Love and Lobster Coastal New England Weddings

Hi, my name is ______, and I’m a pinoholic.

If you’re familiar with Pinterest, you can relate to that declaration. If you haven’t yet experienced this online phenomenon sweeping the wedding world, get ready.

For the uninitiated, Pinterest is a way to bookmark and display inspiration you find online, wedding-related or otherwise. It’s basically the virtual version of dog-earing a bunch of bridal magazines featuring your favorite ideas. But instead of sifting through hundreds of pages to find that one hairstyle you circled three months ago in god-knows-which magazine, it’s all online and at your fingertips.

For those already hip to online inspiration-hoarding, Pinterest takes all those bookmarks and makes them visible.  Like you’re “pinning” them to a bulletin board that you and all your friends can see.

Starting to see the appeal? Instead of toting a binder full of style, dress, food and other ideas to each vendor meeting, you can simply ask your vendors to follow you on Pinterest. And since other people can comment on each item you pin, your bridesmaids and pals can weigh in anywhere, anytime. You don’t have to wait for a Sunday morning brunch to hear your girls exclaim, “OMG you would rock that gown!”

Sign up for an account, or start browsing to get a feel for Pinterest’s layout. Boards by TheKnot, Martha Stewart Weddings and others are a good place to start.

But beware: There’s a reason people talk about Pinterest in terms of addiction. Once you start pinning, entire hours can slip by in a blur of adorable DIY crafts, mouth-watering recipe ideas and more. We found this, this and this in just the last five minutes. Other random things you’ll see plenty of are cute animals, handsome men, inspirational sayings and grammar police.

Pinterest’s appeal lies in its power to make you feel creative and stylish without actually doing anything. You’ll make those desserts/buy those shoes/paint your walls that color someday, right?

At least pinning for a wedding comes with a built-in deadline. One tip: Make a board for each element of your big day. For example, style, color, invites, food, flowers, etc. One catchall “wedding” board will soon get overrun with ideas.

Ok, now out with it. How many Pinterest addicts do we have out there? Share with us in the comments.