You might have noticed that I recently decided to give my Pinboards a little makeover. I was inspired after we made over our Pinboards at BaubleBar, and thought I’d try my hand at revamping my own boards. Depending on how many boards you have (I have quite a few), it can get a little tedious… but once you get into a rhythm, it goes by quickly… and the end result is just so pretty + professional! All you need is an hour or two, a little bit of creativity, and Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Start by going into your pinboard, and deciding which image you want to make the cover. Save it.
Open up a new document in PS Elements, 222 x 150 pixels.
Drag in your cover image.
Resize it. Note – you can hit “Control-T” and then use the arrows to resize it – nice little shortcut.
Using the shape tool, make a white rectangle. Layer it over your cover image and the background.
Adjust the transparency of the rectangle. I made mine 36% transparent.
Next, add a text box over your rectangle. I love Old Standard TT – it is one of the fonts I use in my Wordpress template, and I think it looks really pretty here. Didot is another pretty option. Adjust the size to fit your box (I used 60pt most of the time.)
Save it for web, and you are all set!
Once you’ve saved your covers, just go into Pinterest and upload the pins manually to each board. From the home screen (with all of your boards on it) you can adjust the covers.
And then you are done!
Disclosure: This post is brought to you by Adobe Elements.
Thankyou so much for this! I’m going to start right now 🙂
yay! I think it adds a nice toch.
What a great tutorial! I am definitely going to give this a try. Thanks!
I’ve left my Pinterest at the back, but this has inspired me to start a fresh!
Definitely going to give it a ago!
xx
Such a great idea, Grace – totally copying this!! 🙂
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That’s a great idea I’ll give it a try soon.
These are great tips Grace! Thanks for the walk through steps.
good idea– i never thought about this before! thanks for the tips. xoxo.
This is a great idea, and I need to start doing this. Thank you for the tips. Keep them coming!
Love this! A simple but effective touch. Thanks, lady!
Amazing!! I’m a huge fan of this Photoshop Elements series, as that is the program I use. Each one in this series has taught me something I didn’t know before. Can’t wait for your next tutorial!
I can’t wait to try this! Great tutorial.
ok, now you’ll have a million people with your similar awesome idea. love this extra step!
i’ve been wanting to do this for a while and i think you just gave me the inspiration i needed to make it happen!
xo
d
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Such an amazing idea! And pretty simple. Love it!
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So cool! Have to check out your pinterest!
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Such a great idea Grace. I love it! Thanks for the tip—def doing this 🙂
xo honestly, b.
What a cool update! I’ll have to keep this in mind for sprucing up my Pinterest.
xoxo,
Chelsea & The City
Love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing. I will try this.
Xo,
Belen
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This adds such a cute touch. Genius!
Just finished mine! Thought you might like to see: My Pinterest Board
Thanks again! xo
Such a great idea! Next time I’m bored, I should play around with my Pinterest page
Great idea! It does have a nice professional feel to it.
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you inspired me! Just changed my board covers. Thanks! xo
http://www.pinterest.com/thestylistdiva/boards/
whoa whoa! yours look better than mine! I love it!
this was amazing! i just finished mine, thanks for the tips!
http://www.pinterest.com/allisondarie/boards/
This looks so good… I love what you did!
Awesome idea!
Such an awesome tip!