Hey Experimenters!

Happy New Year! We hope y'all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. We sure did. Now we're back to start a fresh new year of experiments. We have a few announcements to make soon but for now we'd like to give you our first challenge of the year.

If you're anything like me you know that time is so important in everyday life. Although at times I feel that there is not enough time in a day to do what I would like to do. I for one, know that there usually isn't a day that goes by where I don't say "Oh, I wish I had more time to do this". Well, here's your chance to explore that.

The hours in a day pass far too quickly and it seems there are never enough. Imagine if there were 25 hours in a day instead of 24. Do you think you could accomplish more? Do that one little thing that you just didn't have enough time for? If you had an additional hour every day, how would you spend it?

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This week, we are joined by our fabulous Guest Designer, April Foster.

A bit about April:

April lives in Bowling Green, KY, home of the Corvette and Western Kentucky University. She has been married to Greg for 7 years and has been scrapping since 1996 when she entered a scrapbook in a state contest for a high school club. Even though first place eluded her, she has continued to scrapbook, however, it is now more personal. Whether it’s documenting places she’s traveled or feelings she has, scrapbooking is now her creative outlet and one tiny way to show off her dog, Addy.

April is a Creative Director for Studio Calico and is a 2007 Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame Honorable Mention winner. She has had her work published in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, Memory Makers, as well as some web-based scrapbooking publications.

Thank you April for joining us this week and for inspiring us with your layout.

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1 More Hour
By April Foster

Journaling:

If only I had another hour in my day. I stay so busy all the time, I'm sure I could fill it with something productive... I could do some online shopping: Gap, etsy, Banana Republic here I come! Ready with a free hour to shop! I could call Lorie & just spend some time having a heart to heart... bouncing ideas off of her... I could easily spend an extra hour scrapping into the night. That wouldn't be hard to do. Most of all, I would wish Greg had an extra hour, too, so we could spend it together...


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25 Hour Days
By Sasha

Journaling:

Just one more hour in the day would be well spent, not just resting, not just on the internet, it would be spent snuggled up under my boys... under my kids... or out with my kids enjoying life... just one more hour in my day... with you.


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One More Hour
By Amy

Journaling:

One more hour... oh, the possibilities! Would I clean, read, organize, scrapbook? Of course not! I would spend the extra time with my family, because spending time with them is all I need.


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Gimme Just One More Hour!
By Mia

Journaling:

If there was one more hour in each day, there is nothing I'd rather do but get extra me time, sleeping or scrapping!


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And to start of the year with a bang, we are so grateful to Studio Calico for sponsoring us this week!

We are so thrilled that Studio Calico has donated the January FOOTNOTES Add-on kit!


Thank you ladies for your generous sponsorship! We really appreciate it.

Girls, look at the possibilities you can do with this prize! Just YUMMY! Should you need any more wonderful inspiration, just check out Studio Calico, one of the premier kit clubs around, over at www.studiocalico.com/kits.


Ladies, y'all know the drill by now! But, being the new year, there is a slight change. Read on below.

Once you have completed your layout, please leave us a comment in this post with a link to your layout by Sunday, January 18th at 7PM PST to be eligible for this yummy Studio Calico prize! Yes, you read it The Design Experiment is now bi-weekly, which gives y'all more time to get those layouts in! I'm hoping we see a lot of entries for this now that you have more time!

We can't wait to see YOUR takes on the challenge! We hope that if you've never joined us for a challenge here at The Design Experiment, that you are inspired to do so today!