Debbie – The 12×12 size may be more popular than you’d think, especially for digital scrapbookers. It’d be worth checking with your regular photo developer, otherwise some developers I’ve personally used and would recommend for enlargements include Costco (pick up in store or mail order) or Persnickety Prints (mail order, unless you live in Utah where they are located). I hope this is helpful!

Trish, you could embrace the darkness, especially around the edges, as a good contrast to the light of the window – it certainly draws your attention to the center of the page and the little one featured there!

Trish, do you have any editing software? If I were doing it in Lightroom I would lighten the shadows, sharpen the image, reduce the noise (which means to smooth out the graininess) and probably tweak the white balance so her face doesn’t have a blueish cast. If you don’t have software and you want to email it to me I can do it. (whimsyfox@gmail.com)

Trish, journal/embellish around the three dark edges…