A few days ago I posted this photo on
instagram. You can even see my happy dance
if you follow me. I was so excited to be putting together my 2016 album!
Today I have a little review and a few more photos for you. You might remember that
I made this same type of album last year. The main reason I chose a 3 ring binder type approach with page protectors is for the durability of it. I have 7 kids. That's a lot of little hands and fingers flipping through our scrapbooks. I find this to be the best way to keep my pages safe and clean. My little 2 and 3 year old can flip through these pages without me having to worry about them accidentally tearing a page. It's also easy to wipe of the pages or replace a page if I need to. I've made several other types of albums (
Shutterfly,
Blurb,
Various Layflat Albums, and
More). I've really been happy with them, but for our big yearly albums this one works the best for my family right now.
I waited for a sale to order my 12x12 page prints from
Persnickety Prints. They always seem to have a sale on Super Bowl Weekend. They had a prepaid package deal where you could get 50 prints for $75. That's $1.50 a page. Which is really a great deal for a 12x12 print. I ordered my
12x12 We R Memory Keepers Classic 3 Ring Binder in Navy and
12x12 page protectors from
Scrapbook.com. Then I just waited for it all be delivered. It took less than a week to get both my prints and my album. Then I just had to put it all together.
The image above is before the pages were placed in the page protectors. You all know I love
Persnickety Prints. I've never had an issue with any of their prints before. Their colors are true and vibrant, I never have to worry about the edges of my pages being cut off, and I've never had an issue with orders or customer service.
How thick 105 pages look in a 3 ring binder. The only issue I have with these books is how much space they take up on a bookshelf.
The 3 ring binders make for easy turning and I could easily add in a few more page if I needed to.
And just some pics of the inside of my book.
I love how big all the photos look on 12x12 pages. The journaling size is just right too.
He's a HUGE fan of my scrapbooks. He wants to look at them every day. He likes to point and show me everything as if I haven't seen it before. :)
This is why I scrapbook, and this is why I print my pages.
-Liz
P.S. If you would like to take a look at my whole album you can check it out here on Flickr.
