9x12 albums - tell me your thoughts, please!

I love 9x12. I always used 8.5x11 because 12x12 always felt too large and difficult to store. Once 9x12 came out, I ran with it and have never looked back. I bought a ton of 7 paper albums on clearance. I don't want to support Studio Calico but they are the only game in town right now for this size. Hopefully that changes one day SOON.

I used a 9X12 and I liked it. I used it for smaller projects. I prefer the 12X12 because it better allows bigger presentations, such as kaleidoscopes, explosion pages, and panoramas.

For me, 9x12 isn’t worth the hassle. As an international, the shipping on the albums is just ridiculous.

I did 9x12 last year for my vacation album. I bought the page protectors from SC and managed to find a 9x12 album second hand on eBay.

I do not like the quality of the 9x12 page protectors. They feel cheap and stickier than the BH page protectors.

The 9x12 albums fit in my kallax unit just like the 12x12 so for me, losing two inches just isn’t worth the hassle. I do like the format but I hate the quality from SC.

I would consider the size again if more options appeared in the market. But I personally cannot recommend the 9x12 offering from SC.

For the record I only buy the plain pp, no pockets for me and I think the quality is great. They are thick and not sticky at all, I wouldn’t buy them if I thought they weren’t good quality.

I've used them for the last two years for December Daily. I tried to do PL one year and lasted less than 2 months, but I still had a lot of PP and some albums (plus I got at least one, if not two in the original SC warehouse box sale). I have wanted to use them for vacations, but I take too many photos so that would never work. They worked well for me for DD--I can't do a lot of the cutesty/funky/handmade pages like Ali does, but I'm not that innovative anyway! I take a lot of pictures while opening presents so I can't fit most of those in a 6x8 album, but can in the 9x12.

My biggest complaint is the lack of 6x4 options beyond the one configuration they offer--I also wish they offered PP with 3 of that size.

I do use the PP in my 12x12 albums (after punching a hole in the center). They work great for my trip albums because they help mix things up and I can tell a shorter story without using a lot of filler cards (I tend to do my vacation albums with about 95% pocket pages...because I take a lot of pictures!)

I love 9x12. My issue is that the two I have are from seven paper and they are discontinued. What I like about them is they have 3 holes in the same place as a 12x12. So it is easy to take a 12x12 protector and cut off 3" (I use my fuse tool too). Studio Calico put 4 rings in their 9x12. So you either have to buy their protectors or punch new holes. I do a monthly pocket spread in my 9x12 and if I have a trip or special event I put a 6x12 insert in there (also punched with 3 holes).

Bottom line someone besides Studio Calico needs to make some 9x12 albums and protectors with 3 rings!!!

I love 9x12. I have been using them for a couple of years now. I stocked up at various places with the seven sc ones. I am running out though and I am not sure what I am going to do. As the previous poster said I love using the 3 hole 12x12 pages and cutting them down if I want. The fuse tool is perfect for this. This is one of the reasons I don’t want to buy the new sc ones, they knew what they were doing when they went to 4 holes. They want people to only get their expensive page protectors and that really bothers me. I had started a conversation about this with them along time ago and their response was bullshit and never really addressed the issue. I can’t see doing 12x12 so at some point soon I’ll have to take the plunge and give in.

I emailed WRMK and actually got a nice response in just about an hour.  They said they are always looking for new products their customers are interested in.  
Maybe pea power can make them see the light?  It doesn’t hurt to try!  I just told them that it was a great size that was more manageable then 12x12 and I regularly bought them from SC, but would like more options and to be able to buy them in person from a big box store or my local craft stores that already carry other WRMK products.  

I would be so happy if WRMK came out with a 9 x 12 album

Another person here who doesn't understand why 9x12 hasn't taken off. It works so much better than 8.5x11" because standard sized photos are 4x6" and most of us would rather use 4x6, 3x4, or 3x3 or 4x4 elements than having to deal with trying to divide stupid numbers like 8.5" and 11" - I mean, it's so obvious! Even if a lot of supplies come in 12x12, it's easy enough to cut a 3" wide strip off the side and use that for something else. I know some people make it work with baseball card sleeves and other tortured configurations in standard letter size binders but it didn't work well for me.

I agree that 6x8 can be a little small for a big project like PL, and I've always found 12" binders to be ridiculously huge. 9x12 is a perfect compromise.

I ended up not using 9x12" (a few years ago when I was doing PL) simply because I refused to be chained to SC and their proprietary ring set up because I know they're unreliable about keeping page protectors in stock and sticking to one format. I would have been all over 9x12" albums if they'd had standard ring alignment and could be found on amazon and scrapbook.com.

I just used the contact us form on the site-  acinfo@americancrafts.com

i hope enough of us can contact them to get them to produce some!  

Another 9x12 album user here! To me, it's the ideal size, especially for pocket pages. Nice proportion, not too big, not too small, divides well into photo component sizes.

That's a great idea to appeal to WRMK. I hope our Pea power works!