Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social networks on the web at the moment. No doubt all you tech savvy blog readers will have heard of it but just for those who haven’t it is a tool for collecting and organising photos of the things you love.

You can pin from the web just about any visual pictures you find, I use it to collect my children’s fashion photos and I have started to organise by season, I am just about to start a new board for spring/summer 2014 as the trade shows begin. I also use it to check out womens fashion and photography online. Follow my boards at Pinterest here.

I have a friend who redecorated her house using only Pinterest boards as inspiration and I know many designers who use it to make mood boards for work. Pins link back to the original source so you can also use it to track down clothes, toys or interior products that you love the look of. The result is a constant stream of inspirational pictures like these below, you can find beautiful or just weird and wonderful.

Pinterest Smudgetikka’s kids and children’s fashion trends board.

I also want to introduce a fellow blogger and her board to you, Katie from Modern Mummy who will be introducing her Pinterest board tomorrow. One of her boards is below,

Modern Mummy’s Pinterest board, Things I need to make

To join up for Pinterest either click the badge on the side of this post or register here. I promise it will fascinate you, the only problem I ever have is feeling guilty for the amount of time I spend on there!

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