Thursday, August 15, 2013

Product Review & Contest

Winner Update August 28, 2013

The winner of the OfficeMax Giveaway is Jakki (the third commentator to this blog post)! Congratulations, Jakki! An email has been sent directly to you to get your mailing address. The fine folks at OfficeMax will mail your package directly to you.


Thanks to all who entered!
Maybe next time!
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OfficeMax generously sent an assortment of pens, pencils and highlighters for review and they were also kind enough to offer the same items to be given away to one lucky recipient! One winner will be chosen from the comments on this blog post. Winner will be selected on Sunday, August 25. Be sure to either leave your email in the comment OR email me your name after you leave a comment (Jackie (at) LettersAndJournals (dot) com.

You can see a sample of each item below, but the full assortment of product is in the following pictures. In the notebook photos I used each product to show how I sampled the different writing instraments.


This 10-pack of highlighters was a joy to use. I love the variety of colors and the heavy smooth flow of the highlighter ink. You can see in the pictures above how I used the highlighters to highlight and to color. (Yes, I had fun!)
The angled tip of the highlighter made it easy to draw, color or highlight. Your choice!
 And look how nicely they fit in this pencil holder.
These 0.7 point gel pens have a smooth rich flow, like most gel pens. I'm a fine point person and found these pens very easy to write with and had no skipping or bleed-through.


Lastly, we have the box of 12 mechanical pencils. The eraser colors are eye-catching and the matching grip makes the writing a little easier. I prefer mechanical pencils with a little more heft and weight, but other than that, these pencils work superbly.

Disclaimer: I received the writing products in this post from OfficeMax in order to facilitate my review. The items featured in this giveaway are also provided by OfficeMax and will be sent to the winner directly. Opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own. I have not been compensated for this post in any other way.

15 comments:

Cheryl @ Simply Shoeboxes said...

What a fun giveaway! You can never have too many pens/markers. Love your illustrations of testing them. Thanks for the opportunity to win some. the simplyblogs @ gmail . Com

Unknown said...

I love the gel pens! The highlighters are lovely, too! Definitely time to write some letters. cottrell@bellsouth.net

Jakki said...

The gel pens are wonderful and I would love to use them on my dark coloured zentangles!
Mechanical pencils, well, I am a crossword addict and I need to have mechanical pencils EVERYWHERE! Sadly, I am not one of those people who can do a cryptic crossword in ink and in a matter of minutes (got a rotten sister like that! :)
I'd love to win this prize package. Thanks for the review and opportunity.
Jakki

rift said...

Yay Office Max! And Thank You Jackie!

Marcia said...

I'm so addicted to office and all art supplies. Hey -at least I own it! Marcia at inkedtile dot com

Webster said...

Thanks to both Jackie and Office Max for the chance to win goodies!

Webster@harbornet.com

Aida said...

Yay for office supplies! I love the highlighter set, so many fun colors! :D

Dave Marler said...

The highlighters are quite colorful. I would love to sample the goodies

Janis said...

What a fun giveaway. I am a nut for pens and highlighters, etc! Thanks for TCTW!!
<3 J

Ambiguitylotus said...

As a poet, there's no limit to the amount of writing that I do... and calligraphy even! Would love to sample the pens! Great review! Would love to win this giveaway and post my review too!

Kathy
ambiguity(DOT)lotus(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Unknown said...

I love that you are doing product reviews!!

Sara said...

Ack - I fear my comment was eaten. Let's try again.

Thank you for the chance!

~Sara (justdiysara at gmail dot com)

Hope you are well! ♥

Middle Girl said...

I love paper and I love pens! Would love to participate in any way, shape, or form. Thank you for the opportunity.

theonlydaughter@gmail.com

Bobbi said...

Very cool...put my name in please :)

Gill said...

Am I too late??
gillwatson(at)mailbox(dot)co(dot)uk