NEW WASHER AND DRYER, AND! A VALENTINE'S GIVEAWAY

Hope you are all enjoying your Monday.  It is raining here in California, and I am totally enjoying it.  Seemed like the perfect day to catch up all my laundry in my BRAND NEW WASHER AND DRYER!!  Yes, we have finally broken down and replaced the pair that have faithfully done our laundry for the last 12 years.  You might remember a while back I told you I had a repair man out on the washer and he told me that her days were definitely numbered.  Told me it would cost WAY more to fix it then it would to just buy a new one.  Let me tell you the laundry has been a definite challenge ever since.  I had to open the washer lid and manually give the tub a spin (not an easy task if you are wondering) to get it to MAYBE go into the spin cycle.  It was taking me ALL day to do the wash (which just shouldn't be the case when there are only two of us, and one of those people has the majority of their laundry go to the dry cleaners considering he wears suits and ties to work, haha) as sometimes it never would spin....meaning I had to wring out the clothes and put them WAY TOO WET into the dryer which then made the drying time take just forever not to mention was killing my arms.  Anyway, on Sat. we shopped around at a few places we decided to check out, and bought the new ones.   They actually delivered them on Sun afternoon, so we sped home from San Diego and church and a yummy lunch and by 5:00 they were up and running.  I have been practically giddy.  The new ones are NOT the biggest (don't need that anymore) NOT the top of the line (not necessary) and WITHOUT all the bells and whistles, (who cares?)  and yet are all I need them to be and more.  I am sooo grateful; thank you Jesus.  It is funny how you take for granted something as basic as a washing machine until you no longer have one that works.  Other than that, our week-end was pretty uneventful.

I mentioned I was going to do a give away and the time has FINALLY come.  For years now my mother has made coasters out of fabric.  I remember when she first told me about them I thought to myself, "how in the world would that work?  Surely they would get wet, and therefore be pointless" haha...But when she gave me a set and I tried them out I was pleasantly surprised.  They are by the far the best coasters I have ever owned.  They are the perfect size, you can make them to match your own personal decor, and they are definitely unique.  In addition to that I have a set that go with my Fall decor, another set for my Christmas decor, and now a new everyday set.  I have also made a set for a Valentine's day decor.  They are really pretty cute.  I have also made some new ones for Mel's everyday decor.  Let me show them to you....

A CLOSE UP VIEW OF MY NEW ONES...THEY ARE PERFECT FOR ME AS MY COLORS ARE OLIVE GREEN, BURGUNDY, AND CREAM

EACH "SET" INCLUDES 4 COASTERS

ONE IN USE...

CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE ONES I MADE FOR MEL....HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM MEL?

THE BACKS OF THESE ARE JUST ONE FABRIC

YES, HER SET IS STILL NEEDING ONE....I WAS SHORT SOME FABRIC, SO I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE STORE

THE VALENTINE SET

THE BACKSIDE

WORK SOO NICELY

Soo, I have decided to put together a little "Valentine's" gift for someone, and a set of the Valentine's coasters will be part of it.  Not necessarily this particular set, but maybe, who knows??  If you are interested in this gift, just leave me a comment here.  I will let hubby pick a name this week-end, so that I can get it to whoever might win this BEFORE the first of February.   I have been wanting to just bless one of my readers with a give away for some time now, but it just never seemed to work out.  These are nothing all that spectacular, but they will definitely be made with love.  OH, and for any of you gals who do your own sewing out there, if you are interested I can definitely show you how ridiculously quick and easy these are and then you could always whip yourself up a set to go with your own decor.  If I didn't have my Fall and Christmas ones packed away for now I would show you those too.  They are really quite cute.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!  My dryer is buzzing, so I am off to switch loads... : )