<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Pintester" title_caption="Sonja Foust, the Pintester" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5379190eeab8ea2503445bf1-960/pintester-1.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5379190eeab8ea2503445bf1-569-427/pintester-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Pintester" /></a><p class="source"><span><a href="http://pintester.com/2014/04/40s-head-scarf/">Pintester</a></span></p><p class="caption">Sonja Foust, the Pintester</p></div><p></p></div></div>Pinterest is largely <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-pinterest-is-worth-5-billion-2014-5#ixzz326LXNOmv" target="_blank">an aspirational social network</a>. People post and "pin" pictures that help them create the ideal version of different aspects of their lives. </p>
<p>For that reason, the site is loaded with all sorts of DIY crafts, as well as recipes and tutorials for home decor projects. </p>
<p>Browsing the site, everything looks beautiful, and many things look relatively easy to make yourself.</p>
<p>The cold-hard truth: They're often quite the opposite. </p>
<p>Blogger Sonja Foust runs a site called Pintester where she posts about her experience trying out different Pinterest with the slogan "<span>Failing at Pinterest pins so you don't have to."</span></p>

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14 Pinterest Projects That Failed Hilariously 

PintesterSonja Foust, the PintesterPinterest is largely an aspirational social network. People post and "pin" pictures that help them create the ideal version of different aspects of their lives. For that reason, the site is loaded with all sorts of DIY crafts, as well as recipes and tutorials for home decor projects. Browsing the site, everything looks beautiful, and many things look relatively easy to make yourself. The cold-hard truth: They're often quite the opposite. Blogger Sonja Foust runs a site called Pintester where she posts about her experience trying out different Pinterest with the slogan "Failing at Pinterest pins so you don't have to."

PintesterSonja Foust, the PintesterPinterest is largely an aspirational social network.  People post and pin pictures that help them create the ideal version of different aspects of their lives.

14 Pinterest Projects That Failed Hilariously

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