Carolina Pad: BTS Blowout {Plus Giveaway}

Whether your children have already started school or they are reluctantly counting down the days until they do—one thing parents and kids everywhere are doing is back to school shopping!  We here at Misadventures want to make BTS (back to school) shopping as easy and stress-free as possible by showing you the latest products, giving you the most helpful tips, and show you how to do it all on the cheap!

One of my absolute favorite companies for BTS products is Carolina Pad, not only are their products sold at Wal Mart (among many other places) they are funky, hip, unique, and affordable!  For those of you who haven’t heard of Carolina Pad let me give you a little bit of their history.  Carolina Pad started in North Carolina in 1954 when Joseph K. Hall Jr. scraped up enough money to start a school supply manufacturing company.  By selling notebook paper with more sheets at lower prices than their competitors Carolina Pad was able to gain a solid foothold in the market.  In 2000 Carolina Pad turned the school supply world upside down when they introduced fashion into the ho-hum world of school supplies.  By consistently offering their customers quality affordable school supplies that are trendy and fun, Carolina Pad is able to stay at  the forefront of the school and office supply industry.

As I mentioned above I really love Carolina Pad’s products, not only do I buy them for my oldest girls for BTS, but I also make sure to pick up a few notebooks and pens for myself for my classes!  Of course, Carolina Pad offers their customers a lot more than pens and notebooks; they also sell  bags and totes, art and craft supplies, personal office supplies, and so much more.  Carolina Pad has so many great collections for BTS and everyday office needs.



Studio C-  Carolina Pad’s Signature brand, allows you to express your style with today’s hottest fashions.
Note 2 Self-  Hip, trendy back-to-school collections. Budget-friendly and stylish.
Notebound-  Durable, functional notebooks for everyday.
Ghostline-  The ghosted grid makes projects easy.
Sasquatch-  Eco-friendly products for those who treasure paper as much as they treasure trees.
U Create-  Creativity products for all ages.

When the girls and I go back to school shopping it is always with a strict budget, and with my girls both insisting they have “the coolest” BTS supplies it’s often a struggle to get the most for my money, with Carolina Pad I know I’m giving them what they want and still saving money…it’s a great feeling! 

Carolina Pad generously sent me several products from the collections from Studio C  brand by Carolina Pad.  Included in the products were:

• 1-subject notebook – MSRP $2.50
• 18 month Planner – MSRP $4.00
• 2-pkt folder (3 pack) – MSRP $2.50
• 1” Binder – MSRP $2.50
• Composition book – MSRP $2.50
• Ideal Book – MSRP $2.50
• Pens – MSRP $2.50
• Pencils – MSRP $2.50 

The items that I received to review (pictured above) are part of  Carolina Pad’s Studio C collection that are available exclusively for the back to school season (July-September) at Wal Mart.  These collections include:  Rock-On, Graffiti, Rising Sun, Peace, Free Spirit, Eye Candy, and Mo Rockin.   I have to say that not only did I love the products because they were from Carolina Pad, I loved them because they were absolutely gorgeous and fit my 11 year olds personality to a tee!  Fun, funky, fresh, and fabulous, those are the words I would use to describe the Studio C products from Carolina Pad.  My 11 year old LOVED them and cannot wait to show them off on the first day of school, Mommy on the other hand is a little bummed that my daughter called dibs on every single product before I had a chance to—not to worry mommy managed to wrestle away a few goodies for herself!  I’m pretty sure your elementary, middle, high school, and/or college student will love this collection as much as my daughter and myself do!  And let’s not forget that at prices like that…we can afford to buy a ton to keep at home for later in the year (something I always do).  And you can check out Carolina Pad’s Facebook and Twitter pages to see all of the cool back to school products and deals!

Buy it!

You can purchase the Carolina Pad products mentioned above, plus so many more at Carolina Pad’s online store or you can visit their website to find a complete listing of stores that carry the Carolina Pad products!  And FYI you can get FREE SHIPPING in Carolina Pad’s web store with the Promotional Code:  AUGUST!

So, Carolina Pad has very generously offered a giveaway for my readers…can you say yay! 

Win it!
 One MIBR reader is going to win a collection of products selected from the Studio C collection!  How totally awesome is that?

Mandatory Entry!

To be entered into this giveaway please visit Carolina Pad online and have a look around, come back and tell me which collection and/or products  you like best for BTS.  This is mandatory and must be completed before any addition entries are counted!

READ THIS…UNLIMITED ENTRIES FOR THE FIRST 48 HOURS!

Since I want to make this giveaway as fun as the Carolina Pad products it represents, I thought we’d shake things up a bit.  For the first 48 hours of this giveaway (from Monday @ 2:00 am until Wednesday @ 2:00 am) I am offering unlimited entries into this giveaway, BUT make sure you read carefully because there are rules!  In order to get unlimited entries into the giveaway you MUST do the following:
1.  Follow the mandatory entry requirement.  Entrants who do not do this will have all entries removed!
2.  “Like” Carolina Pad on Facebook
3.  “Follow” Carolina Pad on Twitter
The only other thing I as is that each of your unlimited entries pertain to either Carolina Pad as a company or one of the Carolina Pad products.  Entries must also be in the form of a complete sentence.  Entries not following these requirements will be removed!

Extra Entries!

Please leave separate comments for each extra entry! 

Follow MIBR via GFC, Email, or RSS:  2 extra entries each

Follow MIBR on Twitter:  2 extra entries

Tweet this giveaway on Twitter (copy and paste the following into your status, or use the retweet button—make sure to include @Allie_23 in your tweets)  I just entered the Carolina Pad Giveaway at MIBR http://tinyurl.com/2v5ratz @Allie_23:  2 Tweets per day per length of giveaway

Follow Carolina Pad on Twitter:  2 extra entries

“Like” MIBR on Facebook:  2 extra entries

Follow this blog on Networked Blogs:  2 extra entries

Share this giveaway on Facebook:  2 extra entries per day per length of giveaway

“Like” Carolina Pad on Facebook:  2 extra entries

Add the BTS Blowout button to your sidebar:  2 extra entries

Add my MIBR button to your sidebar:  2 extra entries

Stumble this giveaway (this post only not the entire site):  3 extra entries

Extra any other MIBR giveaway:  1 extra entry for each additional extry

Comment on any non-giveaway post:  1 extra entry per comment

Blog about this giveaway with a link to this giveaway:  5 extra entries

This giveaway ends on Monday August 23, 2010 at 11:59 EST.  One winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced in a separate winner’s post.  Winner will have 48 hours to contact me and claim their prize, failure to do so will result in winner forfeiting his prize and me choosing a new winner. 

Open to US and Canadian residents!