How I Use Pinterest to Save Me Thousands!
There’s more to Pinterest than the cute bedroom designs and nail tutorials. I use Pinterest to save me THOUSANDS. Probably even closer to TENS of thousands!
You might think that’s an overreaction, but really it isn’t.
- I’ve learned about how to use the envelope system of budgeting from Pinterest.
- I learned my DIY laundry detergent recipe from Pinterest.
- I learned my toothpaste recipe from Pinterest.
- I learned about how to cloth diaper on Pinterest.
- I learned about how being a hippie actually saves money from Pinterest.
- And, my personal favorite so far, I learned about BLOGGING on Pinterest!!
Almost everything about where I am as a cheapskate frugalista, I learned from Pinterest. To say that Pinterest changed my life might be an understatement.
Did I mention how much I love Pinterest? It’s probably the best part of my job as a blogger! I basically get paid to spend time on Pinterest.
Maybe my favorite things about Pinterest is that it knows what I like. It knows that I love blogging, saving money, working from home, and DIYs. But It also knows that my friend logged in at the same time sitting right next to me loves hair ideas, capsule wardrobes, farmhouse decorating, and wedding ideas.
It still shocks me that Pinterest doesn’t have a “saving money” category. But you can get Pinterest to show you things that you like without needing to weed through the “home feed” showing you DIY things to do with barn doors when all you want to know is how to save money in the summer.
You can trick Pinterest into showing you more of what you like by following more frugal living pinners.
The best way to trick Pinterest into showing you more of what you want is to follow more pinners who post about that category. If you follow and repin more frugal pinners, you’ll see more frugal pins on your homepage without having to search for them.
I want to share with you some of the pinners that changed my life by teaching me how to save money. These are the women (and men) who really know their stuff when it comes to budgeting and pinching pennies. If you need guidance on where to go to start saving money or learning how to get out of debt, these are the pinners to follow.
The top 30 frugal pinners to follow:
- Cow Country Housewife
- Money Saving Mom
- Living Well, Spending Less
- Making Sense of Cents
- Sarah Titus
- The Busy Budgeter
- The Budget Mama
- Graceful Little Honey Bee
- Fun Cheap or Free
- Thrifty Little Mom
- Creative Savings
- Early Bird Mom
- Krazy Coupon Lady
- Frugal Navy Wife
- Passionate Penny Pincher
- Penny Pinchin Mom
- The Budget Babe
- Passion For Savings
- Frugal Fanatic
- Fabulously Frugal
- I am THAT lady
- Today’s Frugal Mom
- Budget Fashionista
- The Penny Hoarder
- $5 Dinners
- Saving Dollars and Cents
- Dave Ramsey
- The Debt Myth
- Household Management 101
- Retired By 40
Pinterest is my favorite tool for finding new answers to my family’s problems. There are so many talented people with really amazing ideas on Pinterest! It’s always fun to learn new and better ways to solve a problem, and there’s really no better place to start than on Pinterest.
What’s your favorite search on Pinterest?
Klayci Green says
I don’t know that I can pick a favorite search on pinterest! There are so many amazing possibilities and creative ideas! I guess I kind of go through my phases of searches that I enter but 99% of the time, they have to do with saving money, recipes, and activities for my kids. This post has awesome resources and great ideas. You are always so helpful! Thank you!
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Carolyn says
I use Pinterest too. I am a parenting blogger but use it also for recipes, blogging tips and decorating.
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Jamie @ Medium Sized Family says
I hadn’t thought of it in those terms, but you’re right! I definitely google things on Pinterest when I’m trying to save. I’m almost more likely to search Pinterest than Google these days. You’ve listed some of my favorite frugal follows on Pinterest. 🙂
NIcole says
I use Pinterest to help me with so many things, too. Thanks for the list of great people to follow. Stopping by from the #HomeMattersParty this week.