Comments on: A reader transitions from paper to digi

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:48:21 +0000

Hi all!
That was my question, and I’ve enjoyed reading all your responses!
After some more thought, I have decided to use the albums I have and print up 12×12 pages. I have nearly 20 albums left, after selling on eBay the ones I knew I didn’t want to use or keep , I really can’t recoup the cost nearly enough to justify selling them all and starting over.
But, making that decision has really freed me up and I have been scrapping, happily! It’s so much fun and it’s so quick, too. No more messes spread all over my desk, or little photo split backing squares scattered about.
I’ll check back later to see if there are more responses. Thanks, everyone!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:08:02 +0000

I guess it comes down to: how important is it for all your albums/photobooks to stack side by side and be the same height, size, etc. Will having a hodge podge of different albums just bug the heck out of you?

It doesn’t bother me at all! I print my “stand alone” layouts 12 x 12 single prints and slide into sheet protectors. This way I can print out as many as I can afford at the time, I get to see them sooner, and they can be rearranged if I want (because I do not scrap chronologically.)

And I’m doing a project 365 that I will have made in a photobook (which will be my first photobook) at the end of they year.

Another thought : going to 8×8 is a probably a lot more affordable, but 8×8 is a LOT smaller than 12 x 12 when you actually see them side by side, so a little experimentation with fonts and photo size would be a good idea. (kink of like what Esther said above)

By: kathy

kathy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:05:08 +0000

I had the same issue and decided to go with the CM albums for a lot of reasons… The CM albums really are very, very strong and won’t fall apart like others I have tried…they now have the fabulous 12×12 true drop in sleeves so no more having to worry about 12×12 fitting…my pages are covered in plastic so my kids don’t leave fingerprints or rip the pages…the print quality seems much higher on prints and I can move things around and/or scrap out of order or put something in if I forgot it. Maybe for a single trip I would do the book, but I just can’t get over my love for CM albums.

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:19 +0000

I am in the same position as a CM consultant going digital and I have been printing my pages out as 12×12 and using my albums. I do have a lot of pages that I do for challenges that wouldn’t necessarily fit together into a photobook and I am not going to waste my albums.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:28:32 +0000

I havent had anything printed yet but this year I have have been participating in the Project 365 and placing a weeks photos and journalling onto 12×12 pages. I am going to get this printed along with this years photo books. Well that is when I work out how to format my pages to look good in a professionally made book.

By: esther_a

esther_a — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:42:29 +0000

I have a similar dilemma. Does she like to do multi-photo layouts? I do and I think they look best 12×12. I’ve decided to print 12×12 photo books for my yearly album so they sit alongside my old albums. I wouldn’t continue printing and putting into pockets because of the space these albums take up. But I also do holiday books in 8.5×11 landscape and print my own 8×8 childhood and family history pages and put them in pockets. So I’m doing a bit of everything!