Have you repined today?

Wikipedia describes Pinterest as "a vision board-styled social photo sharing website and app where users can create and manage theme-based image collections," while most of my friends and colleagues describe it as an amazingly expansive and equally addictive collection of images and ideas that will suck you in for hours at a time. Regardless of how many ways you slice it, Pinterest is devoted to bringing users together to share common interests. Sounds pretty...simple. In reality though, it's not simple at all. Take nail polish for example. There really isn't a whole lot of thought that goes into painting your nails, right? Wrong. If you search nail art on Pinterest you will suddenly be introduced to hundreds of creative nail art ideas that are so interesting and unique they make painting your nails all one glossy color seem quite boring.

The great thing about this site is that it appeals to so many different tastes and types of people. Let's take home decor as another example. Need some inspiration to decorate your mantle for the holidays? Pinterest could give you a different decor idea for all 31 days of December for the next 5 years! The decor boards of Pinterest can also appeal to a realtor who has an open house and needs some help with decor accents to place throughout the home. The appeal is endless! Having a dinner party, or looking for 50 different ways to make a cheeseburger? Pinterest has got you covered on that too!

Which brings me to the purpose of this blog entry...planning a Pinterest Wedding!!
Pinterest is an amazing tool for the wedding industry! Magazines and wedding blogs are great, don't get me wrong, but clients are fed the images in the order that the author prefers, not necessarily in the order that the reader might prefer. A bride may be inspired by images she sees in a bridal magazine, but there is a really great chance she can't plan her entire wedding around one bridal magazine or blog post. She can however create a Pinterest account and search for "Southern Virginia Wedding" "Beach Wedding" "Peacock Wedding" etc. to find endless images to help her create her very own wedding day elements! The bride can then print out the board and share it with her team of wedding professionals, or share it with them on the site if they have a Pinterest account as well. If you already have a Pinterest account, and would like to follow us our name is asyouwishva.

Not sure how you want your hair to look on your wedding day? Throw a Pinterest board together and take it to your hair stylist for a trial run to see which one works best with your hair type and style of dress! Not sure what type of bouquet you want, or what flowers look good in a bouquet with tulips? Pinterest has got you covered! Here are some great images pulled from the site to give you an idea of the range of inspiration Pinterest has to offer:

From all of us at As You Wish, Happy Wedding Planning!