Pinterest LA Meet Up

Last Thursday I attended the Pinterest Los Angeles Meet Up hosted by Urbanic Paper Boutique. I had no idea what to expect but I was very curious to see what the latest and hottest site was up too and meet some of the behind scenes players running this uber cool site. They definitely did not disappoint!

First of all I am in love with Urbanic.

It is a darling paper store located on Abbot Kinney and has some of the most darling and original stationary/greeting cards/fun trinkets/etc that you can find.Audrey also has a cool blog dedicated to all things paper and if you are obsessed with paper like me then you will LOVE reading Parcel Post! How cute is this cupcake mobile that they had hanging above their cash wrap?!

When we first got there we had our picture taken and got pinned to the board. Very cool idea to see who was there.

We settled in with a glass of wine.

And took a look at the darling photo bunting they had hanging up.

Then it was time to meet the brains behind the scenes. Lucky for us we got there early and were able to meet Ben. Ben is one of the co-founders and every time you get one of those fun emails letting you know someone is following you or someone has repinned something of yours he is the one telling you! Behind the scenes fun fact is that Ben and his partner had started another site that ended up not working out. But there was one thing they stumbled on that was the foundation of Pinterest. They were creating these boards (fashion directed) and people loved them. They knew they were on to something and especially for the creative minds out there to collect images in a online organized way. Little did they know people like me would use them as an online portfolio and to visually show clients ideas for their own projects. I dont know about you but I have had binders for years (for each room of the house) stuffed full of magazine clippings. With Pinterest they can be organized in the same way and also link to their origins. Brilliant!

{Me and Ben of Pinterest}

Now this is Enid. You NEED to know her. Besides be super sweet and easy to talk to, she is the communications director. She is a Pasadena area girl originally (she went to Art Center for fashion) and now is one of 7 people making Pinterest run. She is the one who accepts your requests to join Pinterest. Yep thats her. AND she is resident cheerleader. She sends her team those pump you up emails to get them through their busy crazy weeks. Enid said she loves being busy and thrives off of seeing how many people are wanting to join the site. So keep em coming!

{Enid of Pinterest and Me}

But the highlight was meeting other pinners and hearing what they love to pin and meeting some other bloggers. Like Joy from Oh Joy. Okay I felt a little lame as I had not been following her and after hearing what she writes about I wanted to kick myself for not following her site sooner. She is a graphic artist that just moved out to the silverlake area and she knows ALL the best restaurants, has darling and original art sources (take a look at the hand made baby blocks made for her baby announcement), and is an amazing graphic artist. My friend Lynde who went with me was over the moon to meet and greet her and get me caught up on what I have been missing. So if you are one of the last people (like me!) to follow Joy, head over to her blog Oh Joy and you will be in heaven.

{Lynde Trussell and Joy from Oh Joy}

So I know many of you have asked if there will be other meet ups and I sure hope there will. Pinterest is based on Palo Alto, California and I am sure they are going to be spreading like wild fire if not already.

If you still have not joined Pinterest, leave your email address below and I will send you an invite. Happy Pinning!!