The trouble with Pinterest

Thursday, December 20, 2012


How I think something's going to look.


Illustration of person in white top and green maxi skirt
How it actually looks.


The same applies to quirky present-wrapping techniques, hairstyles, and artful arrangements of festive twigs with which I keep accidentally poking myself in the face.


Both images via Pinterest, of course. Top: Source frustratingly difficult to find. Bottom: Illustration by the hugely talented, outrageously successful and one-year-younger-than-me Olimpia Zagnoli. There is no reason why her age is in any way relevant, except that it's my birthday in a few days. Make of that what you will.

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  1. Sama20 December 2012 at 08:15

    Haha! So, so true.

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  2. Amanda20 December 2012 at 08:43

    Haha yeah.... but I do find very good recipes and I love how there are always good photographs to illustrate them.

    And hey it's gonna be your birthday soon :) I hope you are feeling happy and festive.

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  3. Rosie aka Kirst's mum20 December 2012 at 09:13

    Kirsty - you would never ever look the second picture! It's a bit more like your Mum!!! xxx

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  4. Helen - sittinginthekitchensink20 December 2012 at 09:22

    Ha, I love it! So true, especially about the twigs that poke you in the face!

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  5. Unknown20 December 2012 at 10:17

    Oh what I would not give to look like the first picture...

    Very true - but when you pulled off that look for blook club I think you proved you don't look like the second picture.

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    1. Kirsty | A Safe Mooring20 December 2012 at 10:46

      Ha ha thanks - I hope nobody actually looks like the second picture!

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  6. Lizzie21 December 2012 at 20:54

    Happy almost birthday!, first of all.

    Second of all. I feel the EXACT same way. Ridiculous. Nothing is ever as good as Pinterest makes it out to be.

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  7. Conversation Pieces22 December 2012 at 01:35

    Ha ha ha ha... so true! So very unfairly true. Especially those blooming long skirts. See also fringes. And skinny jeans. And sequin skirts. (I'm not bitter about any of these things, no!) x

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  8. Anna, Oh yes! I like that. 30 December 2012 at 23:08

    Oh this is SO BLOODY TRUE of everything I Pin.

    Got fun plans for your birthday?

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  9. Meghan2 January 2013 at 00:09

    So so true. In my mind I look like the first picture. Slim, blond and confident and then I look at photos and reality truly hits me. Blergh.

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    1. Kirsty | A Safe Mooring2 January 2013 at 13:12

      Aw, don't say that! You are fabulous, and don't forget it x

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  10. Heiress Emma4 January 2013 at 05:32

    Hmmm. I just saw this as I decided to make a dress very similar to one I saw on Pinterest. Ah well. Throwing all caution to the wind!

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  11. AVY4 January 2013 at 22:44

    I think it's the other way around.

    /Avy

    http://mymotherfuckedmickjagger.blogspot.com

    ♥

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  12. Heather6 February 2013 at 22:57

    Ha ha, so true!

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