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You've probably heard this a few times, but do you have an "inspiration board"?

According to a experts and studies, being able to visualize something, whether it be a place you want to travel to, colours that you love, goals for the week, you are more likely to make it happen. 

This usually goes in your workspace to constantly keep your creative juices flowing. 

While not all of us have room on the walls (hey, some of these Toronto apartments are small) there are some online options. 

The most popular appears to be the virtual inspiration board, Pinterest. Here you can pull photos from different people - your friends, editors at Vogue or the like to curate separate themed boards. 

I'm a recent addition to the Tumblr family. You can now follow the Sunrise Junction Tumblr  for my latest musings from various sources, Instagram photos and more. 

One thing I'm loving about Tumblr so far is the ability to "reblog" (almost like a retweet) someone's post. In some cases, it doesn't work, and I don't like that people take credit for the writing and photography of others. I'm especially loving the daily cartoons and arts stories from The New Yorker. 

But there is some golden content throughout the site and I wanted to find a platform to share it. 

Check out my new page, send me your Tumblr blog URL and let's get sharing.

Remember you can find my social media feeds anytime on the right hand side of this blogette - just look for the peach-coloured icons! 

pinning.

After many a month, I finally have decided to start sharing my Pinterest account and "pins" publicly.

I have had an account for awhile, and especially when the Pinterest phenomenon blew up, I really drew back from the entire process. Everyone was judging everyone else so harshly on what they were categorizing, pinning random things and I just didn't like it.

But holy smokes, pinning is addicting. When I finally decided to start making boards and really categorizing, I found myself spending lots of time dabbling in various boards and finding great ideas for DIY's, food, home decor and more.

My name is Portia, and I and turning into a Pinterest addict.

Now, after searching through friends and colleagues to people who really are making some interesting finds with their pins, and not collectively aggregating them into a "inspired" (we're all inspired by the world around us...we get it) I have decided to try to do the same.

Here's a sneak peek...I'll warn that I pin similar things to the blogette. And no future wedding board for me - just ideas for my next cocktail party.


PS hope to see you tonight at the McClung's Magazine sping 2012 issue launch party! Come celebrate with the masthead and find out who the next editors-in-chief will be for the 2012-13 school year. 9PM, The Loose Moose (146 Front Street)

Check out the Facebook invitation here.

I will also be posting some pictures from the last ever photo essay I will have styled for McClungs soon. The issue will be online soon as well for all our readers not in the Toronto area. Will post the links ASAP.