| If you are a scrapbooker, then you know that there | | | | post-bound scrapbook album, plan your pages carefully |
| are many, many types of albums on the market today. | | | | before you begin. |
| There are strap-bound albums, post-bound albums, | | | | Post-bound scrapbook albums use metal posts to |
| binder albums, paper bag albums, spiral-bound albums | | | | attach the pages to the album through holes in the |
| and more. Then albums come in many different sizes! | | | | edge of the page. When you open a post-bound |
| How do you know what album you need? | | | | album it will lay flat. The pages of the post-bound |
| The first thing you are going to need to decide on is | | | | album are actually page protectors, where you slide |
| the size of your album. You may be tempted to go | | | | your page in through the top of the album. This means |
| with a smaller album because they are cheaper. If you | | | | if you need to re-arrange, all you have to do is slide a |
| have a lot of photos to scrapbook, you are going to | | | | few pages back out and re-arrange. You do not have |
| end up spending more with a smaller album, because | | | | to completely disassemble the album. Post-bound |
| you will need more than one to hold all of your | | | | albums can be added to by screwing in a post |
| memories. Small albums are good to scrapbook | | | | extension. |
| events where you want to dedicate one album to the | | | | Ring-bound albums look like a three-ring binder. They |
| event, but you do not have very many pictures. If you | | | | hold the page protectors through the large ring in the |
| are starting to scrapbook many years of photos, go | | | | center. Like post-bound albums, these can be added to |
| with a 12 x 12 size album. If you are making a memory | | | | or re-arranged simply by taking the page out of the |
| book for a gift, this is where the smaller 8x8 and 5x7 | | | | page protector and putting it where you want it. |
| albums work well. | | | | However, if you do a two-page spread, you will have |
| Once you have chosen your size, it is time to choose | | | | a large gap in the middle of the page where the rings |
| your type of album. Strap-bound albums hold the | | | | are. |
| pages through rubber straps and a metal hinge that is | | | | A paper bag scrapbook is made out of lunch-size |
| attached to the scrapbook page. These tend to hold | | | | paper bags. You actually scrapbook on the paper |
| up very well and as long as the album is not over-filled, | | | | bags! When doing this type of scrapbook, make sure |
| when you open the page, you will have a two-page | | | | you mount your pictures on photo safe products, as |
| spread that lays flat. This works very well when you | | | | paper bags are not acid-free. |
| want a design that spreads over two pages. | | | | Whatever type of album you choose, pick one that |
| However, if you need to change the order of the | | | | has a look that matches the theme of your album. This |
| pages or add one in the middle of the book, you will | | | | will do a lot to making you have the perfect |
| have to disassemble the entire book. If you are using a | | | | scrapbook. |