Let's face it. We all have dishes. And more dishes. And even more dishes.
And most of us have bath toys. Many of them. All needing to be dried.
I'm here to tell you that you might just positively need this Garden Botanika DISHMAT.
Now, I know that it says dishmat on the label, and of course it's an amazing dishmat. It's ultra absorbant, is washable, protects your glasses, and looks awesome {check out the site envision to find out more and check out the change in my kitchen!} Of course, I left one dishmat in my kitchen to put to good use drying those pans of mine. Which, I love, especially because my sink is now free of the constant pile of pans drying there.
But, me, being the out-of-the-box thinker decided to put that dishmat to good use in my house. So, I brought it up to the bathroom and there it got put to excellent use -- as the mat for drying those many bath toys. And yes, John Deere tractors make excellent bath toys.
Those toys were always my nemesis. We'd either a} leave them in the tub to dry b} put them in one of those mesh basket things that sometimes hangs well but then falls over and never seems to dry out or c} threw them in a bucket and then after a while threw them out because they got gross. I've done them all.
But, then, I took another one of those amazing mats and brought it upstairs in the bathroom for bath toys. And I love it. The mat, which is made of this crazy awesome super absorbant microfiber absorbs 4 times its weight in water. You heard that right -- those bath toys that trap all the water and then drip every where can now be placed on here to dry completely. And because it's a breathable microfiber air can dry around all those pieces easier. And when it's dry, simply fold and put away. I keep mine right on top of the bath toy box. Perfect.
Now, I know you need one. Well, you could order one {or two or three} here:
Or you could win one.
Here's how
Schroeder & Tremayne are generously giving away 3 - 16x18 Sage Green Dishmats to three of you. And not only that, ten blogging friends of mine are each giving away three additional dishmats on their blogs in different colors. It's a super crazy and super fun dishmat blogging blitz!
Dish Mat Blogging Blitz Participants
A Slob Comes Clean --Coastal Blue
Spell Outloud -- Coastal Blue
Many Little Blessings --Sage Green
Finding Joy -- Sage Green
Jimmie's Collage -- Gray
Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers -- Gray
Raising Arrows --Red
Crispy Not Crunchy -- Black
Feels Like Home --Red
An Oregon Cottage -- Cream
Mama's Learning Corner -- Black
A Slob Comes Clean --Coastal Blue
Spell Outloud -- Coastal Blue
Many Little Blessings --Sage Green
Finding Joy -- Sage Green
Jimmie's Collage -- Gray
Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers -- Gray
Raising Arrows --Red
Crispy Not Crunchy -- Black
Feels Like Home --Red
An Oregon Cottage -- Cream
Mama's Learning Corner -- Black
So first here's how to enter to win one here. You have three opportunities to win - please make sure to use a separate comment for each entry and to leave a way for me to contact you. Thanks! And make sure to pop around to the other sites for even more chances to win -- imagine that, some presents done just like that!
Dishmat Entries
1} tell me how you would use the dishmat
2} follow finding_joy on twitter - click HERE to follow & if you already do just let me know -- tweeting is fun. :)
3} tweet about this giveaway - get a #dishmat from @finding_joy at http://bit.ly/rn8BH1
1} tell me how you would use the dishmat
2} follow finding_joy on twitter - click HERE to follow & if you already do just let me know -- tweeting is fun. :)
3} tweet about this giveaway - get a #dishmat from @finding_joy at http://bit.ly/rn8BH1
To visit my blog's main page please click HERE.
DISCLAIMER: I received free dish mats and was compensated for my time in this review/giveaway post.
134 comments:
I don't have room for a drying rack and really need something like this! It will be used...a LOT!
I was thinking dishes, but love the bath toy idea for sure! Sage green goes in either place too! Just found you yesterday and am loving perusing your posts! Thanks!
I’d love to try it for dishes and veggies! Thanks
I forever deal with "overflow" from my sink-- plus, it would be a safer place to dry wine glasses and flutes!
I did away with drying racks a long time ago because they always got nasty and were one more thing to clean. I always lay my dishes that need to dry on a dish towel. So, I'd love to try these mats. They look so absorbant!
considering it is sage green, you know i need it. : )
I now follow you on Twitter.
I would use it to dry dishes and tub toys! Great idea!
I follow you on twitter!
my mom would LOVE this for dishes, and so would I! [that's pretty much my job in this house! :]]
I would love this to dry my cookware on...it never seems to fit in the little drainer I have and sitting it on a towel to dry just gets the counter soggy.
Oh how I would love one of these... we have no dish washer, and the conventional plastic dish drainer is never enough-- i always have overflow when it comes to air-drying dishes! (now.. if I have a couple more hands, perhaps I wouldn't mind drying dishes half-way-- )
I would love one of these for drying dishes, so much better than damp rags lying around.
I have had to throw away not one but two really pretty hand embroidered dishcloths because they kept getting soaked from being used as drying mats and couldn't dry fast enough. These look great!
Never seen this before but would love to have one for sure. Thinking it would be great for the obvious dish draining. However, would be great to have maybe two for canning season.
I would (at least start with!) use it for dishes - I'd like to toss the bulky dish drainer, too!
Following you on Twitter (tiffanyblitz)
Tweeted it: http://twitter.com/#!/tiffanyblitz/status/124942923874836480
I would love to use this for drying dishes and as a bath mat!!
I follow you on Twitter!
I'd use it as a drying mat for all the extra dishes that don't make it into the dishwasher :)
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/KDozeman/status/124944382813159424
I would use it for drying fruits and veggies.
Thank you for this giveaway!
I am a new follower on your blog and twitter as well. My twitter name is blessedmumof9
Need one of these for the bath toys! What a fabulous idea!
I love the bath toy idea!
I'm already a twitter follower. :)
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/emoothart/status/124946624853184513
I use three dishtowels that get sopping wet. Looks like a great giveaway, count me in!
Oh, I have been wanting one of these mats! It would be perfect for drying the dishes I handwash and air drying my garden veggies :)
I would use it to place my drying dishes. Thanks for the chance to win!
I am a Twitter Follower
I would use it for drying dishes!
My dishes would love to lay out on this sleek new dish mat! Great give away :)Thanks for the chance to win
I would love to have one of those pretty dishmats for my dishes...and for washing fruits and veggies and letting them dry.
My daughters do the dishes, but maybe I could count this as a Christmas present for them.
I follow you on twitter.
I would definitely use the mat to dry dishes, because I don't have enough room either! :0) Thanks for the chance to win!
rosalitarocks@netscape.net
drying dishes. thanks
I would so use this everyday for my dishes!! Great giveaway.
I follow you on twitter and fb. Newlyweds Blog.
I'm following on Twitter and yes, it is fun! :0)
rosalitarocks@netscape.net
I tweeted your giveaway :0)
http://twitter.com/#!/finding_joy/status/124946291074678784
rosalitarocks@netscape.net
I already love tweeting with you on twitter!
I tweeted about this giveaway!
I would LOVE this to hold my dishes instead of my metal rack.
I would love this for my kitchen. The green is perfect. I think of all the little toys I wash. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would use the mat for drying dishes. I have been leaving my dishes out to dry on a dish towel and it doesn't work that great.
Jamie
rjhausgen@gmail.com
I am following you on twitter.
@rangersbraves
I tweeted about your giveaway: http://twitter.com/#!/rangersbraves/status/124986976477773824
Dishes. And maybe more stuff.
You know I follow you. I hope I don't get caught. ;)
Ta-weeted!
I would use for dishes mainly but wow - so handy with so many other uses
I would love to use it to dry bath toys after washing! Dishes too!
I am now following you on twitter
I'm in between countries and places and am in my 5th home in 4 months and well I WOULD HAVE used one of these everywhere scrounging up a towel for extra drying and since the last place and this new one don't have dishwashers all the more and in FUTURE travels I will use it literally all around the world!
I am now following you on twitter!
I would use this mat to dry dishes and veggies.
oooo-how nice not to have the slimy drying rack anymore! LOL What a great idea-I've never seen this before! Thanks!
I would love to be able to put my clean veggies on here while I worked on something else
I'd replace the ugly plastic tray that came with my dish drainer! Wish I could get rid of the whole thing, but I have no dishwasher, and need something to keep my dishes in. This would be great to win! Thanks for the chance!
higherground2000(at)gmail(dot)com
This mat would be so wonderful, since we wash all our dishes by hand, since the little old house we rent doesn't have a dishwasher...and 8 people create a lot of dirty dishes.
ladymadelon @ yahoo.com
Those items you can't put in the dishwasher need some place pretty to dry and keep the counter dry. This seems like an awesome thing to use for that or for setting those fruits and veggies on as I wash and set them aside.
I'm following you on Twitter!
I tweeted about the giveaway!
I would use this mat to dry my dishes. Thanks!
We would use this to dry our dishes on. Right now we just grab whatever towel. This would look nicer for sure. Thanks for the generous giveaway.
What a great giveaway! I am constantly leaving dishes out to dry-- this would be perfect! And green happens to be my favorite color! :)
I would have to do bath toys! The bottom of my bath toy bucket is disgusting. These look great!
I would love it for washing dishes!! I've been thinking of getting somthing and this seems to be just what I am looking for!
I follow you on twitter:-)
This would be so helpful in our kitchen. THere is just not any space for one of those strainers and we all know how wet everything stays when it is just left out on wet towels. Thanks!
Love it! I'm building a new house and would love to have this to dry my pots and pans...and maybe one day soon some little toys too :). And my kitchen is going to be green ! Thank you for this great giveaway. Brandiern@charter.net
I would use this instead of my didhwasher. Susan steveac@bellsouth.net
Would LOVE one of those!!!!
I would love to use this in the kitchen. Thanks for the opportunity!
Terri S
ponyxpress9 at yahoo dot com
I would use it for defrosting meat and washing produce.
I have several ways that I would use the mat - dishes, homeschooling projects, under pets water bowls, washing fruits/veggies and gifts. Thanks for the chance to win.
Nancy at mom2jebj@gmail.com
I would use the dishmat to replace the bulky dish drainer on my counter and allow for more space. Please enter me in your drawing. Thank you.
The bath toy idea is brilliant! Thanks for the chance to win!
We always seem to have one or two soggy towels on the counter in addition to the drying rack {I could show you a picture of the empty space under the counter for a dishwasher} ~ so this looks like just what we need! Thank you!
I have dishtowels all around my sink since the faucet leaks and doing lots of dishes, I would love this in our kitchen! :) I don't follow twitter or I'd enter there too. :) Are you on Facebook?
I would love this for our dishes especially since we don't have a dishwasher.
I will use it for my crock pot, love that thing and use it lots and have to wash it often. Drying it would be easier if I had this!
I would use it to dry my dishes on instead of my ugly dishdrainer.
I would use it in my kitchen. And sage green would match!
I follow you on twitter.
I need it for dishes. There's not much room on my counter for a rack.
Stephanie
dsmoore1 @ centurytel.net
I love, love the idea of these mats! We have milk goats, and the sanitzed utensils have to air dry, but I really hate the dish drainer sitting out on the counter all the time. What a pleasure it would be to have one of these instead. Please enter me for the drawing!
I have travel mugs that are not dishwasher safe. I wash them by hand daily and this would be perfect for them once washed. Also fruit as it is washed.
i love the bath toy idea! i'd probably use it for that or the loads of dishes i do everyday.
twitter follower neenee_is_me
I am boring and would use it just for my dishes:)
I would use it to dry my babies bottles on
GOTTA use it to dry Z'babes bathtub toys - GOTTA!!
Would love to use this for dishes and veggies. Have also seen some great homeschool uses. Even as a mat under a fish tank. So useful. Thanks for the chance to win one.
I would use this for dishes the most, because we don't have a dishwasher, and we have towels with drying dishes everywhere. I would also use it when I can, to drain the jars, and when I wash produce. I think the bath mat was an excellent idea also.
I follow you on twitter - @BBLandCo
Bath Toys! Brilliant! This is my first visit here, but not my last! I have 6 kids (3 and 3) and love to read about other people with large families. I mostly want a mat for my knives and baby bottles, but I'm very intrigued now by the idea of one for the bath toys! And, who wouldn't have a John Deere in the bathtub? Great site!
I tweeted about this giveaway!
I would use it for the overflow of the dish drain.
kstensaas at gmail dot com
I would use the dishmat to dry dishes. I don't have a dishwasher and I wash a LOT of dishes every day.
clowens9144 at yahoo dot com
I already follow you on twitter (leigh_owens)
clowens9144 at yahoo dot com
tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/leigh_owens/status/125406357384994816
clowens9144 at yahoo dot com
So this is something I'd really like! I don't tweet so I've only got one shot...but it's a shot!
Oh how I dislike the plastic dish drying rack. These would look much nicer.
I'd dry dishes, but apparently I'll be drying bath toys too...a brilliant idea!
It would be great for drying freshly washed fruits and vegetables.
sweetiesuzy@aol.com
I would use this instead of my nice dish towel and for drying my fruit :)
jkdemeyere@yahoo.com
What a wonderful product - I can think of a dozen great uses ... drying dishes and produce, bath toys, standing drippy wet child on when out of tub or in from a water sprinkler, craft projects, and lots more.
What a great way to dry dishes! That would be my favorite use for it. =)
-Michelle
samc3dp at yahoo dot com
I would use it to dry dishes, dishes, and more dishes!
Elyse
tehachapispeechtherapy at yahoo dot com
I would use it for setting fresh foods on that I had washed. I always end up with a mess of water all over my counter!!
kuenzifamily at tds dot net
I would use it for drying our fresh fruit & vegetables!!
harrischerie@rocketmail.com
I would use it for drying dishes.
I am getting a great laugh over the pictures everyone has posted for this giveaway! Those tiny little stacks of dishes are less than we would use for one meal, let alone an entire day! Having a family of eight (soon to be nine) with no dishwasher means foot high stacks of dishes on the counter all day every day.
I have no dishwasher, so one of these would go to good use.
Would love, love, LOVE this for dishes and many other kitchen uses! Will eliminate that soaked dishrag
with our family of 8 we would use it for dishes, dishes and of course for other things like tub toys and canning, fruits and veggies, water activities and tea parties. Green (sage) is my fav color
I would love to use this either for dishes or like you did in the bathroom for bath toys. What a fantastic find!
~Kimberlee
SpunkyDiva at live.com
I would use it for dishes and veggies. I would love to get rid of my dish rack.
Karen
desotok@bellsouth.net
I would love this for my dishes (& bath toys too)! :)
Jessica
I would use the mat in my kitchen. We run the dishwasher once a day, and this would be perfect for washing up the extras that don't fit in a load.
I would love to do away with the drainer. This is a brilliant idea!
Krista
We currently use towels to dry our dishes on, and these would be a wonderful change.
Let's see . . . air drying dishes, a place to put freshly washed produce & something to soak up the puddles from thawing meat packages. So many possibilities. Thanks for making this give-away available.
I would love one of these for my dishes! diane at speedkin dot com
I'm following you on Twitter, too. (diane at speedkin dot com)
This is so cool. I would use it for drying dishes. :)
dcstutz at gmail dot com
I actually found your site through this giveaway and am SOOOO glad that i did.....
I would use mine to air dry dishes. The rental we are living in has a huge marble island and the hard water dripping off our dishes is staining it :(
OOOooooo! I would so use this for bathtub toys!! They are the bain of my existence some days!
I follow you on Twitter!
I really need something to replace my nasty dish drainer. It would be so nice not to have that on my counter :)
It would have to replace the old dishcloths that go under my non-dishwasher items!
Thanks!!
wishbone317 at yahoo dot com
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