Pinterest Boards Reorganised
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Pinterest Boards Reorganised
I love Pinterest. Pinterest is my virtual cupboard where I can virtually hoard .
But like any cupboard, it eventually gets to a point where it’s so choc-a-bloc full of goodies that I can’t find any particular goodie I’m after.
My main problem with Pinterest is that it arranges boards in rows rather than columns. Maybe it’s my years of using spreadsheets to organise everything and anything; but I use columns when organising. I organise in a vertical manner. When I write lists, I write down a column worth of items rather than a row of items.
Looking at the mess that is my Pinterest dashboard with all my Pinterest boards organised with no logic as to their placement, I just can’t help but want to reorganise my Pinterest boards in a vertical manner. This will be tricky given that Pinterest requires me to fill in an array in a horizontal manner, but I am giving it a go.
I am going to reorganise my Pinterest Boards vetically. When you visit Lessons Learnt Journal on Pinterest you’ll see in the top row the following labels. Though they are technically Pinterest boards, I won’t pin anything to these label boards. I will be using these boards purely as labels.
So, all my work Pinterest boards will be placed in the first column under my work Pinterest board label. All my play Pinterest boards will be placed under my play Pinterest board label, etc.
You may have to adjust the size of your internet browser so there are only five columns. Once this is done, all the boards line up beautifully.
A simple explanation for each of my labels:
Work: All things relating to working with children.
Rest: All things relating to resting. This includes special events, holidays, meals and things that refresh our lives from the everyday.
Play: All manner of fun and creative play with children.
Mish-Mash: Boards that contain a mixture of work, rest and play.
Chat: Where people come together for a conversation.
Wish me luck as I continue to tackle my Pinterest cupboard.
About the author
Pauline LessonsLearntJournal; because #playmatters. On Lessons Learnt Journal you'll find activities for children, play, parenting, maths games, handwriting, reading and much more.
Pauline is a Christian, Wife, Mother of 4, Primary School Teacher. When not blogging, she may be found virtually hoarding on Pinterest, trying to decide which Instagram filter to apply, or compulsively refreshing her Facebook feed. Most days you'll find her chasing her kids and that much needed nap.
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Oh boy Pauline, you certainly put my boards to shame. You’ve pinned so many inspiration ideas.
Jackie, I feel like I don’t pin much at all… then I see my boards. LOL. There are just so many great ideas out there.
Wow that is seriously organised. I understand the dilemma, I can spend a lot of time searching for that lost pin. Good luck.
Thanks Ali! So glad to know I’m not the only one with a lost pin dilemma. xoxo P
Great idea! You are seriously organised! I aspire to be as organised as you are. I have only just started on Pinterest – and love, love, love it but I can see how it could become like virtual hoarding. Thanks for some great tips.
Oh Suzy, you will love love love Pinterest. Enjoy your virtual hoarding my friend
xoxo P
Wow! You’re amazing, this looks great! I think you’re onto something here!
Thanks Bek! I was afraid it wouldn’t make much sense, but this virtual spring clean has already made my planning and work easier. So glad I did it. xoxo P
Off too pop over and look. Perhasp I can take something away. I need to reorganise my pinterest board and learn more about it. I love visuals so I think this kind of reorganising will be fun!
Your boards are great, but I’m anal about spelling. Organize is splelled with a “z”. Not meaning to be rude, Sorry!
No offence taken Loz
. I use British English and we spell organise with an ‘s’. Hope you’ll be kind enough to put up with my British English.
This is FANTASTIC! I love it. My boards are a mess. Want to come over and sort mine out?
Pinning this to my organised board. There’s some irony in there somewhere. lol
Ha ha ha. I also love that you have an “organised” board. I also love irony.
And you were trying to say that *I* was organised! This is taking organisation to a while new level, lol. I love it! I actually am not a fan of how many boards I have and all the different categories etc… I think (one day when I have all that spare time.. right) that I am going to have a big re-shuffle! Thanks for the inspiration. x
Sometimes I have a love-hate relationship with Pinterest. Love that there are so many ideas out there and a spot for me to collect them all. Hate that there are so many items that it can be crazy. I still think that you are organised Debs! I like being organised with you, tee hee hee
WOW! You put a lot of thought into this. It looks great. I have my top favorite in the first 2 rows. From there I do pop in a seasonal board or a board that I want to feature. The rest are just put in random with most contributing boards at the bottom. I was gong to ABC the boards but that didn’t work for very long. Love your thought processes.
Thanks SusieQTpies – (gosh I love that name). I should put my top favourite in the first few rows too and what a good idea to pop in a seasonal board or feature board in there too. I was also tempted to alphabetise my boards but didn’t see that working out very well. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. xoxo P
This is a unique idea and really makes your Pinterest pages stand apart from the rest! So creative, Pauline!~heather
Wow!
I like the idea of actually creating labels for your Pinterest boards. I also liked that you grouped similar boards together with a common symbol or word –> {. This is key, and something I had to learn the hard way. No matter how clever you are at naming your individual boards, when you start accepting group board invites, you’ll wish you had kept all your boards together with a common symbol or word so you don’t have to waste time hunting for it later.
Crisssy, I’m still ironing out this new system. LOL – it’s become a system! Golly.
So can you move boards around or they will just fall in place once they are relabeled?
How did you do it? I can\’t figure it out!
Hi Ginger,
If you want to rearrange your boards around, at the top next to the “Edit Profile” button there’s a picture with a board and arrows on both sides. Press that button to rearrange your boards around.
Hope this helps.
xoxo P
Thanks!!! Got it!
I figured it out!! What a good day!!!
The only problem with this, is that it will look different depending on how each visitor has their page set. Meaning, my window while I\’m surfing is nearly full-screen size, so it threw your whole page off (because on my page, there are 6 columns on your page, not 5). It simply had your first \”work\” item (English), up on the main line, next to your \”Chat\” header (so the first item in your second row is your Kids in the Kitchen, lined up underneath \”Work\” instead of \”Rest\”). Similarly, if I lessened my window, then I only saw 4 columns across, and if I was surfing full screen, it was actually 7 rows across. Hope that makes sense. But basically the page adjusts the number of columns to how big the window is of each particular user. Not trying to be a party pooper…it\’s just something I discovered when I was setting up my own page.
Hi Amy,
You’re not a party pooper at all. I realised this was a problem too, but thought it could be fixed by easily resizing your internet browser window. I guess not. Such as shame it’s so tricky to adjust it so there’s only 5 boards across.
xoxo P
I\’m so glad I\’ve found your Pinterest Boards and this site!! I\’m still rather new to the whole Pinning thing and can use all the tips I can get. It\’s nice to see you provide some fresh and unique ideas that many of us may not have seen before!! My Pinterest page is http://pinterest.com/missionwahm/ and I look forward to connecting with you and your followers!!
Love your Pinterest Boards (I’m new to Pinterest)! And now that I’ve found your website, loving that too!
Absolutely love this quote, it’s sooo true. Would make a great avatar/profile pic
“I love Pinterest. Pinterest is my virtual cupboard where I can virtually hoard .”
Hi Toni,
Oh… Pinterest… love love love it! So glad to have you here too and thank you so much for your lovely words. Totally made my day. Pinterest has changed a bit so I don’t use the approach outlined in this post to organise my boards anymore. I still virtually hoard though
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xoxo P