Your free Pinterest toolkit
From my Creativity That Pays session
Hi, I'm Ashleigh. If you've just watched my Pinterest session, welcome. This is the page I promised you.
I'm a surface pattern designer from New Zealand, and I've licensed over 100 of my own designs, a whole heap of them off the back of Pinterest. Everything below is here to help you do the same with the designs you already have.
You don't need a huge following or a finished portfolio to start. You just need your designs and a few handy tools. They're all right here.
The Pinterest Guide for Surface Pattern Designers
This is the one I'd grab first. It's my simple, step-by-step guide to using Pinterest as a marketing tool for your design business, so your work gets found by the right people while you get on with making patterns.
Pop your email in below and I'll send it straight to your inbox.
The Free Pin Generator
Upload your pattern tiles and create a whole heap of Pinterest-ready pins in seconds. No design skills, no Photoshop, no fiddling. Drop your designs in and it does the work for you, completely free. One pin created per design uploaded. Browser based tool - no AI
And if you love how much time this saves you, it's just a taste. There are more handy tools like it inside my Magic Mockup Maker membership, which I'll show you next.
Pattern Pin Generator
The Magic Mockup Maker
Want to show your patterns on real products before you pin them? Pop your design into the Magic Mockup Maker and it places it onto beautiful mockups, ready to turn into pins. The free version is yours to use right now. Browser based tool - no AI
If you'd like the full library, the Magic Mockup Maker membership gives you a growing collection of mockups and tools, with new ones added every month, you can join here!
Upload your pattern tile
Drag and drop, click to browse, or paste (⌘V / Ctrl+V) — PNG or JPG
You can also drag and drop a new image onto the mockup to swap it out without resetting your pin and Instagram settings.
Want to come back to this later?
Bookmark this page so your tools are always a click away. And once you grab the guide above, I'll email you the links too, so they'll be sitting safely in your inbox whenever you need them.
Your art deserves to be found, and Pinterest is one of the loveliest ways to make that happen quietly in the background. Have a play, grab the guide, and I hope it helps.
Warmly, Ashleigh xx
P.S. If you'd like to keep exploring, I keep a whole Artist Resources section of free tutorials, and I share something new on my blog each week. Have a wander whenever you like.