Size matters

[g61]

This has been a really helpful thread. Maybe once I've filled up my current stock of D-rings I'll consider switching.

[stitching lady]

I started with A4 size but later switched to 12 x 12. It is the size that suits me best because of the variety of ways you can create LOs and have several 4x6 photos on a page. My DH does complain about album storage from time to time but the family love to look through albums when they visit!

[g61]

How lovely that your family enjoy looking through your albums, stitchinglady. Nobody bothers about mine, but maybe I should show them off a bit more.

[elainevking]

I could have sworn I had commented on this thread but apparently not.
As you all know I have always been a 12 x 12 scrapper but last month I did do a couple of A4 pages and I found them very quick and easy to do so I’m considering a switch to this size. A4 folders certainly fit on the shelf easier and I’m sure that would please be recipients that receive the albums I gift. At the moment I shall carry on doing both and see how I get on but I feel in the long-term I think A4 might be the way forward

[scrapdolly]

I still find A4 slower as my pages are often complex and getting it all on A4 whilst keeping white space which I love is a challenge even after 18 months plus I often use sketches and I have to think about how to adapt to A4 … I’m old and my brain works slowly …but I still scrap 12x 12 too
I love having the mix of sizes though and I think more and more are switching to A4 not least because it costs less and takes up less space so win win

[Crafty Lady]

I mostly scrap in 12 x 12 and I've got a few 8 x 8. I bought a couple of 12 x 12 spring bound albums to do for Yvonne & Alicia but hated them with a passion. When I was making the pages up they were too thick and the albums wouldn't close so I had to re-do them in post bound 12 x 12. I haven't ever considered trying A4 (don't know why), but maybe I should look into it. I would save space but I think I just prefer square pages.

[scrapdolly]

I think it takes time to get used to not square … I found that hard although when I started scrapping it was A4 … well US letter size

I also love A4 landscape and have quite a few post bound albums in that format but you can’t get them any more … I have recently bought a ring binder to take A4 landscape