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, 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
