Win a copy of Pinterest Perfect!

by Camilla June 17, 2014

written by Camilla June 17, 2014

Pinterest is one of the fastest-growing social media sites right now… and one of the fastest ways to see a couple of hours disappear right before your eyes! It’s a place to find inspiration, discover amazing people and learn crafty new skills – and it also happens to be one of the best ways to ways to lead people to your own work and online shop.

Enter Pinterest Perfect. This book is a collection of 25 projects by eight artists, inspired by the creative DIY culture of Pinterest, combined with tips on how to use Pinterest and become part of the Pinterest community.

The artists sharing their tips and talent include American illustrator Amanda Wright from Wit & Whistle, doodler Flora Chang from Happy Doodle Land and British “cartoonist, writer, illustrator and all-round small person” Gemma Correll. The projects are fun and easy to follow, and each one comes with an introduction to its creator. Follow their instructions and you’ll learn how to make papercraft bows, create a chalkboard calendar and draw a cat, among other necessary life skills.

Tips on how to use Pinterest effectively are slotted between the projects in sidebars – how to see who is pinning your images, how to collaborate and build a sense of community and how to create original content are just some of the topics covered.

This book is billed as one-part inspiration and one part how-to, and we’ve got three copies to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, just leave a comment on this blog or send an email with the subject line “I want to be perfect!” to competitions@folksy.co.uk. The deadline for entries is midnight on Tuesday 24th June.*

* This competition is only open to UK residents. Winners will be picked at random after the competition closes.

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Pinterest Perfect is published by Walter Foster Creative Team | £12.99 | Paperback

Camilla

Camilla Westergaard is content editor at Folksy. Her mother is a potter and she grew up with a ceramic studio in her house, surrounded by handmade objects of desire, leading to a lifelong love of craft. When she's not stitching, printing and sketching, she can be found curating content across Folksy, interviewing designers and helping British makers get their work seen across the world.

Meet the Maker: Alison Deegan

98 comments

Emma Morris June 17, 2014 - 6:53 pm

I want to be perfect

Candi hall June 17, 2014 - 7:11 pm

I want to be perfect!! X

Nikki Willis June 17, 2014 - 7:19 pm

Yes please! I’m obsessed with Pinterest, so could use a few tips on how to use it to it’s full potential! Thanks x

Anja Schafer June 17, 2014 - 7:38 pm

This book looks fab! x

Victoria Bostock June 17, 2014 - 7:49 pm

I do love a good book! :-)

delphineandmax June 17, 2014 - 7:56 pm

I absolutely love Pinterest!! So that would be the perfect book for me :) x

Clare Axton June 17, 2014 - 8:12 pm

Love Pinterest so much!! Looks a wonderful book. :)

Sally Searby June 17, 2014 - 8:20 pm

I love Pinterest and would love to know how to use it better.

Hazel Tyrrell June 17, 2014 - 8:33 pm

I want to be perfect!

Hala June 17, 2014 - 8:43 pm

“I want to be perfect!”

Gemma Payne June 17, 2014 - 8:43 pm

I want to be perfect too!!

Amber Phillips June 17, 2014 - 8:57 pm

I want to be perfect!

Francis Hayes June 17, 2014 - 8:59 pm

Sounds right up my alley – I’m getting well into pinterest

Sabrina June 17, 2014 - 9:06 pm

this is such a great idea for a book! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!!

Sally June 17, 2014 - 9:12 pm

I would love, love, love this book and have a go at making many of the projects in the book. Pretty please pick my name out of the hat !

Rebecca Miles June 17, 2014 - 9:13 pm

I am far from perfect… help.me! ;) x

Rebecca Miles June 17, 2014 - 9:14 pm

I am far from perfect… help.me!! ;)

Jenny Hurry June 17, 2014 - 9:20 pm

Me please! Also, I love Gemma Correll :)

Emma Lewis June 17, 2014 - 9:34 pm

I want to be perfect!

Kate Dukes June 17, 2014 - 9:54 pm

I want to be perfect!

Sarah Turner June 17, 2014 - 10:36 pm

“I want to be perfect” and would live to get my hands on a copy of this book.

Emma Stickley June 17, 2014 - 11:00 pm

Oooh this sounds great. Please count me in :)

maddi June 17, 2014 - 11:21 pm

oh yes please! I absolutely adore Pinterest :)

chiomah June 17, 2014 - 11:26 pm

Great graduation prezzie and a push in the right direction to get my work on Folksy now I’m officially an artist! ;-) x

Rachel June 17, 2014 - 11:33 pm

Ooooh – yes please! Pinterest is a slight mystery to me – I’ve dabbled – and I can see it’s power – but I think I need a guide to make sure I immerse myself fully – losing days creating board after wonderful board :)

louise June 17, 2014 - 11:45 pm

I want to be perfect!

Richard Johnston June 18, 2014 - 12:14 am

I want to be perfect! And I’m pinterested in finding out how.

Anna King June 18, 2014 - 12:58 am

I want to be perfect….. or at least learn how to get better at “Pinteresting”.

Snuggly Sockimals June 18, 2014 - 4:19 am

We want to be perfect!

Jackie Rosano June 18, 2014 - 5:34 am

I want to be perfect!

Looks like a fabulous inspiring book.

Judith Gurney June 18, 2014 - 7:43 am

I want to be perfect, so I would love this book to help me.

Judith Gurney June 18, 2014 - 7:44 am

I would love this book to help me, as I want perfection

Michelle Penny June 18, 2014 - 7:52 am

I cannot believe how hooked I am on pinterest, the hours disappearing before my eyes. The book sounds like it was made for me

Catherine Parker June 18, 2014 - 8:27 am

I want to be perfect! (Who doesn’t?!). Book looks fab, I’ll keep my fingers and toes crossed :)

Ruth June 18, 2014 - 8:29 am

I want to be Pinterest perfect! I LOVE Pinterest, and think this book will be really pinteresting!

Anna June 18, 2014 - 12:17 pm

No one is perfect but I’d give it a damn good try!!

Kelly June 18, 2014 - 2:19 pm

What a lovely looking book! Fingers crossed xx a Pinterest-Addict.

Susan June 18, 2014 - 4:35 pm

Ooh, yes, I’d love a copy please. Not much danger of me being perfect though, however hard I tried :)

Lei Ai June 18, 2014 - 6:17 pm

I want to be perfect

Kim Bowden June 18, 2014 - 6:33 pm

Yes please.

Val Hatton June 18, 2014 - 9:38 pm

I get so much inspiration from Pinterest. This book could help me to get even more!

Sam W June 19, 2014 - 7:11 am

I want to be perfect; I really do. ♥

jacqui sharples June 19, 2014 - 9:14 am

would love this, really only use pinterest for my own mood boards and to collect inspiration. Some tips would be helpful ;)

Jessie Growden June 19, 2014 - 3:04 pm

I want to be perfect! :)

Mymble June 19, 2014 - 3:06 pm

I love Pinterest and I love this books so this is perfect!

Kirsty Reid June 19, 2014 - 3:07 pm

I want to be perfect!

Pam Powell June 19, 2014 - 3:08 pm

Perfect for me pretty please :)

beverley ormerod June 19, 2014 - 3:15 pm

to win this book, would bring me luck and much inspiration too. With just a peek i feel the heat of my fingers filled with heaven. To say some more would be a bore as i would not be creating. So here’s to you heartfelt through and though i say thank you thank you thank you.

Sinéad Galvin June 19, 2014 - 3:23 pm

I want to be perfect!

Alison Bellamy June 19, 2014 - 3:41 pm

Pinterest Perfect would be perfect please
To make me more perfect than the Bees Knees

Nat June 19, 2014 - 3:45 pm

This looks amazing!

Chris June 19, 2014 - 4:43 pm

Pick me please (at random of course), I promise to complete all of the projects and do my Pinterest homework.

Louise June 19, 2014 - 5:14 pm

This book looks so great, pinterest is fab!

Caroline June 19, 2014 - 5:36 pm

Practice makes perfect. Yes please!

Pavlina June 19, 2014 - 5:54 pm

I want to be perfect too!

Lucy Manwaring June 19, 2014 - 5:55 pm

I want to be perfect!

Ruth Turner June 19, 2014 - 6:14 pm

“I want to be perfect!”
The summer holidays are coming up, I am sure my boys and I would manage to work through the book on those rainy days.

Eleanor June 19, 2014 - 6:35 pm

I use Pinterest for everything – inspiration, teaching, tutorials, cooking, gardening – perfect for the visually inspired!

Helen June 19, 2014 - 6:37 pm

I want to be soooo perfect! :-)

Caroline Jones June 19, 2014 - 8:04 pm

Seeing as I love Pinterest – this sounds like a perfect prize!

Heather June 19, 2014 - 8:19 pm

I want to be perfect :-) and super crafty x x

Meabh June 19, 2014 - 9:37 pm

I want to be perfect too please!!

Sabine June 19, 2014 - 10:15 pm

I want to be SO perfect. I love good books!

Lisa Stubbs June 19, 2014 - 11:00 pm

I want to be perfect too thank you!!

Lisa Stubbs June 19, 2014 - 11:02 pm

I want to be perfect too please!

Nicky June 20, 2014 - 7:14 am

I want to BE perfect!

Helen June 20, 2014 - 7:28 am

I would love to give one of these books a happy new home and make sure it is well thumbed in the pursuit of improving the homemade birthday and Christmas gifts I make each year

Kat Pierce June 20, 2014 - 7:53 am

I want to be perfect but I dare say I am a lost cause, however I would very much like to be able to draw a cat and am definitely in need of some life skills, especially necessary ones!

Marlies Haselton June 20, 2014 - 7:58 am

I’m already perfect :-)

Rach June 20, 2014 - 8:29 am

My 14 year old cousin has just opened a store to sell her fabulous jewellery – I’d love to give this book to her for further inspiration.

Lauren June 20, 2014 - 10:49 am

I really really really want to be perfect!

Pallavi Prasad June 20, 2014 - 11:34 am

I love pinning! I am graphic designer who loves everything colorful and full of designs and life. I am always looking for inspiration… This would be a great book for me :)

I want to be Perfect!