{"id":1754,"date":"2019-11-06T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:46:56","slug":"does-size-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=1754","title":{"rendered":"Does Size Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For me, the answer is an emphatic YES!  In the past three years, I have experimented with no fewer than six different sized albums to hold my stories and pictures.  So far, I have used 12&#215;12, 6&#215;12, 8&#215;10, 6&#215;8, 4&#215;6, 3&#215;8, and standard travelers notebook sized, which is just a bit wider than 3&#215;8.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-10-1-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1784\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-10-1-600x400.png 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-10-1-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-10-1-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-10-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030466-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1758\" class=\"wp-image-1758\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030466-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030466-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030466-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030406-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1782\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1782\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030406-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030406-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030406-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While I have enjoyed all of these different sizes to varying degrees, I can definitely say that I prefer the 6&#215;8 size to all the others.  I find it easy to use the pocket pages available in this size, and enjoy doing full size layouts as well.   I have used this size for two December Daily albums, one travel album for our trip to Iceland, my son&#8217;s albums for his first year, and our family album in 2018.  For me, this is the easiest size to just &#8220;get it done&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8452-2-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1773\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1773\" class=\"wp-image-1773\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8452-2-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8452-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8452-2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8442-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1778\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1778\" class=\"wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8442-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8442-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8442-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8457-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1779\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1779\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8457-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8457-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8457-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8440-1-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1781\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1781\" class=\"wp-image-1781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8440-1-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8440-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8440-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For our family album this year, I decided to try something different than my standby of 6&#215;8, and ordered the 6&#215;12 from Studio Calico.  While I enjoy having the ultrabig photos, I actually have found this size more challenging.  I think it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s too narrow for the height of the full sized photos, (this is also my issue with 3&#215;8, more on that later).  I have also struggled with this size due to the challenges both Studio Calico and Ali Edwards have had stocking the various page protectors.  Not really their fault, I should have ordered more earlier in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8459-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1761\" class=\"wp-image-1761\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8459-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8459-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8459-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8461-1-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1764\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1764\" class=\"wp-image-1764\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8461-1-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8461-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8461-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8462-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1767\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1767\" class=\"wp-image-1767\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8462-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8462-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8462-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8464-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1768\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1768\" class=\"wp-image-1768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8464-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8464-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8464-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a few ongoing albums of various sizes, which is both fun, and challenging at times.  This year, not only have I been doing my project life-style family album in 6&#215;12, but I have also been documenting my son&#8217;s first year in two 6&#215;8 albums.  This was a HUGE mistake.  I&#8217;ve really struggled all year to tell stories in two different sized albums.  I find it distracting to deal with different sizes during editing, and have found myself falling behind even more than usual.  I have let my issues with the various sizes of my albums get in the way of getting my stories told.  Not good.  I look forward to returning to 6&#215;8 for my 2019 December Daily, and for my planned 2020 family album.  Though I find myself still tempted by those pretty 9x12s&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, I have also dabbled in 12&#215;12, 3&#215;8 and traveler&#8217;s notebooks.  My one 12&#215;12 album is UNESCO themed.  My husband and I have visited many UNESCO sites around the world in our travels, and I thought it would be cool to have a dedicated album just for these sites.  I love the full page photos of these beautiful sites, and have often paired them with pocket pages to tell their stories.  I have a handful of 3&#215;8 albums, and while initially I struggled with the size, I really enjoy the end product, especially for projects like Day in the Life and Week in the life.  Finally, I have been playing around with traveler&#8217;s notebooks to scrapbook our adventures while we are on the road.  These have become much more a travel journal than a scrapbook, but are still fun.  I plan to write more about these later.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8472-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1774\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1774\" class=\"wp-image-1774\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8472-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8472-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8472-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8478-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1775\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=1775\" class=\"wp-image-1775\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8478-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8478-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8478-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030412-2-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1756\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030412-2-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030412-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1030412-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What kinds of albums do you gravitate towards? Do you have a size you just don&#8217;t like, or a particular favorite?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For me, the answer is an emphatic YES! In the past three years, I have experimented with no fewer than six different sized albums to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=1754\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Does Size Matter?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scrapbooking","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1785,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions\/1785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}