Do you Pin?

My friend over at Sew18thCentury.com recently wrote a post about Pinterest, and I will absolutely admit that I am a pinning freak. I joined a while ago (at least over a year, I believe!), but never really pinned as much as I do now. Before recently becoming readdicted to the site, I hadn't been on it in months. Then, the department head at work asked if anyone was on Pinterest, and it has exploded throughout the office--and I once again started pinning like mad. Being in a creative field as a graphic designer, it is really helpful to have a great repository of awesome design and art, and Pinterest doesn't disappoint.

Even better, though, museums are getting in on the action and you can see some really great things from their collections! I have an 18th century board and I'm slowly amassing gorgeous things as inspiration. You can follow my board, appropriately titled "Stuck in the 18th Century" here: http://pinterest.com/kbpowers/stuck-in-the-18th-century/

Are you on Pinterest?

Randomly spotting the 18thc.

I just saw this posted to my Facebook feed, and it brought a smile to my face--especially since I'm a Words with Friends junkie:

Awesome.

How did this get started?

Since I'm a really connected social media maven, I set up a feed to have my blog posts automatically publish from Blogger to Facebook and Twitter (you can follow me on Twitter @kbpowers, I had to lock it down though as I'm beginning a new job search). A friend and follower on Twitter commented on my blog name; because of a trip to the RISD Museum together, I decided to take the plunge and create this blog. Here's his tweet:

How did this come about? Well, I happened to date a painting based solely on the gown the sitter was wearing in the museum's attached historic house. This blew my dear friend's mind! We went around the entire house, looking for 18th century paintings for me to date (and for the record, he's an art historian that says his program never went over this stuff!). Some I got right, others I got wrong, but it was a good experience and training for my 18th century eye.

So, really, I owe this blog all to my dear Anulfo. Sitting on the train in Providence, waiting to go back to Boston, I decided that I would take the plunge. Haven't regretted it yet!