One for the Money

Have you ever had one of those weeks? One that everything goes wrong, blows up, and life seems impossible to get through? Yeah, me too. This week was like that for us. We have had awful sewer problems, stomach flu, and so many other yuck things. Stress. That sums up my life right now!
But, as my almost BIL reminded me...God never gives us more than we can handle. Now that does not mean that you might not have a break down in the midst of everything! LOL!
Luckily, before it got too bad around here, I finished a new set of templates: "One for the Money v. 2." This is a set that I had a hard time figuring out which template I wanted to use to show these babies off! Let's have a look.


here is what I did using Wild Princess:


Dawn used School's Out for Summer and Chip Off the Old Block Alpha:

Diana used Once Upon a Shabby Christmas:


Erin used Just the Right medicine and Summer in the Hamptons:


Jill used Visions of Sugar Plums (collab with Andilynn Designs for the Nov. Newsletter!)

Kelli used Life's Bazaar:

Melissa used Angel Baby Girl:

How fun are those! I love it when templates take on a life of their own and really become your own! Melissa and Erin's are great examples of this! If you notice Jill used the boxes for photos instead of paper! Love it!

Now, if you have noticed the Disney counter at the top of my blog, then you will see that one week from today, my family is going to Walt Disney World!!! We are taking a familoy vacay and are super excited. we've decided our family theme song "Hakuna Matata" from the Lion King. I've loaded Disney songs onto my iPhone and we are listening to the songs in the car and having a great time! So, you know what this means right? No? I WILL have new releases next Friday, they will be just put on a scheduled blog! LOL! he he, you thought I wasn't going to have anything next week didn't you?

One thing I am not going to have for 3 weeks is Show Offs. I will resume Show Offs on Dec 11. So, finish those up and email them to me at hhaynay at gmail dot com! Now, for those ladies that have sent LOs in this week. (And, please if I've forgotten anyone, please for give, go read the first paragraph again. LOL)

These ladies will receive One for the Money v.2 template set as their thank you gift! I totally love seeing everyone's LOs. If you use ANYTHING of mine, please send me the LO and I'd love to show it off to others!

Hope all of you have a great, awesome weekend! Until later, be safe!

Just another Manic Monday

Hey all! It's Monday, and you know what that means? Right, laundry! Gag. We were sick all weekend with a stomach bug; thus, everything has gone crazy! I need to take M to school, grab a White Chocolate Mocha, get some laundry in the wash, and WORK my tail off! (Did you see we only have 11 days till Disney!) WOO HOO!

Oh, wait, you are right, it's also the Manic Monday sale at SM! And, have I got a deal for you! A Stone's Throw is on sale, HALF off!!! What a great deal! This is a great boy/grunge kit!
Here are a couple of LOs I've done with it.

Speed Scrap Tonight

Hey all! Just here to do some plugging of tonight's Speed Scrap! Hopefully I can make it. My family has some kind of stomach bug, including me. gag. Have a great one!

Sale continues...

Here is the info Andrea put on the SM blog, just thought I'd pass it along!

Thank you, thank you. Andrea here and I am amazed by the response to our DSD sale and activities. We changed servers and upgraded to a huge new dedicated server six months ago and our site has been moving right along since we did that. Until our DSD 35% off PU/25% off CU sale started!!! I am so sorry for those of you who have difficulties with our site slowing down. And I can tell that there are many of you still trying to check out before the sale ends at midnight tonight. Well guess what…

This sale has been extended until 6 pm pacific time on Sunday, November 8th–that’s an extra 18 hours. We know that the site is moving slow and there have been some glitches along the way. Thanks for your patience. Please don’t wait until tomorrow at 5:50 to check out though–pretty please!!!

For those of you waiting for your paypal payments to clear, I am doing my best to get these cleared up quickly and to get your downloads to you. Again your patience in this matter is appreciated.

Don’t forget to hop on our fantastic blog train, see the post below for more details. Lots of great quick pages and freebies.

All Aboard the SM Blog Train!

Hey all! Welcome to Haynay Designs' portion of the DSD Scrapmatter's Blog Train! Woo Hoo!!! If you happened upon my blog and didn't know about the blog train (full of FREEBIES), you can go to Andilynn Design's blog to start at the beginning! If you have been on the train for a while, WELCOME! So glad you are here!

DSD is so fun, with lots of sales, etc! If you want to grab my freebie from yesterday, just scroll down the page!

Today, I have made a frame element from the SM "A Slice of Life" Collab! You can get this collab for FREE if you purchase $15 or more from the store! What a deal!


Download this frame HERE! ***note: This freebie is only available for a limited time***

And, I have a HUGE favor! We are having a LITTLE contest among some of the designers at SM. So many of us have facebook pages. We've decided to do a little FAN DRIVE! And whoever gets the most fans this weekend, wins!!! I NEED YOU to become my FAN on FACEBOOK!!! NOW! Consider it a thank you to me for the freebie I just gave you! LOL!!! Here is a link to my facebook page, all you need to do is click "Become a Fan" button. Thanks so much guys, in advance!! (Plus, you might get a "reveal" of my GB!

Your next stop on the blog train is Chelle's Blog! Enjoy!

DSD Sale, A Grab Bag, and a New Release

We are here, finally! A much anticipated sale at SM for Digital Scrapbook Day! I'm so excited! Today and tomorrow, we are having 35%. Then Sunday and Monday, it's 25% off!

So are you ready for my new release? Down on the Farm has been in the works forever and I finally finished it! I've gotta tell you, I think it's so cute and am really excited for how it turned out!
Here is what the Hunnies and some SM CT gals have done:
Jami:
Erin:
Diana:
JenDavey

Melissa (mrsduke2u) and a NEW Hunnie!

Kelli:
Jill:
Great pages, huh?

And now, I'm super excited about my DSD Grab Bag!!!! I had a blast making this, love the products in here too!!! There are 5 product worth $16, for only $4!!!!!!!!!!!!


Here are more pages:
Erin:

Melissa:

Melissa

Lori:

Jill:
Dawn:
okay, love those!!!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. I'd love for you to go to my store and grab some goodies, especially at 35% off!!!

But, I actually have a HUGE favor! We are having a LITTLE contest among some of the designers at SM. So many of us have facebook pages. We've decided to do a little FAN DRIVE! And whoever gets the most fans this weekend, wins!!! I NEED YOU to become my FAN on FACEBOOK!!! NOW! Consider it a thank you to me for the freebie I'm about to give you! LOL!!! Here is a link to my facebook page, all you need to do is click "Become a Fan" button. Thanks so much guys, in advance!! (Plus, you might get a "reveal" of my GB! If you are here early Friday, give me time to get my kids to school and back to post it!)

Are you ready for your freebie? It's an add on to Down on the Farm: You can download it here!

Thank you world! I hope you have a great weekend. Come back tomorrow for another treat!

Now for show offs. I only had 3 this week, so I'm not going to do a slide show.
Robin

Lisa

Karen

You ladies will be getting any date element of your choice.

Finally....

I finally feel caught up this week. Even though I still have a lot to get done, it's more manageable now!
I'm so thankful for my new freelance job. I started it this weekend. I haven't worked on anything all year, and I'm afraid that I've forgotten how to write curriculum! LOL...it luckily comes back to you. So, I've spent lots of time this week writing.
Next, M's school has a fund raiser every year. I can't remember what these things are called...it starts with an F, but back home we call them luminaries. They are the bags that people line their sidewalk with at Christmastime. The bags have candles in them. Anyway, I've been folding bags for days it seems. I have to fold 400 of them!!!! RU kidding me? nope, I'm not. H has helped a bit while we watch football and the world series together. So, I guess tonight, we'll do that again. I'm almost done, okay, at least I'm halfway!! :)
And, in addition to just getting back into the routine of life after Hawaii, and the fact that my kids decided to be sick for 4 days (both of them)...I also have to get ready for FRIDAY! It's the start of our DSD Sale at SM!!! Saturday is Digital Scrapbook Day! And we are celebrating it big this weekend! We have a sale, grab bags, blog trains, lots going on! I have a new kit and a new grab bag coming out! Be on the look out on Friday! :) Here is the ad:

So, today, because I actually feel caught up and am not a stress case, I decided that I could take the time to do a daytime speed scrap! Wendy of Neverland Scrap hosted it. And, since I'm on Saturday of my Maui update, I did a page for that!

Saturday morning, Heath and I woke up, ate breakfast, and were off to the Saturday Swap. We bought most of our souvenirs there, for a lot less money! Totally fun. Plus, I got a new hat (see newest layout) that is perfect for the beach. (I'll be taking it to Jamaica for my little sister's wedding in June!)
After that, we drove down the road to eat at Momma's Fish House. Okay, this view is fabulous. I put this picture in the LO, but I have to show it to you bigger! Look at this!

It's a postcard people, but I TOOK that! OMGOodness, how beautiful! And the food was yummy!

credits

Following the lunch, we went on a helicopter tour of the island. This was my pick of what I wanted to do! I scored people. It was AWESOME! I've never done anything like that. I love roller coasters, etc., so this was right up my alley! Here we are in the helicopter.


After the tour, we headed back to the hotel, went to the pool, read a bit, then went out to dinner at a local place-I think the name of the restaurant was Mala, but I can't remember. I've slept since then. We had a great meal, some fabulous wine, and serious conversation talking about how far we've come since we got married!
WOW, what an adventure we've been on. I'm so thankful for my dear husband. He's such an awesome example to our children of how hard work, determination can get you where you dream of being! Heath, love you so much!

Now, the kids and I have totally been counting down to our family trip. When Heath finished residency, he wanted to do something for the kids. They've sacrificed lots of things many of their friends never had to...like dad working instead of being at a baseball game or Christmas program. We had no control over his schedule at the hospital and got used to grabbing time with him when we was around. Anyway, Heath decided in May that he wanted to take the family to DisneyWorld! So fun! So, I've been planning, etc for our trip. We are down to like 23 days! I can't believe it! We are so excited. I cannot wait for everything we will experience as a family. WOO HOO!

Well, this was longer than I planned, thanks for milling through it! See y'all on Friday with my new goodies!