Friday's here already???

Man, where do the days go??

Well, happy Friday everyone! I just love Fridays! So many new digital releases on Fridays and I just love seeing everyone's new stuff!

Here are the LO's I've worked on this week.....

I just loved this picture of Grace and Mike! This LO is using "Diamond All-Stars", the new kit from Haynay Designs available today at ScrapMatters.com. It's a really cute girl's softball kit. Obviously, I didn't have any softball pics, but this kit has a lot of great stuff for any kind of girlie photos. It's really cute! And Heather has a great Add-On freebie to this kit available on the Haynay Designs blog. Go check it out!

I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at one of these Grab Bags this week. Haynay teamed up with three other designers and their bag is GREAT!

Here is a LO I did that will give you an idea of what is in this bag. It has templates, an alpha, and a couple mini kits.

And there are five other Grab Bags available today too. I think I need to go shop! Grab bags are always the BEST deal! I love 'em!

Well, I think that's it from here. No major plans this weekend. Father's Day, of course. But Mike's idea of a great Father's Day is getting to take as long a nap as possible.....so we make no plans. :\

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Hey there....

....and happy Friday!!

This week has just FLOWN by! Last weekend was our family reunion with my Dad's family. We had the BEST time. We hadn't had so many of us together in many years so it was just great to reconnect. We really had a blast and laughed SO hard. The kids all got along so well and had fun swimming, boating, and playing in the sand on Saturday. Then Saturday evening, we headed over to our church to watch old family movies and eat pizza. Sunday most of us gathered for breakfast at Mom & Dad's before those from out of town headed home. It was a fantastic weekend and we realized we need to get together more often.

Samuel had two doctor's appointments this week. The first one was with his orthopedist. I was a little nervous because we hadn't seen him in over a year and I was worried that there might be changes in Sam's him. But he did x-rays and everything looked okay. He said the left hip (which has had 2 surgeries) is not totally in the socket, but it's not out either. So while it's not the BEST news, the doctor is satisfied and said he would only want to do more surgery if Sam starts having pain related to the hardware in his hip. So that was a relief for Mom!!

Grace spent two nights with Grandma and Grandpa this week. So it's been fairly quiet around here. LOl!

We took the boys to a Cleveland Indians game last night. The rain held off and we had a really fun time. The boys were super-good and really enjoyed themselves. Noah ate a TON of popcorn! He was too funny!

I've been working a lot on my designing this week, but just seem to keep having one problem after another. So I'm not even gonna go there. Let's just say I'm going to take a break until next week!

I did get to do some scrapping this week with some great new products from Haynay Designs!

This is a LO I did of my Dad and his brother from the reunion last weekend. It's Heather's new "Simplicity 2-Page Templates" as well as her Mint Chocolate Chip kit. I am just starting to get into using templates. They are really great when your not feeling too ispired or need to get a bunch of LO's done fast.

And here is one I did with Haynay's new "Colored Bubbles Alpha" which is also new today.

You can pick them both up at ScrapMatters!

Well, I think that's it for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Oh my goodness!!

I'm stunned!!!

Look whose LO was chosen as Layout Of the Week for last week at Scrapmatters.com!!! I'm speechless!! (click on image)

Never saw it coming! How cool is THAT?????

A word about freebies....

Hey there! Just wanted to let people know that I will be taking some of my freebies down in the next couple days. No worries though.....it's just to get ready for more. There's a lot of exciting stuff going on around here at Designs By Jill. A big announcement is coming, but can't tell you yet. I'm VERY excited about it!!!

Big week around the homefront. Thursday is the last day of school! The kiddos are pretty excited. I'm trying to get some things done around town while I still have some freedom. I sure wish the weather would get nicer though. The weekend was nice but now the last two days have been pretty rainy and I just don't feel like going out in the rain. I know....I'm such a wimp!

Boy I sure wish I could tell you my news before I go though.

Hmmm.....maybe I could give you a little clue without getting into trouble.

Okay, here goes......

Stay tuned......