When you come across a recipe, craft, inspirational quote, or beautiful design on Pinterest, you can easily send it to a friend without ever leaving the platform. If you have a Pinterest account, you have an inbox where you can send and receive direct messages to and from other Pinterest users, or even send pins via email or social media to all your contacts. Here’s how it works.

To start a conversation with someone on Pinterest, here's what you need to do:

From anywhere on Pinterest, select the speech bubble at the top right.

Select the Compose icon. This icon looks like a pen.