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"   I&amp;#039;m totally addicted to Pinterest \u2014 simply put it&amp;#039;s a visual heaven. If you haven&amp;#039;t checked it out, I urge you to \u2026 it&amp;#039;s a collection of beautiful pictures ranging from images of gorgeous desserts and cute shoes to shots of celebrities and breaking news. In each category, you can browse through pictures and digitally &amp;quot;pin&amp;quot; them onto your own boards \u2014 basically building your own collection of virtual collages. Signing up is as simple as requesting an invite. (We got one within 24 hours, or you can ask a friend who&amp;#039;s already registered to add you.) If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can hook it up with one click, and easily find friends to follow. Plus your pins will be broadcast to your social networks (if you want them to be). Last step: Drag the &amp;quot;Pin It&amp;quot; bookmarklet to your toolbar and you&amp;#039;re ready to start pinning! I love Pinterest because I can peruse all the categories I like, from food to fashion and humor to fitness. All the posts around a given topic are handily organized and you can filter by the boards of the people you&amp;#039;re following or see what everyone on Pinterest is posting. If your interests are different than mine, there are 32 other categories ranging from home d\u00E9cor to travel to technology. I started out on Pinterest by perusing the humor category (Who doesn&amp;#039;t love a cute animal picture or funny comic?), but soon discovered that the site was so much more. I&amp;#039;m a big crafter, and it&amp;#039;s so much fun to look at the DIY &amp;amp;amp; Crafts channel for inspiration. When I find a project I like, it&amp;#039;s easy enough to follow the link to the instructions or &amp;quot;repin&amp;quot; it on one of my boards to save the craft for later.  Beyond getting inspiration for projects, recipes, hairstyles, and more, I like to use Pinterest to save things I stumble onto across the web. It&amp;#039;s like a visual bookmark; it&amp;#039;s a great way to collect, say, appetizer ideas when I&amp;#039;m planning my next party or cool accents to add some flair to my apartment. And it&amp;#039;s really simple to organize boards around your interests and create new ones as you go.  If you want to learn more about how to post, here&amp;#039;s a handy Pinterest tutorial:      It&amp;#039;s always fun to follow your friends, but you can also keep an eye on what your favorite designers, celebrities, and magazine editors are posting. Or, for the latest from Good Housekeeping, you can check out our boards on everything from easy weeknight dinners to simple Easter crafts. Have you checked out Pinterest already? What are your favorite things to pin? Let me know in the comments! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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