Remember THIS post yesterday about how I had a huge pile of layouts stacked up and that I once said I could NEVER imagine myself doing it? I counted them. Guess how many there were? 52. Crazy, huh? That's like a layout a week for a year.
I decided to drag out a couple of new albums to somewhat "categorize" my pages and managed to put up all but 15 of them. Of those, most just need a date or journaling and a couple just need to be reworked so I can stand to look at them. Hopefully they will be ready for the albums soon.
When deciding on which albums to use, I pulled out an American Crafts Modern D-ring Album and...
Oh. My. Stinkin'. Word!
Really? Why haven't I tried these before now? I got this little 12x12 number at Tuesday Morning quite a while back for $6.99 I think and it's almost full now:
I'll start by saying, the raw edge is not my fave, but I love what THIS lady did with her album using Cosmo Cricket's Mr. Campy collection. THIS album is really cute as well and may be more along the lines of what I might do with some Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday:
*(note: this is not my album)*
I have to say that the album seems to hold SO much more. Since my pages have grown to be a lot bulkier than the way I used to scrap, the reinforced page protectors seem to easily accomodate the lumpy pages well. I noticed my K and Company albums weren't holding up so great, and their brand of page protectors seemed to be ripping mostly at the tops.
I also love that AC makes divided page protectors for speedy scrapping as well as variety within albums. Who said 12x12 albums should ONLY contain 12x12 pages? ;) Don't be afraid to think outside the box and mix in a little 8x8, 8 1/2 x 11, or 6x12 page into your album.
Hopefully I can find some more of the AC albums at Tuesday Morning, but if not, Hobby Lobby has several to choose from including this one (at 50% off quite often):
I also have 2 12x12 Making Memories Passport D-ring Albums to use for my vacation pages and an 8 1/2 x 11 one that I hope work as great as these do.
What kind of albums do you like best? If you find that you like the D-ring best, did you switch over all of your old ones or just only put your new creations into them?
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Those are the only albums I use now. I got some really pretty light blue ones at Hobby Lobby earlier this year. They have a white embroidered design up one side. I have bought 2 or 3 of them to hold this year's layouts. I probably need to go grab one more if they still have them next time albums are on sale.
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