About Haye Creatives

Hi, I’m Odette, the owner and founder of Haye Creatives. My journey to creating digital products began with a deep passion for numbers and a love for travel. You might wonder how those two passions led me here—let me share the story.

My journey to creating digital products started with a passion for numbers and a love for travel. For most of my adult life, I lived paycheck to paycheck, stressing over bills and struggling to save or invest. I managed to save a bit of money during the years that I was studying Economics in university, so in 2017 I set off with a backpack and camera, eager to explore the world. I focused on living frugally to stretch my savings and visited incredible places like Iran and India. During this adventure, I met Rob, my now-husband, who shared my love for travel—and, like me, a savings account that was quickly running empty.

Over time, I started to use my passion for numbers to track our income and expenses, creating budgets and allocating every dollar to maximize savings for our next adventure. Thanks to these budget spreadsheets, we were able to make smarter financial decisions, allowing us to save (and travel) more—and that’s what I want to share with others. Budgeting doesn’t have to be overwhelming; it can be simple, straightforward, and even fun with the right tools. So in 2021 I opened the Haye Creatives Etsy shop.

With my knowledge of budgeting I used Google Sheets to create minimal, user friendly and aesthetically pleasing budget spreadsheets. At Haye Creatives, we believe that the best products come from listening to our customers. The valuable feedback provided to us by you, our customers, inspires the design (and updates) of all our spreadsheets. Whether it’s a personal budget tracker or a tool for small business owners, my mission is to make managing your money easier and more enjoyable, one spreadsheet at a time.

I’ve been selling spreadsheets for almost 4 years now and it has truly changed my life. I am now self-employed, location independent, earn passive income every single day and have an unlimited earning potential. This is why I decided in 2025, after selling over 125,000 digital products on Etsy, that I wanted to expand Haye Creatives beyond spreadsheets and share my knowledge of selling digital products with you! So if you're interested in starting your own Etsy shop or improving your existing one, join me on YouTube and Instagram, where I’ll be sharing tips, tricks, and guides on how to build a successful digital products business.