Monday, February 27, 2012

wedding planning.

When I first started wedding planning, I subscribed to a bunch of wedding blogs.  I began to gather ideas, collect pictures, and brainstorm.

At first, I started printing these photos and taping them to scrap paper in a binder.  I had dividers for different types of thing (paper goods, decorations, dress, etc).  And then I got tired of printing and cutting.  Yes, I am so lazy that a paper cutter was too much work.

So my next attempt was a folder of pictures on dropbox.  Which then became a folder of folders of pictures.  And some of those subfolders began having folders.  It was frightening.

So I tried Evernote.  I loved Evernote.  I could sort and label different posts by what type of info and pictures they held.  An organizers dream.  Until, that is, I realized I couldn't actually access any of my notes and pages on my ipad if I was offline.  Useless.

And then I got invited to Pinterest.  This invitation (the guilty party shall remain nameless) has a Jekyll and Hyde nature to it.  I love that I can tag, upload and save ideas for later dates.  It's a great place to find ideas from friends and strangers, for DIY and for wedding.  It's a crafter's heaven.  Not that I'm a crafter, mind you.  Just craft-y.

On the flip-side, I've become somewhat neurotic about pinning.  I save blogposts with cool ideas in my RSS feed until I have time to go on a pinning binge.  One recent vocabulary frequency study has shown that "pin" has seem a dramatic surge in usage--while "sewing," "fabric," and "bulletin" have not.

I think it's time to admit: I'm addicted to Pinterest.

1 comment:

  1. lol I bought a binder for Cindy's upcoming wedding a while ago and gave up on that.. it makes me feel bad for the paper industry (while hopeful for the green initiative). no wonder the office series was such a success... quirkiness + a dying industry = brilliance

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