Rhodia – the essential box – review and giveaway

Rhodia essentials box

OK, ‘fess up. Who else loves stationery? Because I do. I adore new pads, new pencils, new pens…all that bright empty potential encouraging you to get creative, scribble, make notes, write novels, lists, lists, more lists….

Ahem. So when approached recently by Rhodia to do a review and giveaway, I couldn’t resist. Because there’s no such thing as too much stationery, is there? Of course not.

In due course I was sent the lovely bundle you see above. That’s an essentials box (as seen here on Bureau Direct) which contains

1 x Rhodia No.16 A5 orange grid pad

1 x Rhodia No.8 orange shopping grid pad

2 x Rhodia No. 11 orange mini grid pads

2 x Rhodia pencils

All in a sturdy presentation box which is designed to look like a pad itself. How can you resist? Of course you can’t. You shouldn’t. And just in case you thought you could, it’s a striking orange colour, making it much less likely that you’ll misplace it. (Although of course *your* house isn’t a cluttered heap of everything like mine, is it? 😉 )

I was also sent a separate Rhodia dotPad to review. It’s gorgeous. Everything about it screams quality, but in an understated and very polite sort of way. From the strokably smooth paper, to the pre folded cover, designed to fold back around the pad out of the way, while still displaying the brand name and logo in the centre top. I’m a fan. Can you tell?

If you’d like the chance to try this out for yourself, simply enter via the rafflecopter widget below. Prizes will be provided direct from the brand, and I’ve 3 of the essential boxes to giveaway. You know you want one, don’t you?

*goes back to stroking the pad*.

Good luck! And don’t forget to get friendly with Rhodia on twitter and facebook, they’re a lovely bunch. Terms and conditions within the rafflecopter widget – closing date 12:00 AM 24 July 2015

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Comments

196 responses to “Rhodia – the essential box – review and giveaway”

  1. I LOVE pens. I have draws full, pen holders and at least 5 in every bag. I am pen obsessed! x

  2. I’ve a total stationary fetish. It’s a going back to school thing, a girly thing.
    But my favourite item is pads. A5.
    And Moleskine notepads. I feel like a policeman. Sorry bout all the comments (feel free to edit!)

  3. Claire D avatar
    Claire D

    Highlighters

  4. Tracey Peach avatar
    Tracey Peach

    A note pad to write things down as I remember the, I have a bad memory so a note pad is a brilliant way to remember things xxx

  5. Karen Wilson avatar
    Karen Wilson

    I am slightly stationery obsessed – my team in the office tease me constantly about it! A beautiful new note pad, is like the hoy grail of stationery!

  6. Michelle Banks avatar
    Michelle Banks

    i love postcards and coloured envelopes x

  7. Chris Davies avatar
    Chris Davies

    Can’t do without my potractor!

  8. iain maciver avatar
    iain maciver

    a pen and a small notepad

  9. gel pens

  10. debbie smith avatar
    debbie smith

    got to be the good old pencil im always making mistakes and the pencil with the eraser at the end will always save the day x

  11. kim neville avatar
    kim neville

    Post its as always having to write reminders

  12. Paula Barker avatar
    Paula Barker

    Notebooks, I have them every where!

  13. Sue McCarthy avatar
    Sue McCarthy

    Black biros

  14. Ooh you blagger! I’m just miffed I didn’t think of it first. Love this stationary.

    1. And my must have stationary item is a monthly planner for ‘projects’ and charting progress over the year.

  15. Samantha loughlin avatar
    Samantha loughlin

    Post its so I don’t forget stuff

  16. Isabel O'Brien avatar
    Isabel O’Brien

    I know it probably doesn’t make any sense but I have to have a pen that writes ‘smoothly’. If it feels scratchy I can’t use it and my writing looks rubbish.

  17. terri jenner avatar
    terri jenner

    a ggo note pad and pen

  18. Tracy Newton avatar
    Tracy Newton

    I love a nice new note pad and a roller ball pen in blue ink

  19. Allan Wilson avatar
    Allan Wilson

    Note pads – being self employed I go through a LOT of them

  20. tina holmes avatar
    tina holmes

    post it notes

  21. Notepad and en -at that age where if is do not write it down I forget

  22. laura banks avatar
    laura banks

    i have tons of pens

  23. Christine Caple avatar
    Christine Caple

    Definitely pens….I can’t help picking up freebie ones all the time!

  24. melanie stirling avatar
    melanie stirling

    I have to have a lot of pens around and I can’t resist pretty ones.

  25. Hassina Begum avatar
    Hassina Begum

    Must have a pen

  26. Ruth Harwood avatar
    Ruth Harwood

    A really pretty notebook xx

  27. I love any stationary but the most essential to me has got to be a pen

  28. caroline walliss avatar
    caroline walliss

    A small notepad.x

  29. A black ink pen

  30. Sarah-Jane Laycock avatar
    Sarah-Jane Laycock

    A stapler – I hate disorganisation and love keeping relevant things together!

  31. Marycarol avatar
    Marycarol

    I’m pens too – just love them, have all colours and still buy more.

  32. Notepad and a lovely ink flowing pen 🙂

  33. A good set of felt tip pens, I’m hooked on my colouring books 😀

  34. Laura Baker avatar
    Laura Baker

    A fountain pen

  35. tamalyn roberts avatar
    tamalyn roberts

    a decent pen

  36. Holly Gibson avatar
    Holly Gibson

    Notepads for lists, to organise my life!

  37. Kelly glen avatar
    Kelly glen

    A nice notebook to write in.

  38. pens and note books are a MUST HAVE

  39. A pencil case full of different pens to choose from depending on my current mood; for example a pretty flowery pen when i’m feeling girly or a fake blood filled syringe pen from the Blackpool dungeon when i’m feeling a bit more daring. haha x

  40. Paula Readings avatar
    Paula Readings

    A decent set of writing pens.

  41. Notepad and pens

  42. laura stewart avatar
    laura stewart

    runner because i’m always making mistakes xx

  43. leanne weir avatar
    leanne weir

    A note pad to write things down

  44. Jodie Holyoake avatar
    Jodie Holyoake

    Highlighters! They’re so useful when studying!

  45. Red pens – I’m a teacher!

  46. A lovely notebook and I have a fondness for gel pens.

  47. fozia Akhtar avatar
    fozia Akhtar

    Pens!!

  48. Ann MacLean Fleming avatar
    Ann MacLean Fleming

    fountain pen

  49. a notebook I can keep in my handbag for emergencies (of COURSE one can have emergencies requiring notebooks!)

  50. These look great!
    My must-have stationery item is my Pilot Permaball pen. I write with it. I zendoodle with it. I buy them in packs rather than singly because I get through about 2 a month! They would like some nice new pads to write in 🙂

  51. A stapler

  52. Has to be a snap-ruler 🙂

  53. Edward Guerreiro avatar
    Edward Guerreiro

    A mechanical pencil. I have had the same one for over 10 years. I love it.

  54. Julie Ward avatar
    Julie Ward

    Post it notes, memory not what it used to be

  55. Sarah Griffiths avatar
    Sarah Griffiths

    Definitely a spiral bound a5 pad and a nice pen

  56. I’m a notebook addict! Must have a separate notebook for everything.

  57. katie skeoch avatar
    katie skeoch

    Post it notes, in all different colours

  58. Joe Cassels avatar
    Joe Cassels

    I’m not good with stationery and find myself using cheap pens and scraps of paper. My wife, Jo on the other hand is a stationery fiend! I’m entering on her behalf because I know she’ll never get around to it. Her must have item is her multicoloured pen which she arms herself with every morning, ready to take on whatever challenges Waitrose presents. She’s beaten off many a crisis, armed only with that four colour pen.

  59. Jill Webb avatar
    Jill Webb

    A good pen

  60. Hayley Atkins avatar
    Hayley Atkins

    I always keep a notebook and pen on my bedside table as my brain goes into overdrive when I am trying to get to sleep. If I dont write things down,by morning I will have forgotten them!

  61. Jo m welsh avatar
    Jo m welsh

    Has to be pens love them

  62. Rachel Butterworth avatar
    Rachel Butterworth

    Pens and lots of them.

  63. Elaine B avatar
    Elaine B

    sharpies!

  64. I can’t live without sticky tabs, the little thin strip ones that you can stick on a page so you know where things are your note book. I go through tons of them, as when I’m doing reviews, I jot down info in the note book that I can refer back to. The sticky tab means I can find the pages I want easily. At the same time I go through numerous note books a month.

  65. Ashleigh Allan avatar
    Ashleigh Allan

    A nice pen!

  66. barbara clarke avatar
    barbara clarke

    pens cause I can never find one when i need one

  67. Pens.

  68. Colin Gault avatar
    Colin Gault

    Must have my ballpoint pen

  69. I’m a stationery addict and not afraid to admit it! I couldn’t do without any of my stash but actually couldn’t live without a notebook and pencil!

  70. Scarlett Clifford avatar
    Scarlett Clifford

    My must have stationary item must be a nice folder, I love to keep things organised

  71. claire blaney avatar
    claire blaney

    A good qualitlty notebook is a must x

  72. Andy Kadir-Buxton avatar
    Andy Kadir-Buxton

    A4 paper, the boys get through loads.

  73. claire woods avatar
    claire woods

    I love pencils.

  74. Tamsin Dean avatar
    Tamsin Dean

    NOTEPADS AND PENS ALWAYS A MUST

  75. Sheri Darby avatar
    Sheri Darby

    Lots of biros that write neatly

  76. lynn heath avatar
    lynn heath

    My favourite things are the pencils that have lots of nibbs and they stack inside! (if you know what I mean – I also have a thing for coloured envelopes!!!!

  77. Fanny Tran avatar
    Fanny Tran

    Definitely a blue pen, that has the right ball size and right shade of blue. Really particular but can’t write with anything else. Just does not feel right

  78. helen tovell avatar
    helen tovell

    Notebooks I love to have lots of different sizes and patterns

  79. carole n avatar
    carole n

    Has to be a stapler

  80. Isabelle Smith avatar
    Isabelle Smith

    highlighters x

  81. Kathryn Coster avatar
    Kathryn Coster

    I love stationery so much. There is nothing as satisfying as starting a new notebook.

  82. Sara JaneG avatar
    Sara JaneG

    Spiral notebooks

  83. Leanne Lunn avatar
    Leanne Lunn

    A comfortable pen.

  84. Caroline H avatar
    Caroline H

    Notebooks – I can never have enough. Making lots and lots of lists and notes is the only way I can keep myself organised.

  85. Laura Loo avatar
    Laura Loo

    Notepads, can never have too many

  86. Richard Moore avatar
    Richard Moore

    Sellotape. I have to send a lot of parcels so I would be lost without it!

  87. I really love a good planner, with nice thick paper. I also like moleskine books and fountain pens, but my planner is my essential!

  88. A good writing pen is a must!

  89. I have a pen addiction problem! 🙂

  90. Black biros – every time you fill in a form they ask for it to be done in a black biro and I always seem to have blue ones laying around

  91. Caroline Blaza avatar
    Caroline Blaza

    A good pen with black ink x

  92. Julie Edwards avatar
    Julie Edwards

    I love stationary. So much so that my husband and kids have banned me from buying anymore.. My must have though is a brand new notebook. I just love the feel of the first page xx

  93. charlotte avatar
    charlotte

    a good pen everywhere you go! you never know when youll need it!

  94. My Personal Planner – I’m lost without it!

  95. mel crossan avatar
    mel crossan

    a good black pen

  96. jen louise jackson avatar
    jen louise jackson

    post it notes

  97. Lauren Old avatar
    Lauren Old

    A good biro

  98. As an artist i could never do without a sketch pad and pencils i am a total stationery addict to win this would be just fab x

  99. Kay chamberlain avatar
    Kay chamberlain

    Yes please

  100. Sarah Rees avatar
    Sarah Rees

    Note pads – I have a huge amount new and ready to use

  101. Victoria N avatar
    Victoria N

    I love a gorgeous notebook and have to have one with me at all times!

  102. Amy Beckett avatar
    Amy Beckett

    30CM Ruler

  103. Pamela Gossage avatar
    Pamela Gossage

    I love notebooks of all shapes, sizes, colours and kinds

  104. Nora Saab avatar
    Nora Saab

    coloured A4 paper

  105. highlighters 🙂

  106. Claire Davies avatar
    Claire Davies

    My hole punch! I love being organised and punching holes in papers not only helps with this but is a great stress relief 😉

  107. I love a really nice ink pen but any pen will do nicely and some nice paper to write letters on

  108. EMMA WALTERS avatar
    EMMA WALTERS

    highlighters

  109. Spencer Broadley avatar
    Spencer Broadley

    A notepad with pen

  110. Kelly Ellen Hirst avatar
    Kelly Ellen Hirst

    A pen that glides across the paper!

  111. Bob Clark avatar
    Bob Clark

    A reliable ball point pen

  112. Notebooks for every occasion!!

  113. Wendy Smith avatar
    Wendy Smith

    Highlighter pens and my stapler

  114. samantha price avatar
    samantha price

    i love my gel pens and sticky notes

  115. Rebecca England avatar
    Rebecca England

    A STAPLER – That Works!

  116. Smelly pens

  117. I hate not having a fine nibbed blue pen, and I like different colour inks as well, like purple and green 🙂

  118. Leanne Newsome avatar
    Leanne Newsome

    A notebook

  119. Sue Dorking avatar
    Sue Dorking

    Coloured pens, goes back to school days when I used to write in turquoise ink and underline in red pen!

  120. Angie Hoggett avatar
    Angie Hoggett

    paper clips and highlighters

  121. Pens as I am always using them (and somehow losing them!) ??

  122. nice coloured pens, they make writing anything boring more fun!

  123. Nice vintage notebook and a good pen 🙂

  124. angela sandhu avatar
    angela sandhu

    stapler

  125. Emily Hutchinson avatar
    Emily Hutchinson

    Lots of pens. The cats keep stealing mine so I need a good supply!

  126. I love fancy pens. Thanks for the useful giveaway.

  127. Simone Griffin avatar
    Simone Griffin

    It’s got to be the humble pen. I am crazy about them. I buy 2 of each pen so I can use one and keep one!

  128. Rebecca Townsend avatar
    Rebecca Townsend

    I am obsessed with highlighter pens.

  129. Rachel Livett avatar
    Rachel Livett

    I absolutely cannot live without my sticky notes, i use them for almost everything as i am so forgetful!

  130. Susan Trubey avatar
    Susan Trubey

    post it notes

  131. donna l jones avatar
    donna l jones

    gel pens

  132. Laura Nice avatar
    Laura Nice

    A notepad as I’m a list freak!!

  133. Kristy Brown avatar
    Kristy Brown

    Notepads!

  134. Gemma Snell avatar
    Gemma Snell

    A notepad

  135. Emma Fox avatar
    Emma Fox

    Post-it notes of different shapes, sizes and colours. Great for organising.

  136. different coloured pens

  137. JEANETTE KEMP avatar
    JEANETTE KEMP

    Pens…how many do I really need?

  138. i have the worst memory so a note pad to write things down

  139. Barbara Handley avatar
    Barbara Handley

    A pack of pens with different coloured inks so I can make my notes stand out.

  140. Debbie Preston avatar
    Debbie Preston

    post it notes so I can leave messages for my other half

  141. Sticky notes!

  142. Kelly Roberts avatar
    Kelly Roberts

    It’s got to be a nice set of pens

  143. Ali Thorpe avatar
    Ali Thorpe

    A little notepad and pencil I can fit in my pocket as I like to make lists.

  144. Emma Whittaker avatar
    Emma Whittaker

    Got to be my Sharpie pen I use it for everything 🙂

  145. Pens that write fluidly. Love fountain pens too.

  146. I like a good notebook and funky pen to make lists 🙂 I make lists for everything but I rarely cross them off completely oops

  147. Sarah Read avatar
    Sarah Read

    Beautifully arranged and sharpened new pencils – ready for action!

  148. david cavender avatar
    david cavender

    a notepad to write down ideas

  149. Karen Barrett avatar
    Karen Barrett

    My daily planner

  150. Katy Malkin avatar
    Katy Malkin

    A nice writing pen!

  151. Wendy Guy avatar
    Wendy Guy

    My must have are pencils because I love to do puzzles.

  152. elaine stokes avatar
    elaine stokes

    a note book,

  153. Julieanne Seaman avatar
    Julieanne Seaman

    Pens x

  154. Heather Tinkler avatar
    Heather Tinkler

    Those mini post it notes for page places. Love them

  155. Andrew Grange avatar
    Andrew Grange

    Post it notes!!!

  156. emma kinsey avatar
    emma kinsey

    my bic pensd and tippex

  157. Gillian Holmes avatar
    Gillian Holmes

    a filing system

  158. Kirsty Sparks avatar
    Kirsty Sparks

    Pens

  159. Sinead Charlotte avatar
    Sinead Charlotte

    Bic pens!

  160. Eleanor Powell avatar
    Eleanor Powell

    pens – I have a thing with pens that once I start them I have to use it until it runs out completely!

  161. Susan Carruthers avatar
    Susan Carruthers

    I love a good writing pen

  162. Daphne Mueller avatar
    Daphne Mueller

    One of those rubby out pens, couldn’t live without one

  163. Joanne Jackson avatar
    Joanne Jackson

    A nice pen

  164. Clare Hubbard avatar
    Clare Hubbard

    A notepad, I have one in every room!

  165. Mechanical pencils – perfect for doing puzzles.

  166. Sarah Parker avatar
    Sarah Parker

    post its – so I don’t forget 🙂

  167. gemma nisbet avatar
    gemma nisbet

    I love pens.

  168. Chris Fletcher avatar
    Chris Fletcher

    Got to be tipex, I’m always making errors!

  169. Pauline Wilson avatar
    Pauline Wilson

    Definitely a nice pen, I particularly like writing in red ink for some reason

  170. Aaron Milne avatar
    Aaron Milne

    Can’t get far without a pen – but do love Post cards

  171. Lisa Houston avatar
    Lisa Houston

    a pen

  172. pauline black avatar
    pauline black

    Pens! Especially sharpie pens!

  173. Allan Fullarton avatar
    Allan Fullarton

    A notepad

  174. A good Biro in Black

  175. mark tebbutt avatar
    mark tebbutt

    love a goodnote book

  176. Natalie Crossan avatar
    Natalie Crossan

    Gel pens xx

  177. Claire Mackenzie avatar
    Claire Mackenzie

    Post it notes.. I’m a very forgetful person otherwise!

  178. Emma davison avatar
    Emma davison

    Post it notes

  179. Eva Appleby avatar
    Eva Appleby

    Definitely a ruler

  180. Pens! I’m always using them and can never find one when I need one.

  181. Hannah Igoe avatar
    Hannah Igoe

    Permanent marker pen

  182. Jacqueline Roberts avatar
    Jacqueline Roberts

    Pencils obsessed with them

  183. claire little avatar
    claire little

    pens 🙂

  184. Nicola Holland avatar
    Nicola Holland

    An excellent black pen 🙂

  185. Lucy Carter avatar
    Lucy Carter

    Ballpoint pens in different colours

  186. Dale Dow avatar
    Dale Dow

    Pens, they are amazing at doing disappearing acts!

  187. Monika S avatar
    Monika S

    Cellotape

  188. Caroline Signey avatar
    Caroline Signey

    Note pad, I’m always jotting things down as they come into my head of things to do

  189. Rick Carr avatar
    Rick Carr

    black biro

  190. I can’t honestly decide, but I do love beautiful paper and pencils of any kind.

  191. Jenny Jones avatar
    Jenny Jones

    Post It Notes 🙂

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