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Scrapbooking- should I convert to 12×12?

Okay, so I have been buying the 20 dollar scrapbooking kits at walmart because I like the binder- it is just a 3 ring binder- and it comes with paper and stuff. But, when I want to buy paper at the craft store they really only carry 12×12. They have some 8 1/2 x11 but not much.

So, here is what is stopping me. There are only postbound albums. I have only had one, but it seemed like the pages were hard to open, they wouldnt lay flat.

What works well? WHat have you tried?

ps- I am not really into this. I do holidays and vacations and such. I make about 50 pages a year. I am not super into embellishments and such.

I used to teach scrapbooking at Michaels and what I recommended to most people is buy the 12 by 12 post bound scrap book but them for like $4.00 you can get a snap load adapter kit. The posts are unstable especially when you extend them but the snap load is essentially a plastic piece looking similar to a flattened zip tie that makes changing pages and binding your book super simple!

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  1. Damsel says:
    July 29, 2010 at 3:31 am

    Depending on the design of the paper, you should be able to cut 12×12 paper down to the size you need. If you like the 3-ring binders, stick with them.

    Personally, I like the 12×12 postbound albums. They are pretty much the only ones I use, but that’s just me. Sometimes the pages don’t lay flat, but that depends on how much you have on the page. A thick embellishment will make the protective sleeve lay weird. I haven’t had a problem with getting the pages to open–the problem I’ve run into there is sometimes they tear. However, I would think that’s something that you would run into with protective sleeves for any size album.

    They do make 12 x 12 3-ring binder albums as well.
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  2. rueishness says:
    July 29, 2010 at 3:52 am

    If you really like the albums you have now, you could buy a paper trimmer and just trim 12×12 paper down to the size you want.

    I personally like the 12×12s. You can buy post extensions and that will make the spine bigger, so your pages should lay flatter. Plus it’s so much easier to find paper for 12×12s, although craft stores usually carry 8.5×11 by the sheet.
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  3. randysgirlforever1986 says:
    July 29, 2010 at 4:36 am

    I used to teach scrapbooking at Michaels and what I recommended to most people is buy the 12 by 12 post bound scrap book but them for like $4.00 you can get a snap load adapter kit. The posts are unstable especially when you extend them but the snap load is essentially a plastic piece looking similar to a flattened zip tie that makes changing pages and binding your book super simple!
    References :

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