Pinterest

Oh Pinterest, thou art the knight and shining armor of internet image sourcing and sharing!  Sorry Google images, we had some good times (and from time to time still do), but Pinterest is my main squeeze these days... haha. 

Pinterest is a picture sharing website that provides a unique feature called the 'Pin It' button, which you simply drag and drop on the shortcut menu bar of your browser.  From that point forward, whenever you're on any website and spot some awesome pictures, you can simply click that 'Pin It' button and it enables you to "Pin" (add) any photo on that page to what is called a "Board" (a virtual inspiration board) - you can have one or thirty boards and name them/categorize them however you want!  What makes this concept and tool so great is that it eliminates the need to save a billion photos to ones computer (that's a big problem for me, and even now I still save a bit of photos), also it tracks the source of the image and allows you to cite sources as well as offers an HTML embedding tool once "pinned" to your board.  If you embed the image into your blog post with said HTML embedding feature, it will automatically provide a source citing at the bottom of the image - complete with links for easy reader reference (see images in my previous posts for examples)!  Talk about stress relief and time saving!

If this is the first time you are hearing about Pinterest I suggest you hold onto your seat - it's pretty awesome.  However if you're one of those people who applied to Pinterest and are desperately and impatiently waiting to be accepted and wondering why it's taking so long, let me be the one to break the bad news - it might not happen for a looooooong time.  You see, it has been almost a year since I applied and I have yet to be accepted to this photographic secret society!  Well, that's what it feels like right??  It's so exclusive that you have to apply and go on a virtual waiting list to be accepted?  Meanwhile the exclusive few that got the first beta slots for testing it out (or however the heck it started, I don't know exactly) are able to send tons of invites to whoever they want for instant joining access, thereby creating some type of exclusive membership thingy...  Soooo, how did I get in you ask?  Well, I clicked on over to their Facebook page and saw that existing members of Pinterest were posting on the wall offering their "invitations" to anyone who wanted to join immediately.  So I responded with my e-mail, and I kind stranger promptly sent me an invitation!  I was thrilled...

As for the endless waiting to be accepted by Pinterest into their exclusive little photographic society?  I say that is some cruel deprivation, and after receiving a comment on one of my posts from reader Linda about anxiously waiting to be accepted, I thought it was high time to pay it forward!  I visited Linda's awesome cooking blog Dinner with the Welches: Eat, Drink, Live and, only after getting swept away and distracted by her delicious meals and thorough recipe sharing, I left her a comment asking her to send me her e-mail so that I could directly invite her to Pinterest.  That immediately got me thinking about doing this post and offering all of my readers who are interested a direct invitation to Pinterest.  I don't know what the cap is for sending invitations to friends, but I'll invite until they run out!  So go ahead and comment on this post with your e-mail and I'll send you an invite!  If you don't want to leave your e-mail address in the comment section, please feel free to send it to me in an e-mail at InspireBohemia@gmail.com. 

If you're already a Pinterest member, add me:

In case you missed my past few posts, check out:
Fall and Thanksgiving Wreaths
Thanksgiving Tablescapes, Pumpkins and Decor

I'll be back within the hour with another Thanksgiving decor post!

Hello Weekend!

Hi there!  How is everyone's Saturday going so far?  Mine has been a bit hectic, but I'll be back later with another post about that...  In the meantime, I want to share some random gorgeousness with you, something nice to look at while you sip your morning coffee....  Enjoy your weekend, you're freeee!

Source: sunsurfer.tumblr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Santorini, Greece = HEAVEN!

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Source: thestars-themoon.tumblr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Beautiful Peacock detail on a gate somewhere out there in the world!

Source: southernaccents.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Source: moonlightrainbow.tumblr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Source: triciawilson.tumblr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Source: google.co.uk via Inspire on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Inspire on Pinterest

(All images in this post were sources via Pinterest.)

Artful Arrangements

*sigh*

I love this collection of framed photos above, looks like antique pictures of sports teams, military units and/or school classes, etc... Actually, my aunt has one of my great aunt's unit when she was in the Army, she has it displayed in a funky grouping of framed family photos. Now that I think of it, I'd love to get a copy of it one day, and perhaps I can track down one of my father from his Navy days. Ok I'm getting off track.....

For me, art on the walls is an imperative component of a stylish and cozy room, not to mention a great form of self expression. Whether it be framed art, botanical/animal prints, collages, photography, mirrors or just shadow boxes, antique keys and shelves littered with vases and trinkets, I find that grouping a combination of any and all of these items makes for a great eclectic and bohemian feeling space. Although, ultimately that depends on the nature of the art and objects that constitute the wall art, as well as the surrounding space.

When I hang art vignettes/groupings/arrangements on my walls it ends up looking bohemian eclectic because I don't go out of my way to do things like frame everything in black or one other consistent color (like in some of the following images), although I do like that look. I have had to force myself to follow the rule of "JUST HANG IT!" because if I plan to refurb/DIY a frame or modify a piece of Goodwill/thrift store/garage sale art it in any way it will sit around forever, so I just hang it and then when it starts to get to me I take it down and do it. Anyway, I have come to love a eclectic and somewhat chaotic wall of art, mirrors, trinkets and decor.

With all that said, scroll on for some delightful, inspirational arrangements of wall art and decor and of course the living spaces that surround them. If you are having trouble getting things on your wall, I know how intimidating it can be, so try a trick that my aunt taught me: face your target wall and arrange your art and objects on the floor in front of it... Go adding and removing and envisioning it all against the wall. It seems to work for me, though most of the time I just do it in my mind, because I'm nuts like that.

Ok ok enough rambling, scroll on and enjoy!

Are you thinking what I'm thinking when you look at this next photo...? GREAT IDEA... I have been wanting to hang some antique silver serving utensils for some time now, I think I'll frame them in a shadow box!..............

I especially love this last image, it's not only the gorgeous botanical art, but the overall feel of the room... I think it's the colors....

(All images found via a Google key word image search)