Pinterest

Dear Friend,

Did you know that teenagers spend an average of 30 hours per week on their computers? That means roughly 4.3 hours per day. Add a bit more for students at our school, since we learn via technology in almost all of our classes. We could go on and on about how this is detracting from family values, making teenagers afraid to express themselves after being limited to a screen, and making the world smaller while trying to expand our horizons...

But more on that later.

What we really want to talk about today is a particular website that we find ourselves spending much of our 4.3 hours on: PINTEREST. We fondly refer to it as the "classy tumblr". When we first heard of pinterest, it seemed like something that only pretentious housewives did,  but once we made accounts, we were addicted.

Basically, pinterest is what it sounds like. 'Pins' and "Interests'. Essentially each account is a series of online pin boards. These boards each have themes ranging from DIYs, to cute animals, to tattoo ideas. You can "follow" friends or other pinners, and their pins will show up on your dashboard. From there you can repin clothes you like, or recipe ideas for later, etc. Pinterest is a great place to browse for creative projects and ideas and plans. You never know what you'll find!

Follow us here:
http://pinterest.com/kmaberle/
http://pinterest.com/catherinehkuo/

Happy pinning!

Yours truly,
Kylie and Catherine