great book, protectors not for 12x12"
I bought this album to house a compilation of vacation scrapbook pages. At first I was very happy with it, until I tried putting 12x12 pages in it. It was a struggle to get them in, they stuck out over the top, and the protectors bowed when the book was open, not allowing the pages to lie flat. The page protectors are too small! In fact, the white papers that come in them only measure 11 3/4" wide and 11 7/8" high. That is the size of paper that will fit--toss these and buy ones that will actually hold 12x12" papers! I do like that the spine is expandable to 2", or more if you don't mind seeing slits on the spine. It comes with instructions to expand it, but the template provided isn't square to pre-punched holes, so I'll have to fix that. The spine comes VERY small however, so if you have a lot of pages you will need expansion posts right away. Best to order them with the book.