The fabulous converting bag!

Now that Connor is a bit older and I don't necessarily need to bring everything including the kitchen sink with me on our short outings I've found myself wanting to carry around a smaller diaper bag. Usually the most that we need on a short trip is a few diapers, some wipes, a bib, and a few snacks and we are really good to go. Though there is still no replacement for my regular diaper bag on longer outings or weekend trips using my small one for those short trips is really a relief on my shoulders.

The Madeline diaper bag over at Lychee Line is the perfect answer for moms that want something that looks more like a purse than a diaper bag. Its really does not even remotely look like a diaper bag and I cannot tell you how many compliments I've gotten on my "cute purse" lately. Its actually so cute in fact that I carry it around with me even on the days that Connor is at his grandparents. My favorite feature is the removable divider that Velcros into the purse dividing it in half. I use my divider to divide the bag for one half my stuff and one half Connor's stuff. Though we had to trim a little of our extras we easily fit both the essentials from the diaper bag and a majority of the things from my purse into the Madeline bag. In the end I ended up fitting about five diapers, a small case of wipes, two small bottles of creams, a sippy cup, two small snack containers, a bib, and an extra onesie on Connor's side and my wallet, cell phone, digital camera, checkbook, digital video recorder, and my medication bottle on the other side, plus whatever misc nonsense I have on any particular day. Minus the toys and extra medications we normally carry around and a spare bottle we really ended up fitting everything from our big diaper bag and most from my purse, all in a bag that no one would ever suspect is a diaper bag.

The Madeline bag comes in four color choices chocolate, black, key lime, and raspberry all lined in matching prints which also show up on the pocket in the front. The bag itself is made of a buttery soft faux leather. I actually didn't even realize it was faux until I reread the description, heh, believe me no one else will either. And of course if you really want to be one of those girls that has it all, there are matching baby blankets available for each bag.

Lychee Line's baby blankets have the most stunningly gorgeous borders followed by a solid color fleece blanket. If your looking to get away from loud novelty prints, or those awful character prints they are an oasis of beautiful simplicity. We have one of the vanilla key lime blankets here and there is something just comforting about that soft plush white followed by a chunky patterned key lime border. The border is made from the same green patterned fabric from the inside of the key lime Madeline bag, which is the very thing that attracted me to the bag in the first place! At only $30 a blanket I'd dare to say there is few if any other options in that price range even remotely as nice. I'm still just blown away by that pricing alone.

Lychee Line's diaper bags, blankets, and of course their original line of handbags are all available for sale directly from their website.

I have a Vanilla Key Lime baby blanket to give away to one lucky reader!

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