Why waste time clipping pictures out of bridal magazines when you can have them pinned on a board with just the click of your mouse? Flower arrangements. Check. Table centerpieces. Check. Bridesmaids dresses. Check. Every detailed idea from the wedding dress to the bouquets can be stored in one place on a website called Pinterest. Yes, it is spelled interest with a P.

Many young brides-to-be have begun using the website to store all potential wedding ideas. Any girl who knows about Pinterest knows just how easy it is to become obsessed with it. There are even girls who aren’t close to getting married but have a whole wedding planned under the title, “Dream Wedding.”

This website, for those of you who don’t know, is made up of photographs. That’s it. I know it doesn’t sound quite as alluring as I’m portraying it to be. However, after one visit to the website you are hooked. Pinterest is so convenient for brides-to-be, because you can create pin boards for anything and everything that catches your eye.

Amy Rankin, elementary education junior, used her study breaks to plan her wedding, which Pinterest has played a big part in.

Rankin has had a Pinterest account since July and pins for about an hour each day, she said.

“I think it is a nice way to share your creativeness with other people,” Rankin said.

However, Pinterest can give a false reality on weddings, she said. Some of the ideas on Pinterest are a little overboard, Rankin said.

“You can get some good ideas and make your own reality out of it,” Rankin said.

A lot of Rankin’s decoration inspiration for her wedding came from Pinterest, she said. Her color scheme of yellow and gray, her lemon centerpieces and her cupcake tower wedding cake were all ideas she found on Pinterest.

When Rankin first started pinning wedding ideas she wrote, “Pinterest is basically giving my entire wedding away.” Looking back, she has to admit this is true. If a friend followed her wedding board closely enough, she would definitely notice some similar and exact remakes at her wedding.

Katie Herrmann, an alumna, has a fairly small budget for her wedding, which is scheduled for sometime in October.

She has found cute and unique do it yourself ideas that can be done within her budget, she said.

Hermann found ways to use cheap fabrics like burlap to create interesting centerpieces and table runners. She is looking forward to seeing how all these ideas look at her actual wedding.

“I have pretty much designed my entire wedding on Pinterest,” Herrmann said.

Herrmann was aiming for an elegant wedding with a fun atmosphere and said she has gotten ideas on how to do that from Pinterest.

“Pinterest gives you a visual for things that you have dreamt about for so long,” Herman said.

I’m certainly not planning on getting married anytime soon, but I have to fess up to having my own wedding board. I’m one of those girls. Some people might laugh. However, when the time finally comes for me to plan my very own “perfect day” I know I will have my board full and ready.

Rachael Cervenka is a journalism junior