I may have mentioned my love of Stationery just a few time but clearly my subtle hints have not fallen on deaf ears as this week my poor overworked postman arrived with a box of supplies with a difference in honour of back to school week. Memo etc, the online office supplies store, have all the usual biros and printer cartridges but what they’ve sent me is part of their eco-friendly ‘Remarkable’ range which is created from recycled materials.
There’s a pencil case made from an old car tyre, recycled leather notebooks, colouring pencils made from cd cases and even rulers and biros that used to be corn on the cob. How cool is that? Here’s E putting some of them through their paces.
The boys love the idea that they used to be something completely different and I was really impressed that they still seemed really good quality, living up to my exacting standards. 😉
I have a family sized box of goodies to give away including:
- A pencil case
- A hardback note book
- 3 leather cover spiral notebooks
- A pack of felt tips
- A pack of coloured pencils
- A pack of biros
- Rulers
If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning then just leave me a comment sharing what you think is the most vital stationery item in your life and record your entry in the rafflecopter widget below. Personally I’d be lost without at least three notebooks on the go at once. You can get all the usual extra entries and record those too. The give away will run until Monday 16th September 2013.
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Susie Wilkinson says
I can’t live without my ‘Tatty Teddy’ pen!
katrina day-reilly says
ruler
Helen Dickinson says
I always need a pen in this house 😉
Mummy Glitzer says
Pens. By far my collection of pens is most important to me.
Rachel Gully says
My most vital piece of stationary has to be a notebook. I take one everywhere!
Rebecca Phillips says
notebooks!
Lynsey Buchanan says
Personal Planner
Jazz says
Pencil with a rubber on the end!
adeinne tonner says
Would have to be a notepad
Liz says
Compass, how else do you waste time making patterns? 🙂
tracy steer says
can never find a pen when needed
michelle muirhead says
my pens
sue seaman says
gotta be a decent fine tipped pen for me
Laura H says
Pens! Or paper….hmm, not so sure now!
Tracy Nixon says
My felt tips!
Maya Russell says
In my life?….. good old sellotape.
Julie Cook says
A pen ….though I never seem to be able to find one just when I need it….
Gina says
Notebooks, notebooks & notebooks! Always have a few on the go for loads of random things I need to write down and organise!
Laura Jeffs says
Notebooks: I use them all the time!! 🙂
ashley horton says
it has to be pens and paper!
Patricia Walker says
my pen and a notebook…I’m always seeing things I want to research but never remember by the time I’m home!
Sylvia Witham says
Non stop pencils
Martin Wallbridge says
A pen that works would be nice every one I seem to pick up is either broken , chewed or out of ink and the kids still put them back in the pot.
Ashleigh Allan says
a pen!
Tracey Peach says
Pen
Claire says
a compact mirror 🙂
Sarah Clarke-Feltham says
great items
Laura jones says
my organiser id be totally lost without it
Rachel Bartlett says
A large notepad to write my to do list, which just never seems to get shorter.
Samantha Trimby says
My stapler
Tracey belcher says
My Pen
Suzanne R says
My Pen
Suzanne R says
Phone organiser
christy beckett says
I have a special pen that I keep hidden away as my lovely children are always taking and losing them.
Stephanie Thornley says
My parker pen, just writes so nicely!
Phil Canning says
Pen
CAROL PATRICK says
A Black Ink Pen
Margaret says
A black pen.
laura banks says
pens
Jan Kirkcaldy says
My Mont Blanc pen – found but unclaimed so it became mine. It writes like a dream
Bekki Ryan says
my organiser 🙂
Amanda Hart says
My black pen, I am lost without them
Dorothee77 says
A pencil! @Dorothee77
Lisbeth says
was going to say scissors but it’s got to be a pen or pencil
Alice Matthews says
The little pen and notebook set I keep in my handbag. I make so much use of it.
Jim Milligan says
A pencil – all other stationery is pointless!
Kathleen marsden says
As I sign a lot of documents I would have to say my fountain pen
Amy Beckett says
A nice pen that doesn’t scratch
Mickie Bull says
Biro
leanne williams says
A nice pen that doesn’t scratch
tracy scutt says
a pen
JO JONES says
A pen that writes easily & does not blob
Sophie Hocknull says
My parker pen
Carol gates says
A decent pen – comfortable to hold, smooth to write with, doesn’t smudge.
Dawn F says
Spare scraps of paper to keep notes.
Alison Bromley says
Definitely a decent pen
Gemma Mills / Chamberlain (MyMillsBaby) says
My personal planner – I’d be lost without it x
Claire toplis says
My school diary
Lynsey Ward says
My diary.. keep up with all the clubs, parties and day to day appointments
Caroline H says
My notebook – everthing gets written down so I can organise myself.
Melanie C says
My notebook – I write all my ideas and To Do Lists in it x
Beverley Marsh says
My notebook. I’m a nightmare, if I don’t write things down, I forget!!!
Michelle ba Bamber says
Black biro have them everywhere 😀
J. Tingay says
My 12″ Rule – for measuring, drawing straight lines and absolutely essential for back scratching!
anthony harrington says
post-it notes, i have them everywhere, I even have post-it notes directing me to other post-it notes!!
melanie stirling says
Pens,you can never have too many and I’d be lost without a pen in my handbag!
Heather Walsh says
My diary. I would not have a clue if i lost this.
HELEN BARTON says
A pen
NIKKI PELLOW says
If a calculator doesn’t count … a rubber.
vandervaulk says
A Pen first/a ruler second
Louise says
a pen
Linda Hobbis says
Pens, although I’d be lost without my diary (and yes, it’s one you write in). Am nagged about transferring it all to Outlook all the time but it’s just not the same!
justine meyer says
Pens and paper as they are always going missing in our house
Helen Allan says
Sellotape!
Jayne T says
My pen.
Kelly says
You can never have too much of stationary
Ema J Lowe says
my pen, only problem is my daughter likes my pens too!
sarah lambert says
Celotape as you can never have too much as we use loads in our house 🙂
jodie harvey says
sharpener 🙂
Samantha Fernley says
A nice pen for writing all my lists.
Hayley (Larley Haylar) says
A pen and paper
Tracy Newton says
blue bic pen
kelly s says
A few black fine liners are essential to me.
Claire Smith says
My notebook for writing all my lovely lists in 🙂
D J FREEMAN says
It has got to be a pen or pencil
Matthew Styles says
An eraser; I make so many mistakes when writing!!
EMMA WALTERS says
pencil sharpener
Barbara daniels says
ink pen
Frances hopkins says
Ruler
Beky Austerberry says
Its got to be a pen – a nice one!! I need a nice writer or I sulk!! lol
Emma Harris says
a pen
sarah birkett says
A GOOD RELIABLE PEN
Kieran says
pen
Rachael G says
Pens – biro or fibre tip.
Aneesah says
A pen!
Jill Webb says
A good pen
sarah bootland says
A decent pen and a notepad – I’m a big list maker! Xxx
Elaine Savage says
Tippex
Robyn Logan Clarke says
My black felt tip pen
Scott Holloway says
bulldog clips
Liz ferguson says
My small handbag notebook .. it’s quick and easy to use.
KATHY D says
Stapler
Susan Hall says
My filo-fax
nadia Ponzini says
Black Permanent maker
Spencer Broadley says
Thin fineliners pens
Nicola Reynolds says
Pens, I have hundreds scattered all over the house!
iain says
a good pen
gillian burden says
a pen
sally hall says
a pen and notebook
Amanda Hopkins says
A mechanical pencil for all of my puzzles!
Angel says
A decent pen.
Rachel Craig says
Pen.
Loma Wood says
Paper – love hand made but usually have to use bits of junk mail!
tamalyn roberts says
sellotape
kellie law says
My pen with my name on it 🙂
Tanya Cameron says
Pens!
Kate says
different coloured pens
Erika Holt says
A notebook, without a doubt. I am addicted to them! Always jotting and noting things!
Good luck all!
Thanks for a fab comp!
sarah davison says
pen and paper – I have so many things to remember so i have to write it all down so i don’t forget anything
Pam Gregory says
A Ruler
Pauline Simpson says
A Black Ballpoint Pen For Filling in forms
angela sandhu says
pen
clare roberts says
A pen !
Susan Naylor says
My calendar, which hangs on the wall in the kitchen. All life is on the calendar from birthdays to dental appointments, school term dates to trips to the vet, if it is not on the calendar it doesn’t happen.
Joanne Darnell says
a pen
Gwen Carter says
My black gel pen is invaluable
Claire D says
Post it notes, so i dont forget anything
Kathy Cakebread says
pens
Anne Wallwin says
a pad to write a to do list
Susan banks says
Good old fashioned pencil! Long lasting and reliable! Perfect for everything from writing lists to doodling when you’re on hold on the phone!!
TJ Macfarlane says
Can’t leave the house without a pen and a notebook 🙂
Hannah ONeill says
My pens!
MANDY DOHERTY says
My pens, although they always manage to elude me when I’m on the phone and need one!
TracyJo (@tjsi1963) says
A notepad and pen!
Karen Barrett says
Post it notes
Rachel McMillan says
My Calculator
clair downham says
pen and paper
Laura Love says
A pen
Jo Glasspool says
A oen, but i never find one when i need it. x
Jo Glasspool says
*pen oops
Jessica Edmunds says
Biro! whether it’s for on my hand, notesanything always doing it, im a serial note taker xx
T. Mitchell-Goodson says
PENS!! I write a ridiculous amount of lists :-).
saffron khan says
Alway’s need pen’s
Janet Taylor says
A writing pad I make soo many lists 🙂
Allan Wilson says
My Pen.
Lisa J says
I always need to carry at least 3 pens at any time.
laura stewart says
Sellotape
donna parkin says
pens the seem to vanish in our house
Annie Costa says
pencil
Katharine says
A black biro
Louise Hutchings says
My favourite lucky pen 🙂
Sarah Spencer says
A Pen
Georgina Ball says
TIPPEX FOR ALL THOSE MISTAKES!
Faye Huntington says
definitely pen! xx
Tammy Tudor says
A pen 🙂 a good working one too!
Fiona Matters says
A pen.
Helen says
Definitely a pen is the most essential!
valerie myburgh says
pen
Julie Ward says
Eraser for the mistakes I make doing
puzzles
Mary Heatley says
My Bic pens
Tracey Poulter says
my pen
Avs says
Pen
elaine stokes says
it has to be my pens
Muddling Along says
My diary – absolutely couldn’t live without it
helen booth says
DIARY AND PEN! WITHOUT THOSE, I’M LOST!
Kirsten Murphy says
I need a notepad at all times, for lists, reminders, numbers and doodling
Jessica Powell says
My diary – nothing happens without it!
Helenlp says
My filofax – very 1990s I know but its got my life in it.
Mary-Ann Pollard says
have to say its my filofax, I don’t go anywhere without it other wise I’m constantly double booking myself
andrea lloyd says
diary as its my life of dates for birthdays,appontments works dates and lots more
Ally says
Tippex! Seem to use an awful lot of it…
Jacqui Osborne says
If it counts as stationery, it’s my Kitchen Calendar. Absolutely everything goes on there & I can keep track of school events and holidays etc. Essential!
michael clyma says
Diary and pen, I’d be lost without them
Diana says
Just pen and paper 🙂
Caroline says
a pen is a necessity!!
Danielle Graves says
a pen
Katie Walker says
Pencil with a rubber on the end because I always make mistakes 😛
Amy Jacobson says
Fast drying pen as Im left handed and it stops me smudging ink everywhere!
gemma says
my lucky gold pen! i take it everywhere with me!
Stephanie Whitehouse says
pencil sharpener – i write neater with a pencil
christy beckett says
My pen x
kathryn kelly says
A GOOD WRITING PEN.
Rebecca Fitzgibbons says
My boxfile! I need to be organised.
Laura Oxley says
I love a good notebook. I actually have a collection and some saved for special occasions and special planning. 🙂
Elizabeth Smith says
self-propelling pencils – because I’m always loosing sharpeners
lowri earith says
a pen (but it has to be a good writer!)
Sue Harrison says
Pens, and several of them, I’m always losing them
Samantha R says
a pen but I can never find one when I need it
Sheri Darby says
pens!!!
Paula Phillips says
A pen, preferably a blue one.
Brian Cheney says
My favourite pen.
Ceri Kay says
My fountain pen.
Hilary Newberry says
My black biro
kim neville says
Post its and biro
cathyj says
my parker pen
Philip Cooke says
A simple biro!
Fiona Mackenzie says
pencil and eraser
Diane Stanger says
post it notes – how did we ever manage before we had those?!
Lynn Parry says
Post it notes
Amanda Williams says
A pencil
Karen says
I love my rubber, which is clean and works really well, unlike my kids’ ones, which are always grubby and broken
Mary Baldwin says
A shorthand pad so I can make a to-do list each day.
Wendy Dunn says
Parker Pen
Emma Leighton says
You can’t beat a Bic pen
kim hookway says
post it notes
Jill Fairbank says
My pen
Julie Davies says
post it notes, use them all the time
Nicola Holland says
A good pen by the phone
Mark Palmer says
A large note pad.
Lauren says
My sticky notes – they brighten up my day 🙂
andria says
A pen, i am always losing them.
sam cornford says
Post it notes, handy for any occasion.
Saran Benjamin says
A pen because I forget things all the time.
Kayleigh says
Bic Pens
Rebecca Nisbet says
It has to be a pen, but I always seem to lose them
Jo Booth says
Biros I think…. and how come they all seem to disappear from my desk. Where do they go ?!
Sue McCarthy says
pens
Farhana Haque says
Pens!
Katarina Micallef says
Has to be my ruler and pencil, I cannot draw a straight line without them
katherine grieve says
My pens, i love pens, my kids pinch them tho!
Amanda Milton says
Biro’s I use a pack a week,as they disappear very quickly at work,and I have no idea where they go to!!
Kelly Hooper says
White paper, I always seem to have every colour but white everytime I need to print something off or write a letter
kate knight says
pens and post its!
Liz says
Pens. They constantly vanish !
Katy Garland says
My vital stationery item (as a student nurse) is black pens! Never have enough of them though!
Carrie-Anne Brown says
Pens for University, I take many with me but they all seem to get borrowed and not returned 😉
adrian knox says
for my daughter, a pencil and sketch pad
Julie Edwards says
Definitly got to be notebooks for all the many lists I create.. but don’t do much with
ClairejB says
A black fine tipped pen – but they always seem to go missing somehow!
joanne liddement says
I’m always needing envelopes
Linda McGarrigle says
Has to be the pencil, great for first drafts and you can erase when necessary xoxox
Janine Atkin says
my pens! i have lots and i love them!
Wendy Shippam says
post-it notes
Christina Faery says
Pencil sharpener!
Katy Curtis says
My Filofax diary – otherwise I would forget my head somedays!
Marie McMahon says
Black biro
Christine Clarke says
Post-it Notes
Jamie says
Just a plain pen, I think 🙂
corinne wright says
A pen!!! In my house i can never find one lol.
Emma Lewis says
My pen.
James Holyland says
A pen that doesn’t make your hand ache
vicky says
envelopes!!!!!
Serena La Pietra says
I always like to have a good note book
Alice Hindley says
A comfortable pen with a fine writing tip
Keith says
stapler
Deborah Worrall says
A notepad and pen set – I have a terrible memory and have to make lots of lists and notes to remind me of things.
Kristy Brown says
A decent pen
Laura Vitty says
I’m a teacher so has to be a red pen for marking 🙂
tracey thompson says
gel pens, cant live without one
donna clinton says
A good quality smooth confortable pen
Helen Garner says
Red pen for marking
Deb Hambleton says
A pen that doesnt smudge!
Sarah Mills says
I could not live without a pen!
gracieg says
A pen and some htghlighters
Lani Nash says
A nice pen 🙂
Gemma Snell says
A good Quality pen
tracey gibbons says
pens, we have so many but when you need one can never find one
Wendy Tolhurst says
The notebook I use at work – I’ve lost count of the number of times I have looked back in it to find out information I had previously noted.
Joanne Dewberry says
Paper – I recycle scrap paper into little notepads and have lists everywhere.
Jamie Glew says
A black (has to be black!) ballpoint pen 🙂
anita roberts says
my popper pencil – i write all my diary/calendar entries with it so i can change it if necessary!
Lucy Mayer says
Blue ballpoint pens – as many as possible. I swear somebody keeps stealing them.
Tracy C says
I do love a good notebook but they’re pretty redundant without a pen, so I would say a lovely pen.
Patricia Avery says
The Parker pen my parents bought for me 56 years ago for getting through the 11+. It has seen me through all the milestones of my life from my 1st year exams at secondary schools, through to retirement after 40 years of teaching.
Michelle Hughes says
We love the pencils with the rubbers on the top 🙂 the ones that look a little bit like pens but are pencils haha
Catwoman The Geek says
A RUBBER
Sam Toms says
A pen that writes well, either a good biro or preferably a fountain pen 🙂 xx
Sarah Parker says
MY PEN 🙂
Katie Walden Hall says
Post its!
Ellen Stafford says
My pen 🙂
Celia West says
Pen
chris parham says
pen
Theresa says
Pen & Notebook, list making is an obsession.
Alison Johnson says
I always have to have a pen & notebook
nikki reynolds says
a pen 🙂
FARIDAH BROOKER says
Diary and pen
Molly Louise says
Oh gosh, I am a bit of a stationery addict so it’s hard to pick just one item. But I’ll pick my Lamy fountain pen – I think having a nice pen to write with is pretty crucial.
I do love the Remarkable range though – great reuse of materials.
DAWN TOTTON says
Pens!
Keeley Atkinson says
Pencil
Jane Middleton says
pen
alice lightning says
hard o believe as i am always losing them but pens and notebook
Natalie boundy says
Ooh it has to be my trusty pen I take it everywhere 😉
Jane Willis says
Post it notes
Jo welsh says
Pens.
Gemma says
Sticky Memo Pads to help with baby brain memory loss
laura avery says
My stapler!
Louise Turrell says
PEN
stacey robinson says
a pen and tipex just in case lol
Sandra Clarke says
Definitely a black pen – for work especially.
Michelle Weston says
Colouring Pencils :0)
mel k says
a really nice pen
Julia Linsley says
A Diary
Leesa Dunn says
A nice note pad!
Cathy Porteus says
A nice pen and A4 notebook
Carroll Marsh says
A Black waterproof and tamperproof ink pen!
Champaklal Lad says
pen
Julie Shaw says
A notebook!
Mary says
Pen
Angela Macdonald says
my pen
Eric's says
A diary or planner.
Paul Witney says
Paper
Mari says
Fab competition – may the best man win 🙂
Becky Downey says
MY GLITTER PEN
kelly brittle says
i have a tatty teddy pen which i love 🙂
Zoe says
Notepad. Has to be a notepad with elasticated strap thingie where I can store all my bits from torn out magazines.
vivian allman says
sellotape
Val says
Loads of pens!
linz says
My heart shaped post it notes, they are my trademark 😉
Kirsty Greer says
Lots of notebooks and pens x
Elaine Livingstone says
rollerball pens, mkes your hand ache an awful lot less
Lynn Evans says
Pretty paper as it’s fab to write on and looks wonderful too.
SUSAN L HALL says
My tipex mouse
Janice Mackin says
Pens
holly storey says
Loads of pens! lose them constantly
Helen Craigs says
Post It Notes!
Hannah Whitling says
Lots of pens
tarbs gill says
sello tape!