diff --git a/pinry/core/static/core/css/pinry.css b/pinry/core/static/core/css/pinry.css
index 81d3f9b..0b2a0e3 100644
--- a/pinry/core/static/core/css/pinry.css
+++ b/pinry/core/static/core/css/pinry.css
@@ -29,6 +29,30 @@ body {
         text-decoration: underline;
     }
 
+.messages {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    top: 50px;
+    right: 10px;
+    position: absolute;
+    z-index: 200;
+}
+
+    .messages li {
+        margin: 10px 0;
+        padding: 18px 28px;
+        border: 1px solid #ccc;
+        font-size: 16px
+    }
+
+    .messages li:hover {
+        -webkit-transform: scale(1.1);
+           -moz-transform: scale(1.1);
+            -ms-transform: scale(1.1);
+             -o-transform: scale(1.1);
+                transform: scale(1.1);
+        cursor: pointer;
+    }
+
 #loader {
     margin-top: 70px;
     text-align: center;
@@ -38,6 +62,7 @@ body {
     top: 70px;
     position: absolute;
     background: #eee;
+    z-index: 100;
 }
 
     .pin {
diff --git a/pinry/core/static/core/js/messages.js b/pinry/core/static/core/js/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0284a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pinry/core/static/core/js/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+$(document).ready(function() {
+    var delayTime  = 3000,
+        alerts     = $('.alert');
+
+    delayTime = delayTime + (alerts.length * 250);
+
+    alerts.each(function() {
+        $(this).delay(delayTime).fadeOut('slow');
+        delayTime -= 250;
+        console.log(delayTime);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/pinry/core/templates/core/base.html b/pinry/core/templates/core/base.html
index ed71e56..ebb9397 100644
--- a/pinry/core/templates/core/base.html
+++ b/pinry/core/templates/core/base.html
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
+        {% if messages %}
+            <ul class="messages">
+                {% for message in messages %}
+                <li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>{{ message }}</li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
+        {% endif %}
+
         {% block yield %}{% endblock %}
 
         {% new_pin %}
@@ -53,5 +61,6 @@
         {% endif %}
 
         <script src="/static/core/js/pinry.js"></script>
+        <script src="/static/core/js/messages.js"></script>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/pinry/core/views.py b/pinry/core/views.py
index 3bca4d7..52970e0 100644
--- a/pinry/core/views.py
+++ b/pinry/core/views.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth import logout
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
+from django.contrib import messages
 
 
 def home(request):
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ def register(request):
         form = UserCreationForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
             form.save()
+            messages.success(request, 'Thank you for registering, you can now login.')
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('core:login'))
     else:
         form = UserCreationForm()
@@ -23,5 +25,5 @@ def register(request):
 @login_required
 def logout_user(request):
     logout(request)
+    messages.success(request, 'You have successfully logged out.')
     return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('core:home'))
-
diff --git a/pinry/pins/views.py b/pinry/pins/views.py
index 41a7689..07b88e3 100644
--- a/pinry/pins/views.py
+++ b/pinry/pins/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.contrib import messages
 
 from .models import Pin
 from .forms import PinForm
@@ -15,7 +16,10 @@ def new_pin(request):
         form = PinForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
             form.save()
+            messages.success(request, 'New pin successfully added.')
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('pins:recent-pins'))
+        else:
+            messages.error(request, 'Pin did not pass validation!')
     else:
         form = PinForm()
     context = {
diff --git a/pinry/settings/__init__.py b/pinry/settings/__init__.py
index 4bf8925..0988c65 100644
--- a/pinry/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/pinry/settings/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages
 
 
 SITE_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '../../')
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'pinry.urls'
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'pinry.wsgi.application'
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
 INTERNAL_IPS = ['127.0.0.1']
+MESSAGE_TAGS = {
+    messages.WARNING: 'alert',
+    messages.ERROR: 'alert alert-error',
+    messages.SUCCESS: 'alert alert-success',
+    messages.INFO: 'alert alert-info',
+}
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.auth',