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For the past year and I half I have been trying to come up with new design ideas. I tried everything to hit on a new idea. I went to the library and thumbed through tons of jewelry books. I hit the book store and tore through pages of fashion and jewelry magazines. time and again I came up with nothing. Then I hit on something that never crossed my mind - Pinterest. I'm sure that most of you, like me, are very familiar with Pinterest. The website allows you to organize images that you have found on the net by 'pinning' them into 'boards'. Others can follow your boards and view the new images that you pin. In turn you can follow others boards that you find interesting. (For more information on how to use Pinterest please visit http://pinterest.com/about/help/) But how could I use Pinterest to find inspiration for my jewelry work? That was the million dollar question in my mind. I loved looking at all of the images and funny pictures that people have pinned, but none of those really inspired me.
To figure out how Pinterest could help, I went to the Pinterest search engine. I typed in the phrase "Wire Jewelry" and up popped dozens upon dozens of beautiful jewelry. I created a new board - Jewelry Crafts DIY - and began pinning my heart out! I then typed in other jewelry related searches and pinned those. Each time I found an interesting collection of jewelry pins I began following the fellow pinner. With each new pin that I placed on my board I could feel my creative juices begin to flow. Within no time I was feverishly sketching new wire art designs - so much that I began to see not just one new Wire Art Book in my future, but at least two! My creative dry spell was broken.
To keep Pinterest fresh and interesting for everyone you really need to add some of your own images. As I make new work and write new tutorials I pin an image of it on jewelry board for all of my followers to see. Hopefully these new pins inspire others to create new and exciting work.
Pinterest gave me a new avenue to go down to find inspiration. Each day I now make time to look at my pinterest page. I pin new images that bring me inspiration. This gives me an unlimited supply of new ideas. Why not head over to Pinterest and try it yourself. You can take a look at my Jewelry board at http://pinterest.com/jim4143/jewelry-crafts-diy/ that should help get you started.
'til Next Week
Jim McIntosh
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