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Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
May 21, 2008
10:55 PM Post #4986244
| What's your preference?
I used to go with side loading because I bought all CM albums. But now I think CM is just to cost prohibitive for the amount of scrapping I can do. I buy all my albums from Hobby Lobby because they are often holding 50% off sales! You can't beat that! And they have such neat patterns for album covers now.
Most of their albums are top loading.
My only qualm with that is as books sit on a bookshelf they DO get dusty. So you're risking all that dust falling into your album over the years. Just a thought...thinking I may switch to side loading again.
What do ya'll use and why? |
dp72
Woodway, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 21, 2008
10:57 PM Post #4986254
| What are you talking about?
DP |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
May 21, 2008
11:07 PM Post #4986292
| LOL. The forum is scrapbooks and my posting mentions top loading vs side loading albums.
Sorry that seemed so unclear. |
dp72
Woodway, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 21, 2008
11:10 PM Post #4986310
| Hi. I'm glad you have a good sense of humor. I was genuinely confused- now I understand. Tks.
DP |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
May 22, 2008
09:30 AM Post #4987599
| No problem! :) Thank-you for helping clarify! |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
May 27, 2008
03:11 PM Post #5010964
| Anyone? :) |
ggd
Sidney, BC
(Zone 8b)
May 27, 2008
04:08 PM Post #5011179
| Tir: I use top loading, only because that is what is usually in the albums when I buy them. And I buy extra pages when I find them on sale.
For 12X12 albums, I don't think I would store them standing up anyway. I think they should be stored flat so the inside pages would not move around, or partly fall down on the one outside edge. The album is usually always slightly bigger than the page covers, so there would be room for some movement there.
Just my two cents worth! : - ) |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
June 17, 2008
11:27 PM Post #5120501
| Well, after viewing photo albums with toddler DD I've reached the conclusion. Top loading is safer!
With side loading there are 2 open sides for which items to fall out, kids to get their fingers caught on while viewing thus ripping.
Top loading albums DD has no problems with and didn't suspect she could get into to take off the embellishments, lol! |
gardenwife
Newark, OH
(Zone 5b)
July 16, 2008
04:54 PM Post #5270068
| I like the top-loading, though they do, as you say, get dusty. I'm thinking I might start storing them on their sides, once I get some spacers in between the pages of my albums; right now they are kind of fanning out because of embellishments and all. LOL |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
June 01, 2009
04:16 PM Post #6627457
| My daughter bought an album that has the perfect idea! it's a side load which means the pages don't get dust on or in them from standing upright on a bookcase (as with my top loading) BUT they are sealed on all 3 exposed sides, the opening is actually facing into the binding. It's still easy to get out but means your pages cannot fall out or get dusty. Genius. Wish more albums were like this (it was a mini album by Disney). |
gardenwife
Newark, OH
(Zone 5b)
June 01, 2009
05:00 PM Post #6627623
| I've seen ones like that. That would be my preference, opening toward the binding like that. |
dpoitras
Upstate, NY
(Zone 5a)
June 13, 2009
09:15 PM Post #6683899
| Top loading. I had a side loading SB from creative memories but I always had to cut the layout down to fit in the book. |
