So, generally I only get onto pinterest for workout ideas, fashion inspiration and the occasional do it yourself project if I’m feeling lucky. I just recently entered into a contest put on by Bella Figura letterpress company. the requirements included creating a board titled “My Favorite Place” and adding a picture of that favorite place with a comment including why it was special. As a former flight attendant this came relatively easy to me as Bondi Beach, Australia was the first to pop into my head. The requirements of this contest also included adding 20 more pictures or “pins” that were similar to the original favorite place picture, along with the design of an envelope liner added to the board. Considering the ocean has always fascinated me since I was a child, this contest was an enjoyable one as I browsed through different pins of nostalgic oceanic images. There’s something about the combination of colors of the beach; blue shades of the ocean, greens of vegetation and surrounding trees, the black, grays and browns of the land rocks and the soft cream of the sand. The taste of the salty air and fresh breeze that for a little while allows you to not think about the worsening air pollution plaguing the earth. You see, I thoroughly enjoyed entering this contest because it allowed me to escape. Maybe I wasn’t actually on a beach or by the ocean but for a little while I got wrapped up in the array of beach images that let me escape my reality even for just a bit. I can thank Pinterest for that.

My Pinterest board ‘My Favorite Place”:

http://pinterest.com/daniellect88/my-favorite-place/

Bella Figura My Favorite Place Contest:

http://www.bellafigura.com/letterpress-inspiration/2012/07/pinterest-contest/#comments