Brooke Van Gory Designs- custom diaper bag!

Yes, we all know that I'm a twhore. I tweet all day long, from tweetdeck, from my phone. I heart Twitter. But the thing is, I have met some AWESOME people through twitter. I say "met" very loosely. If we have tweeted back and forth and held a conversation, then that counts in my book!

I "met" Brooke (@crossbones_inc) on Twitter. She is one hip Mama, and I yearn to be as cool as her. We have talked lots on Twitter, and I started checking out her awesome blog, and her Etsy shop. Then I saw Kim (creator of Rockin' Green Detergent!) post a picture of one totally kick ass diaper bag on Facebook. It was SOOO cool. Kim directed me to Brooke, and I just HAD to have one of her bags!

I was asking her some questions about it, mostly because she was genius enough to create a coordinating wet bag that clipped on the OUTSIDE of the diaper bag. When I showed her the diaper bag I was using, she said she didn't know HOW I could function with it, and was sending me one to review!

This bag was designed completely with the cloth diapering Mom in mind. One of the biggest bummers about cloth diapering is the wet bag issue. When you change a diaper on the go (NOT hard, for those of you considering cloth!), you toss the dirty one in the wet bag. No biggie, but the thing is, the wet bag starts to take up the ENTIRE inside of your diaper bag. When you still need to lug around baby food, a change of clothes, snacks, toys, a blanket, etc, you just run out of room, and FAST. Brooke designed a wetbag not only large enough to hold several diapers, but one that coordinates with the rest of the diaper bag, and that clips on the OUTSIDE of the bag! It has lobster clasps that clip onto the rings of the bag handles. I have no idea why nobody came up with this idea sooner. It is hands down my favorite feature of the bag. The outer of the wetbag is twill, and the inner is waterproof PUL.

The inside of the bag is really spacious. I told Brooke she could make mine a bit bigger, because she was wanting to play around with a bigger pattern. Inside, there are FOUR pockets. They are very roomy pockets, too. They are great for tucking away the small things you want to be able to find easily. A spoon, snacks, baby tylenol, rash cream... whatever you need. Then you still have the entire interior for bigger things, like a change of clothes, toys and a blanket.

On the outside of the bag, both sides have a large pocket. Plenty big enough for a cloth diaper, and if it's a trimmer diaper, you could fit 2 on each side. If you don't cloth diaper, you could still put disposables there (blech), or any number of other things. It is really amazing just how much stuff you can fit in the bag. Look how much stuff I had inside, and I still had plenty of room left!

The craftsmanship is really amazing. Every stitch on there is meticulous. It is SO sturdy, and beautifully made. Brooke has TONS of fabrics to choose from. Because I like C and his things to be a little Rock'n'Roll, I chose the skulls pattern. It's really fun, and a tad edgy. I also loooooove bright things, and I knew this pattern could have some bold colors with it! Brooke allows you to customize pretty much EVERYTHING on your bag. I picked the skulls pattern, and then told her to go to town on creating the rest. I told her my penchant for retina searing bold colors, and knew she would create something rockin' for me. She totally delivered.

Brooke's shop carries SO many things! Diaper bags, purses, fleece longies, the list goes on and on! Lucky for you, she LOVES designing custom items! Want to buy one for yourself? Head here, and snatch one up!

Besides being uber crafty with a rock'n'roll edge, Brooke is also VERY generous! She has offered up a completely custom diaper bag to one of my pretty little stalkers!! Are you totally pumped?? For your first MANDATORY entry, check out her Etsy shop. Come back, and tell me what you just LOVE! If it's a diaper bag, which other fabrics do you like?

Extra Entries:

1. Follow Brooke on Twitter
2. Become a Facebook Fan
3. For FIFTEEN extra entries, purchase something from her shop. Let me know what it was, and I'll verify!
4. Follow my blog publicly
5. Subscribe by email
6. Snag my button, leave a link where I can find it!
7. Blog about this giveaway
8. Become a Facebook Fan of NWNB!
9. Tweet this giveaway up to 2x per day (NOT back to back). Leave a permalink to the tweet. Don't forget to inclue both Brooke and I in the tweet!

Fine Print: Contest ends 11/22/09. Open WORLDWIDE! Winner has 48 hours to respond. PLEASE leave me a way to contact you! Winning entries WILL be verified, and falsified entries will forfeit the prize!