Spring is almost here and the “it’s too cold to run or exercise outside” excuse will soon not be an excuse anymore. Our giveaway this week is for a Boise Stainless Steel Water Bottle. We’ll be giving away SIX of these water bottles to assist you in getting back in shape!

Need paper for your printer? (I’m always running out!) Boise is a great brand to choose for color paper, copy paper, and really just about any paper you might be looking for. You can shop all their products here

Their most popular product (at least according to our customers) is the Boise X-9 Multi-purpose Paper. Click the image below for more details!

So you want to win your own water bottle from Boise? Here’s how:
1.Follow us on twitter (@shoplet)
2.Tell us your favorite aerobic activity! Example: I love running around the neighborhood in the morning! #boisepaper
3. Watch and wait to win! Winners to be announced March 1!

Update: Congratulations to our bottle winners! @jadenruby, @debralu, @TweetThisandWin, @ZiggyP, @marillionflower, @dkoakwood! Thanks to all who participated!

Some days I just get obsessed with certain items.  I don’t know how it happens. I guess I see one amazing look product picture and I just keep noticing more and more attractive products in that category. Anyways, these Staedtler Highlighters are definitely drool-worthy. I am so unbelievably tempted to order these things. Once you start loving one rainbow colored thing, you keep finding more rainbow colored things to love. Check out my 5 other favorites:

The classic Tank Highlighters

The Ticonderoga Pocket Highlighters

Post-It Flag Highlighters (I love all different colors and flags)

Hi-Liter SmearSafe Highlighters

Bic Brite Liner Grip Highlighters

If these don’t motivate you to study, I don’t know what will! Time to hit the books..

I’m excited to announce that our weekly giveaway this week is sponsored by Esselte! Brand new for this year is the Pendaflex I.Organize. It is the “information management system that can be mixed and matched to fit everyone’s needs.”

Let me explain (our Esselte Rep came in a few weeks ago so I feel semi-knowledgeable about this.) Basically, Esselte has created a customizable binder system that will help you organize your day to day life. Not your digital, on the computer life, but your run from meeting to meeting and keep your papers organized life. When you create your I.Organize system, you get to choose between three different binders, and eight different filing tools. The tools easily slide in and out so you can change the contents of your binder every single day if you want! See the product demo:

Learn lots more about the products here.

So, the important question, what can you win?? Esselte is giving away a personal IOrganize! Your System will come with The Storage Binder + 2 Secure File Folders + 1 Media File + 1 Clipboard + 1 Envelope. Everything you need to keep all your junk organized.

How to win?
1. Follow us on twitter (@shoplet)
2. Tell us how you organize your analog life! Example: “@shoplet I have a day planner overflowing with papers. I can’t ever get the zipper closed! #iorganize”
3. We’ll be picking our favorite tweet Monday, February 22.

Questions? Comment below or send a message to marketing [at] shoplet.com!

UPDATE: Congrats to @madly59! She’s going to get iorganized

We just gave away a brand new HP Netbook and we can’t help but recognize all the pure love for office supplies out there! It sounds so nerdy, but we love to know that people are passionate about office supplies (just so we don’t feel so bad about our passion.) We’ve watched your tweets and we’ve picked ten people to receive a surprise package from Shoplet.com! If you see your name, send a tweet to @shoplet!

1.taffy6 - “New notebooks and gel-ink pens make me happy!”
2.donnak4 - “I love good highlighters!”
3.SereneMoments= ‘I love my Avery address lables. They save me so much time!”
4.buttmuffin - “I love self-sealing envelopes!”
5.LissaL - “I love reading books so I love the Post-it flag -highlighter pens”
6.HSlater351- “Binder clips are the office supplies that I love the most!”
7.kimberlybates - “@shoplet You must have been at my place…dang if I can find a pen anywhere!”
8.hrbeck - “Avery labels make me all smiles. They have so many colors; they have so many styles!”
9.jbafaith - “I love the feel of paper, the neat pen & pencils in the jar, and sitting in my office chair!”
10.JD_Denver_SW- “my favorite office supply is multicolored index cards”

I’ll be sending one of your favorite items! Questions? Comment below or send an email to marketing [at] shoplet.com

The other day, our Esselte rep came in showing off some of these cool file folders- the Pendalfex Doodle Erase File Folders. I’m always into items that I can write on so I got one to try out. Whenever I have a random thought or task to remember it’s nice to have something handy to write on and it’s an extra plus that they are erasable!

Here’s my green Doodle Erase:

It’s really easy to write on these with dry erase markers. I have the mini Quartet Rewritables that have a little eraser on the end. They are perfect to use with this file folder! I did find that the stuff I had written a week or so ago left a little ghost on the folder but when I write on it and erase within a few minutes there is no ghost.

Besides writing on them with dry-erase, why not use permanent! This idea sounded crazy to me but it totally works. Esselte recommends using a pencil eraser to get the permanent marker off. This is what happened to me:

My pencil eraser started to shed and combined forces with permanent marker and it just smeared everywhere. I can’t get it off! This is what I recommend:

Just use a kleenex and a little fingernail action through the kleenex (just like you would to scrap off something you spilled on your shirt) and it wipes off perfectly!

Here’s the product video from Esselte if you want more info: Watch it here.

One warning I will give you is to NOT use regular pens. I know that I have a tendency to press hard when I write but this folder material is very easy to engrave. You can wipe off the pen ink with a kleenex but pretty soon you will have a very bumpy surface, covered with markings. My personal recommendation is to stick with dry-erase and felt tip markers. Those seem to be the easiest.

Ready to try them out?? Get the 5-pack on our site.