Nest Joins Pinterest

A lot of thought goes in to what we choose to carry at Nest. While much of this thinking is directed at the products themselves, (What materials are used? How are the creators treated? Is it beautiful? Does it have integrity?) an equal amount of time and effort goes into thinking about you, our community of customers. When we fall in love with a product, we wonder if you will fall in love with it, too. We wonder what problems it will solve in your lives and how it will enrich your experiences.

We like how our new blog gives us a forum for exploring how the products we love touch our lives as well as discussing more general aspects of green and thoughtful living. At the same time, we wonder about new ways we could create a stronger sense of online community. That’s why Pinterest caught our eye.

 Pinterest is a “virtual pinboard” that allows you to take all the beautiful, inspiring and (pin)teresting things you find on the Web, organize them, and share them with your community. Something that you know is right up our alley, if you’ve ever visited our Facebook page.

Our first attempts at pinning led to the creation of boards that celebrated what we sell at Nest. Pinning this way gave us the opportunity to create a kind of pictorial love letter to our favorite products in Green Lunch, Clothing, Personal Accessories, Baby Toys, Baby Clothes and Jewelry.

 As we went along, however, we soon realized that Pinterest, like our blog, could be used to explore other aspects of our store. Because Nest is much more than just a catalog of products, it’s impossible to capture it without also collecting the stories and ideas that inspire and inform us as “a small store with a big mission.” We’ve now also created boards for “Green Living”, “Gardening Inspirations”, “An Inspired Life”, “What Makes Us Happy”, and, of course, “Inspired Eating.”

 Like Nest itself, our virtual pinboard is not complete without you. We invite you to explore and enjoy our boards on Pinterest. We’ve only just started getting our feet wet, and we’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. How do you use Pinterest to explore what inspires you?