Have you switched from 12x12 to 8.5x11 and back again?

Yes, I struggle with size committment (my closet says the same thing! haha).
I started out 8.5x11.... did that for a good long while... went to 12x12 for several years... then 8.5x11 for about 6 months, now I'm exclusively doing 12x12 again.

I do find 12x12 pages quite big sometimes (which was why I switched the first time -- all that SPACE!), and especially so if I have a 12x12 album open. Those things are HUGE. But, I am never quite satisfied with the way my 8.5x11 pages look. Some of my absolute, all-time fave scrappers do this size and their pages are amazing, but it's not something I'm ever quite happy with when I try it.

When I started scrapbooking, I did 8.5 x 11. Then I made the switch to 12 x 12 at some point - maybe a year or so in? I mostly did 12 x 12 until about a year and a half to 2 years ago. I then started doing mostly 8.5 x 11. I tried it and liked it and then kind of made a conscious switch- mainly b/c it is so much easier to store albums. Then I missed 12 x 12 so now I do a mix of both. I probably am about 1/2 and 1/2. It basically now just depends on my mood as to which size I do.

When I started scrapping, both sizes were readily available and the 8.5 x 11 was the more popular size. But that changed pretty quickly and everyone went 12x12, so the smaller album became extinct here in Australia - nobody sold them. So it was 12x12 or nothing. lol.

Recently I found a shop here in Australia that sells 8.5 x 11, and I can't wait to order a few and do the smaller size again. Much easier to store on the bookshelf.

I started 12x12 because I didn't know any better, and have stuck with it since. I do like the look of 8.5x11 but I find it hard to fit everything on the page, especially as I tend to use 6x4 photos. I have previously mixed up sizes in an album, which I like the look of. These days I mix regular layouts with project life pages, so 12x12 works better for that because I love the design A page protectors.

I have!

My first album was 12x12" I liked it but I was just starting out (2004) and I didn't have the variety of technique knowledge or embellishments that I do now, and I just felt overwhelmed with so much room on my layouts to fill. I also hadn't learned about making photo enlargements, and was working solely with 4x6" prints straight from the film camera.

Then I started working on 8.5x11" albums. And for the most part, I still do. This era is when I got my digital camera. And when I learned to put two pics on one 4x6 print. And how to make and print enlargements. Lots of 5x7" one pic layouts.

Now I only choose to use 12x12" albums for topics that I know I will need a lot of room for. If I was going on a major vacation, with lots of scenery pics to document everything, this is what I'd use. I'm also using it for my dd's high school album, as I would really like to get all four years in one book. (I use 8.5x11" albums for all other school albums)

I actually really like both of those sizes. I feel like they both have their uses. And I have no problem having both sizes on a shelf together. The size discrepancy wouldn't bother me at all.

I started with 12 by 12, around 2010 I went through a 8.5 by 11 phase but quickly got tired of it because I couldn't fit everything on the page. I have been a 12 by 12 scrapper since then. I don't like any of the smaller pages I did because when nothing fit the journaling got left out... I did like how the albums were easier to store (when I could find them!)

I started as 12x12, then switched to 8.5x11 for 1 year and now Im switching back to 12x12. It was hard to make the switch back to 12x12 and get my groove but I think I enjoy it more. My DH told me he likes 12x12 better... i said "so size does matter?"

I haven't switched, but I scrap both sizes. I don't like too much white space, so if I scrap old photos (which is 2,5 x 2,5), I use 11x8,5 (and sometimes I use that size for other pics too). I mostly make 12x12, but I love how my smaller layouts turn out.

Agree about the storage. I only did one 12x12 album as a gift for my brother and his family and realised if I switched to that for myself I'd have nowhere to put them.