How to Organize your Graphics Fairy Images so you can Find them!

Hi guys! Today I want to talk about some tips that will help you to Organize your favorite Graphics Fairy images, so that you can find them when you need them!

Some of you have told me, that you love saving your favorite images from here, but then it’s hard to find them again later. Not to mention the fact, that they can take up alot of space on your computer! That’s why using Pinterest is such a great solution! You might already be using Pinterest, but did you know that they just rolled out some great new features like…

how to search your own boards?

So cool… Right?! I recommend creating a board for your favorite Graphics Fairy images, so that you can easily find them again!

Let’s get started! I promise it’s quick and easy!

{Here’s a peek at my Board, I keep projects from this site on there too. You can find my boards HERE if you want to follow me.}

If you name your Board “Graphics Fairy”, then you will know that all of those images came from this site, and you will know the terms for those images and where they came from. You can pin all of your favorite images {or projects} to the same board, so that they are there when you need them!

I usually attach a description to each one of my images so that they show up along with the pin, when somebody pins them. But you can also edit it, to add your own description or notes. Maybe you want to use a particular image, for a particular project that you have in mind. You could add the name of your project, to the pin as well. And then search for that later.

For example, if you are working on a Mother’s Day card, and you want to use some bird images on it, you could add the description “Mother’s Day card” in the Description box, for each of the bird image pins that you add to that board, and are considering using in that project. Then later, you can search for Mother’s Day card, and any of the images that you had in mind for that project will show up in the Pinterest search. So handy!

Scroll down to learn how to Create a themed Pinterest Board, edit a Pin Description and use the new Search function on Pinterest!

To Create a New Pinterest Board:

Step 1: Click on the “Create a Board” rectangle in the upper left corner of your Pinterest page. (If you’re on mobile, it’s at the bottom of your page)

Step 2: Name your Board “Graphics Fairy”. Add a board description and then pick a category. I used DIY & Crafts since I save images and projects to mine.

Easy! Now you can start pinning to your new board.

How to Pin, so that you can find your Graphics Fairy images with the search function:

Step 1: When you are on my blog, hover your mouse over an image that you like. You will see a red and white “Pin it” button pop up. Click on the “Pin it” button.

Step 2: You’ll see a box pop up like the one above.

Step 3: You can use the default description, or you can change it by clicking on the tiny pencil icon in the description box. If you want to add the name of your project, you can add that in here.

Step 4: Select your “Graphics Fairy” board and use the red “Pin it” button next to the board name to add the pin to that board.

Again … easy!

Optional: You can opt to “see it now”. So that you can edit the description after the fact, if you missed that step.

Just click the “Edit” button and you can change the description there.

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Now, here’s how you use the Search:

Step 1: Go to the top of your page and use the Search bar.

Step 2: Enter your search terms. I entered the words French Transfers. (Pinterest automatically splits the search words up into colored boxes like that.)

Step 3: Next select “Your Pins”. And there you go! Notice that all of the pins that showed up have the words “French Transfer” right in the description.

That’s why the description box is so important to use!

One thing to keep in mind, this is a fairly new function for Pinterest and it takes a bit of time before your new Pins will show up in search. Mine are taking about 2 weeks or so to show up. Hopefully it will get faster as Pinterest refines this change.

I hope you enjoyed learning these tips on How to Organize your Graphics Fairy Images. Hopefully you found this info useful and it makes your life, and your projects, a little bit easier!!

Follow Karen – The Graphics Fairy’s board Graphics Fairy on Pinterest.

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Dr. Jeri Walker-Boone says

October 2, 2016 at 1:35 pm

I am trying to find a wooden box which has been stained and then used decoupage and Mod Podge. Can you help me?
- graphicsfairy says
  
  October 2, 2016 at 2:17 pm
  
  Hi Jeri, I’m not sure I understand what you are asking? Is this something you are looking to do as a project? Or did you see it on my site? I’m happy to help, just let me know what you need 🙂
Jennifer says

March 3, 2016 at 7:16 pm

I hate Pinterest! Absolutely hate it! Do you have any suggestions for organization on my computer?
- Karen Watson says
  
  March 4, 2016 at 4:02 pm
  
  Oh no! Emily did write a post awhile back about organizing things on Pinterest you can find it here https://thegraphicsfairy.com/organize-diy-craft-pinterest-boards-can-actually-find-things/ I hope that helps!
Marcy Clark says

March 2, 2016 at 11:33 am

Do you happen to know how to merge 2 Pintrest accounts or know where I could find out? I have one on my computer at work and one at home. Love your designs and plan to get a premium membership soon.
- Karen Watson says
  
  March 2, 2016 at 6:07 pm
  
  Thanks Marcy! I’m not sure if you can merge 2 accounts. I bet you could make all your boards group boards on one of the accounts though and then add yourself (your sign in for the other account) to all of those boards, so that they show up on both accounts. Then you can just use whichever one you want. I hope that makes sense!
Gothic Gourd Girl says

March 1, 2016 at 2:40 pm

This is also quite a brilliant way to increase SEO for “The Graphics Fairy” company. I may suggest something like this for the benefit of my own SEO and it is definitely helpful for clients. Thanks for the many years of useful jpgs.
Carol McClure says

March 1, 2016 at 7:49 am

Is it possible to pin the premium membership graphics in some way? Thanks for all your beautiful work, by the way… Glad I joined.
- Karen Watson says
  
  March 1, 2016 at 9:42 am
  
  Thanks Carol! I’m so glad you’re enjoying your Premium Membership! Because the site is private, and password protected, there’s not anyway to pin individual graphics. You can pin from the home page though, or from any of the promo posts that I do here for that site. There is an image map on each of those promo posts, which shows all of the images within the kit. You could pin those. Here’s a link to all of the Promos for the kits https://thegraphicsfairy.com/category/premium-membership/ I hope that helps!

how to search your own boards?

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