berice Baby, beyond/beyond, blueskyphotography, Bow Occasions, Bridal Musings, Brides Up North, Bridey-rae Lipscombe, Brit Mums, buckets and spades, burkatron, But why mummy why?, By Hand London, Candy Pop, Canned Fashion, Capture by Lucy, Cat Turner, Charlene Evason, Cheryl Keit, chichidee handmade, City Girl’s Fashion Box, Coach Cox, cocktails & daydreams, Coffee & Vanilla, Cold Knees, Confessions of a design geek, Cook Sister, Cormac Scanlan, Cosmic Candy, couture & crumpets, crafts from the cwtch, Crafts on Sea, Cupcake Mum, Curtis McNally, Dan Young Daily, Danny Denhard, Daydream in Blue, de zeen, Dear Designer, decor by design, Design Hunter, Design Lovers, Diary of a Chain Stitcher, Diary of the Dad, Disney Roller Girl, DIY Couture, Drive, Dutchess Roz, East End Prints, Eat Cook Explore, Edspire, Elle Croft, ellie’s favourite things, Emma Block, Emma’s Diary, Epiphanniea, essbeevee, Europe a la Carte, Expatior, Family Four Fun, far from the wedding crowd, Fash-ling, Fashion We Like, Fashion Your Seatbelts, fashionistable, Feathers & Frills, Festival Brides, Five Five Fabulous, Flower Child, Food For Friends Yeah, Frankly Vic, Fuss Free Flavours, GarçonJon, geek is the new chic, Ghostwritermummy, girl a la mode, Girl Orb, Gohemian Travellers, Greedy Gourmet, Green Motor, Green Union, Gypsy Pixie Pirate, Handmade Jane, hardaker & pope, Harriet Gray, Here Come The Girls, Hookedblog, how to cook good food, HPMcQ, i am not a celebrity., Individualism, Inspiration Dawn, islaay, Jayne’s Kitchen, Jennifer’s Little World, John Jarrett, Julia’s Fitness Blog, just rach, Karla Powell, Kate’s Creative Space, Kavey Eats, Keeping Healthy Getting Stylish, Kids Chaos, KiddyCharts, Kim Dellow, Kitschy Coo, Knitty Mummy, Lady loves Cake, Lady M Presents, Lashes & Little Ones, Le Blow, Let’s Get Lippy, Lindy’s Cakes, Littletree Designs, Lobster & Swan, London Bride, London Unattached, Look Who’s Cooking Too, Love me love my wedding, Lucykate Crafts, Lulu Loves, Made Up, Maison Cupcake, Mallory on Travel, mammasaurus, Marianne Taylor Photography, Marry Me Ink, Martell Campbell, Mediocre Mum, Mellow Mummy, Men’s Fashon Magazine, Metropolitan Mum, michael 84, midlifewanderlust1965, Milk for the morning cake, Miss Thrifty, Modern Country Style, Modern Mummy, monkey do, Moon to Moon, More Than Just Dinner, Motorious, Mouldy Fruit, Mrs. Petticoat, mum2babyinsomniac, Mum of One, Mummy Loves, Mummy Mummy Mum, mummy’s little monkey, Muse and Maker, My Car Gossip, my interior stylist, My Little 3 and Me, My Little Ginger Wedding, Nasson Abraham, Nicola Joyce, Nina Marika, Nordic Bliss, Not Another Mummy Blog?, nouveau, Nurture Store, obsessilicious, oh you pretty things, Our Big Fat Travel Adventure, Patch of Puddles, Penny’s Wedding, PennyDog Patchwork, Peony Lim, Petal and Pray, Pig Row, Pinch of Salt, Planet Penny, Pocketful of Dreams, Poires au Chocolat, Polly Rowan, Poppy Loves>/a>, Preposity, Pretty Little Obsessions, Primp Powder Pout, Rachel Cotterill, Rainy Day Mum, Real Food Lover, Red Ted Art, Retro Chick, Rock and Roll Bride, Romanian Mum, rosalilium, rosannastevensetc, Rosie Outlook, Ruby Ruby Slippers, Runaway Jane, sailorjennie, Salad & Sequins, Salad Pride, Samuel Jing, Savoir There, Scarlett de Courcier, Science Sparks, Send A Raven, serendipity 2307, Serendipity Yoga, Sew Scrumptious, Side Street-Style, smittten, smudgetikka, So Zo What Do You Know?, Sophie etc., Soirée de Luxe, Spinster’s Cmpass, staggered, Starry Eyed Travels, StreetStyle London, style and starbucks, Style Is Always Fashionable, Stylepilot, Sunnydaytodaymama, sunny sweet pea, sweetapea family, Tales from a happy house, T-shirts and Tails, tea. toast. fashion., teawagontales, things {we} make, The Ana Mum Diary, The Bijou Bride, The Bottom of the Ironing Basket, The Cat That Cried Wolf, The Daily Spud, The Daily Street, The Design Sheppard, The Diary of a Frugal Family, The Fabric of My Life, the imagination tree, The Kitchen Alchemist, The Let’s Begin, the linen cloud, The Little Bike Company, the little pip, The Little Tailoress, The Lone Gourmet, The Magic Bean, The Magpie Girl, The Mummy Blogger, The P-ho Diaries, The Princess Prudence Diaries, The Quirky Traveller, The Startup Wife, The Style Box, The Taxonomy of my Wardrobe, The Tea Drinking English Rose, The Travel Hack, The Wedding Dolls, TheBoyAndMe, Thinly Spread, Threads TV, Three Bad Mice, Tidy Away Today, Tigerlilly Quinn, tikichris, Tilly and the Buttons, Tinned Tomatoes, Tiny Twisst, Tips for Travellers, Torie Jayne, Transatlantic Blonde, Travelbllgr, Travelling Shopaholic, Turquoise Lemons, twobirds, UK Street Art, Urban Pixxels, Vikki Chowney, Violet Posy, want that wedding, Water Painted Dreams, We Fell In Love, Wedding in a teacup, We Heart, What Olivia Did, What You Fancy, Whimsical Wonderland Weddings, Whiter Than White Weddings, willmcmanus, Wolves in London, Yan To, Yellow Days, Yiska Knits, Your Samples Collective

Happy reading (and pinning)!

—Will Taylor, freelance interiors journalist and blogger at Bright.Bazaar, Currently obsessed with pinning to Crafting & DIY Ideas

Mother's Day

pinterest-annie — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:21:24 -0400

Mother’s Day by Michelle

Brunch by Heather My Mother always said by Jennifer My Favorite Spas by Cheryl Flowers For Mom by Vicki

Find What You’re Searching For

pinterest-dong — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:50:00 -0400

Sometimes, you know exactly what you’re looking for on Pinterest. Other times, you might be looking for a little inspiration. No matter what or who you’re looking for, search can help you easily find pins, boards, and pinners on Pinterest.

When you type in something in the search box—like pet—we’ll show you suggestions, pinners you’re following or connected to on Facebook, and your own boards.

Once you complete your search, we’ll show you some related pins. If you’re looking for a board or pinner, you can mosey over to the tabs on the right and click Boards or Pinners.

As you can see, search offers lots of ways to find stuff on Pinterest. Next time you’re looking for something—or someone—pay a little visit to our dear friend search.

Happy searching!

—Dong Wang, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to vadering

Cinco de Mayo

pinterest-annie — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:51:00 -0400

Cinco de Mayo Party by Tracey

Margaritaville by Alecia Sassy Salsa Recipes by Susan Horchata Ole’ by Patricia Pinatas! by Michelle

Improvements to the New Look

pinterest-cory — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:47:03 -0400

Since we announced our new look, we’ve gotten lots of feedback from our community about things you love, things you miss, and things that could make Pinterest even better. Thanks to you, we’ve made some changes that we want to share with you today.

Stuff we’ve brought back. Hooray!

-See it now: After pinning, you can check out related boards or go straight to your pin by clicking “See it now.”

-Pinned from: Lots of you told us you missed the “via” feature, because it helped you find other people with tastes like yours. Now when you click on a pin, you can see who it was pinned from.

-Mentions: You can mention your friends in pin descriptions and comments by typing “@” before their name.

-Find friends: You can see which of your Facebook and Twitter friends are on Pinterest.

Stuff we’ve improved:

-More notifications: Recent Activity got an upgrade! It’s now located in the upper right corner. You’ll know when someone follows you or your boards; repins, likes or comments on your pin; or mentions you. You can even see older notifications.

-Better search: Now we’ll suggest search keywords as you type. If you’re looking for “bacon,” you might see suggestions like “bacon roses” or “bacon desserts” (Yum.)

-New pins (coming soon): We’ll let you know when new pins have been added to your home feed.

Stuff we’re still thinking about…

We know there are other things you’d like to see on Pinterest—like the ability to rearrange your pins, search for your pins, know when you’ve pinned something already, or create a board within a board.

We take these suggestions to heart, but it’s tricky to make them work for everyone. Some people don’t have a lot of pins, for example, so they don’t need boards within boards. We’re listening, though, and we’ll keep looking for ways to organize your stuff on Pinterest.

Thanks so much for sticking it out with us as we work together to make Pinterest better. We hope you like these updates, and keep that feedback coming!

P.S. We’re still rolling out the new look to everyone. If you haven’t gotten it yet, you can click on the “Get it now” button located at the top of your home feed.

—Cory Carpenter, Product Manager, Currently obsessed with pinning to Ideas for bedtime stories

Show Off Your Pins With Buttons & Widgets

pinterest-kent — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:32:00 -0400

If you have a blog or website and want to let people know you’re on Pinterest, buttons and widgets are great ways to show off your pins!

Our button and widget builder makes it super easy to share pins on your site.

To show your profile and some of your recent pins, use the profile widget:

To show your favorite board, use the board widget:

To show one of your pins, use the pin widget so people can repin directly from your site:

You can also use this handy builder to add the follow or Pin It button, so that people can follow you on Pinterest or easily pin images from your site.

If you run into any issues with adding these features, check out this help article for troubleshooting tips.

—Kent Brewster, Widgeteer, Currently obsessed with pinning to Top Bar Bees

Gardening

pinterest-annie — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:37:01 -0400

Green Thumb by Melissa

Succulents by Heather Secret Garden by Carmela Cactus by Grace Grow where you’re planted… by Angie

Pin It Button For Browsers

pinterest-kent — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:18:00 -0400

Did you know you can pin from anywhere on the web, even if you don’t see a Pin It button on the site?

The Pin It button for browsers is a handy little tool that allows you to pin from websites, even if you’re not on Pinterest.

Let’s say you discover something you want to pin but there’s no Pin It button on the page. The Pin It button for browsers lets you easily save the things you love, by allowing you to pin from anywhere on the web directly to your Pinterest boards.

The Pin It button also helps pinners pin the right things, by supplying attributions with default descriptions from sources like Flickr and Etsy, and will warn you if you’re on one of the few pages on the Internet from which pins should not be made.

It works all browsers, so you can take it with you anywhere!

To add the Pin It button for your browser, follow the instructions in our help center.

After installing, go to the page you’d like to pin from and click the new Pin It button in your browser’s toolbar. You’ll be ready to pin to your heart’s content.

Happy pinning!

—Kent Brewster, Widgeteer, Currently obsessed with pinning to High Five.

Opening Day

pinterest-annie — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:40:08 -0400

For the Love of the Game by Major League Baseball

Cracker Jack Prizes by Beth Take me out to the ballgame by Brian Baseball Caps by David MLB Mascots by PRNSports

March Madness 2013

pinterest-annie — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:12:27 -0400

March Madness by Gary

NCAA Basketball Final Four Logos by Athletics Partner Basketball Coaches Bracket by Casey March Madness Party by Karen College Basketball by Brian

Latest Mobile App Updates

pinterest-naveen — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:50:00 -0400

Earlier this week, we announced that we’d be adding some features from our new look to our mobile apps. Here’s a little more about these updates.

Pinterest App for iPhone and iPad: Version 2.3

Today, we released the newest version of our apps for iPhone and iPad in iTunes. This update includes:

-“People who pinned this also pinned”: As we mentioned in our last blog post, this feature is designed to help you discover more pins you might like.

-Profile Edit: Now you can make changes to your Pinterest profile on-the-go.

-The new look on iPad: Just like on the web, you can now enjoy the same, simplified design on your tablet.

Pinterest App for Android: Version 1.4

The latest version of our Android app is also available in Google Play. This update includes the “people who pinned this also pinned” feature as well.

We hope you like these updates. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Happy (mobile) pinning!

—Naveen Gavini, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to visit.

Our New Look: More Ways to Discover What You Love

pinterest-jason — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:37:00 -0400

In January, we asked a small group of pinners to test a new look designed to make discovering things on Pinterest easier. Since then, we’ve talked to some of these folks, analyzed their feedback, and made a few changes.

Today, we’re thrilled to start sharing the new look with everyone. You should see an invitation soon.

New discovery features

We added a few new things to the close-up view of pins to help you discover things you love that you might not have known about otherwise, including:

-Pins from the same board: You can explore the entire board without leaving the page you’re on.

-Pins from the same source: Here you’ll find other things pinned from the same website.

-People who pinned this also pinned: This is literally what it says it is. Clever, we hope. We’ll be updating our Android and iOS apps soon to include this.

Other changes

We wanted to make things simpler and cleaner, without requiring you to learn anything new. What you’ll find are some subtle but useful changes, like bigger pins, so you see more of what you love.

We also responded to some feedback from pinners who told us they hated losing their place while browsing. Now, when you scroll through pins and click on something that interests you, the back button lands you right back where you were no matter how far you’ve gone.

Finally, we rebuilt the foundation on which the website is built. This makes Pinterest more reliable for you and easier to improve for us.

Share your thoughts

Thanks so much to everyone who tested our ideas and gave us invaluable feedback along the way. If you have any other feedback or comments, please leave them below.

Happy pinning!

—Jason Wilson, Lead Product Designer, Currently obsessed with pinning to photography.