Inspiring Business with Pinterest

I am sure most of you reading this already have some type of obsession with Pinterest, right? It's one of those things you can do in the doctor's office waiting room, during Monday night football (which is just around the corner), etc. I've somewhat created a negative habit of "Pinteresting" too much...

"Yep" - my husbands words

But we can't deny that Pinterest is a great place when you're in need of inspiration!

Food Inspiration

Avocado Toast

 There are so many delicious recipes! You can pin and basically create for yourself, a modern version of a recipe book! Now I'm thinking, wouldn't it be a great idea to create a printed book for someone using their favorite food pins???

Fashion Inspiration

Fashion

One of my favorite boards is my "Getting Dressed" board. I love collecting the outfits, patterns, the shoes! It helps me to think of different ways to use the wardrobe I already have, and reminds of things I've forgotten about that are hanging in my closet.

Business Inspiration and Growth

Chevron Table

Pinterest has really been great for The Honey Shack. In fact, I know that pinning photos of our products has led to sales, and especially, inspiration for others.

A few things you can do to bridge Pinterest with your business:

1. Create or pin to a few different pin boards (collections). If you pin all of your products or services to one board, not as many people will see the pins. Our Boards

our jar was repinned several times...

2. Make sure your boards are well curated (put together beautifully). This will ensure that you will gain more followers, and in return, you are more likely to have your product/service photos repinned.

One of my favorite pinners! => http://pinterest.com/poppytalk/

3. Use a classy avatar or your logo as your avatar - this builds your brand.

4. Find pinners to follow that inspire your work or follow a similar design preference. This will keep you inspired and build your network.

5. Pin for your business, but more than that, pin the things that you love, the places you've seen, your favorite recipes, the best shoes, the books you've read over and over again. Be the inspiration for others.

6. Most important thing -

Support other people like you on Pinterest. Those of you that are trying to build your Etsy business, find other Etsians to follow and repin their products that you love.

and lastly...

My Motto

Vintage Door Dinner Table...

Repurposing...we love these types of projects!

It feels good to take something and recycle it into something else. Not only does it save money and waste, but it's exciting to watch the transformation. It gives the pieces in your home a story to tell.

<- We found this old door at a flea market, it had all of the original hardware, and very few damages.

I'd like to know the history that comes with the door (how old, what town, which house) Unfortunately, at flea markets and trade days, this information is usually unknown.

Over the past few months we have been transforming our door, and this is the progression thus far...

We removed the white paint first.

Look at all the different patterns in the wood grain! Sadly this detail was covered up to bring the surface all to one level. After sanding we leveled to one surface. Other options would be to cover the entire door with a glass top, but we had other ideas in mind.

Following this we had to build a base (legs/support).

Our style:rustic/industrial/modern/Hurd

After staining/sealing/attaching we had to decide what we wanted to do with the five sections (at this time only filled with wood). We were going to use metal sheeting, but now we are thinking about adding tiles.   

        

          

Future step: adding tile
{I'd really like to go south to Mexico and find beautiful tiles.}

We used a very dark stain. 

You can see the different ways in which the wood took the stain, beautiful!
Can't wait to get our tiles!!!

More to come...chairs too!

Okay, it is now October, 2013, and this table still is in the same state as the photo above. A lot has changed in our lives...including the purpose of this door/table surface (and our vision for it's design).

With the growth of our business (http://etsy.com/shop/TheHoneyShack) we have developed a need for a place to package our larger products. This table is now sitting in our studio serving as a packaging table. I love it!!!

One day it will be "finished" and will serve it's original purpose. 

The life of small business.