I'm posting this early as I'll be away all day tomorrow.
Pinterest is one of my favourite social media platforms
because it has a versatility that allows me to showcase and combine a number of
interests, from my books to poetry, plaster statue collections (past and
present) to short form poetry. I have six boards; My Books, Modern Haiga,
Favourite Places & Spaces, The Minutiae of Life , Barsony Lamps and Vintage
Plaster Statues. I don’t have my Pinterest linked to my blog yet, but will do
so in the future.
Modern Haiga is a form of short form poetry, similar to Haiku,
which combine with the picture to tell the story and I use combine macro shots
to create these.
In the minutiae of life, I post pictures that resonate with
me, again to tell a story that might otherwise be missed.
Barsony lamps are iconic Australian products that have seen
a renaissance over the past 10 years going from extreme kitsch to highly sought
after, high priced items. An Ebay guide I wrote some time ago can be seen here
– and it looks like this, too, could do with an update.
The vintage plaster statues are ones we currently, or have
once, owned. Called chalk ware in the US and sometimes known as carnival
statues as they were often given as prizes in sideshow alley.
Favourite places are – well, favourite places or just
pictures I’ve taken that I particularly like.
My Pinterest is one of the fastest growing networks and I
highly recommend it. I love it and my page can be found here I hope you’ll call in and
have a look.
Thank you for this post Marlene, having just looked at your pin-boards I can now clearly see what they are all about and how they work - shows how much time I have spent on there previously... Although, despite having no boards and no pins to my account I still seem to have gathered 9 followers!
ReplyDeleteI am now inspired to resurrect my account and hang fire on the other things I had planned today - watch this space :)
I followed two of your boards - I've never seen these types of lamps (The Barsony lamps) here in the United States but perhaps I haven't looked in the right places. I'm heard of Carnival Glass but not Carnival Statues. Of course, this has nothing to do with my blogging :)
ReplyDeleteI love that you rely on the versatility of different boards to guide your pinning hand. I wish I'd done that when I first began. Now I'm just pinning for fun :) WRITE ON!
ReplyDeleteI love your boards, especially "minutiae of life". Those pics are stunning.
ReplyDeleteI followed you and will have a look at getting started, well written blog
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