Saturday, December 11, 2010

Carolina Pad review and giveaway....(ENDED)



Carolina Pad sent us their complete Dreamsicle Collection which consisted of binders, notebooks, journals, composition books, folders, tab dividers, and more. This was WAY MORE than what I was expecting to receive from them to review. They are so generous. What I am most excited to say about the Dreamsicle Collection it was:
 created by Carolina Pad (www.carolinapad.com) and 
designed by JACK!E (www.jackiemcfee.com)
 to benefit 
Girls on the Run International (www.girlsontherun.org).


I gave this whole collection to my daughter who absolutely loves it!!

I personally have quite a bit of the items from the 'Pattern Play' and 'Eye Candy' collections!!



All of the Carolina Pad products that I have and have ever tried have been of excellent quality and I often buy them and give them as gifts. I would recommend this brand to anyone and everyone, who is not only looking for stylish and adorable writing products, but also those of great quality!!
I have folders from them that I have had for quite some time, and they aren't even beginning to fall apart in the middle like so many of my folders do. With other brands, I so often end up taping the folder together or just discarding them and buying new. With Carolina Pad brand, I have never had this problem :)

I want to share a little about how Carolina Pad got started!!
This comes directly from their website.

How It All Started The Carolina Pad story begins in 1945 in Charlotte, North Carolina. That’s when Joseph K. Hall Jr. and several business associates managed to scrape up enough money and equipment to launch a school supply manufacturing company. Joe had been operating Hall & Morris, a school supply wholesale business in Belmont, North Carolina. The new company, Carolina Pad, offered composition books, notebook paper, primary tablets, pencils, crayons, and other school supplies. A former teacher, principal, and coach, Joe was excited by the new company’s offerings. 

Carolina Pad continued to sell school supplies in the market formerly serviced by Hall & Morris. But since it was now in the manufacturing business, Carolina Pad had a lot more products to sell. To get an edge over larger, more established counterparts, Joe sold products directly to schools in the Carolinas and Virginia — often out of the back of his truck! 



Pretty interesting, eh??
Visit their online store now for your last minute holiday shopping
or just for your everyday school supplies or writing needs!!
http://www.carolinapadstore.com/
You'll be glad you did :)

Carolina Pad was generous enough to 
offer one of my followers
 the Dreamsicle Collection.


Mandatory Entry: Go to Carolina Pad's site and tell me your favorite collection
AND
who you would give this prize to if you win (perhaps you'll keep it !?!?)

Extra Entries: You may do as many of these as you like AFTER you complete the mandatory entry!! If the mandatory entry isn't done first, the rest of the entries will not be counted.

Like Carolina Pad on facebook, leave fb name (2 entries)
Follow Carolina Pad on twitter, leave handle (2 entries)
Make a purchase from Carolina Pad (15 entries) must prove if you win!
Tweet about this giveaway, can be done once per day.
Share on facebook or other social network, leave me proof!! (2 entries)
Follow my blog via GFC
Subscribe via email. (3 entries)
Subscribe via feed. (3 entries)
Follow my other blog via GFC (5 entries)
Follow me on facebook. (2 entries)
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Blog about this giveaway, leave me the link. (10 entries)

*New* Enter this contest using this link so I get referral point. (10 entries)
(It's a $25 Amazon gift card..perhaps you'll win one--4 winners)


Giveaway HAS ENDED!!

Winner will be notified via email and
 have 48 hours to reply
or I will choose a new winner.

Note:  I wasn't compensated in any way, financial or otherwise for writing this review. In this specific case, I was able to keep the items I reviewed. I always give my honest  opinion.

Best of luck to everyone!!