Two Yellow Bags. (Otherwise known as “Holy craft! Look at what I made!” and “Schoolbags For Kids–The backpack with a heart.”)

So, dudes.

I made a purse.

Like, I sewed it and use it every day and everything.

For reals.

(Yes, that cracking sound you hear IS hell freezing over.)

It’s mustard yellow and grey, two of the hot colors for Autumn that I am most excited about, and I am DANG proud of myself for sewing it. AND it is seriously one of the cutest purses I have ever owned. But before I show you the photos, I’d like to talk about another bag.

THIS one, to be precise.

It’s from a company called School Bags for Kids.

Butterlump LOVES it.

The first night after it arrived I looked into his room before heading to my own bed and discovered that he had gotten up in the night, put the backpack into bed with him and then had fallen asleep on it.

(I love that kid.)

(I know this shocks all of you.)

( ;) )

While I do have a couple things coming up, I really don’t do reviews very often.

It’s even rarer when I am the one to ASK to do them.

But, then I met Miles,  a very friendly rep from schoolbagsforkids.com at BlogHer. (Hi, very friendly schoolbagsforkids.com rep named Miles! How are ya?) As we started talking he told me about how the company he worked for. Even though their line is a bit young for my older boys and Aaron has 3 more years before Kindergarten, I knew I HAD to write about their backpacks because I love the story of how the company started AND I went absolutely nuts at the huge humanitarian aspect of their company to help underprivileged children.

(We’ll get to that in a bit, but think along the lines of Tom’s Shoes.)

SO…

They sent me one in the mail to check out and it is even cuter than the photos online.

I LOVE these backpacks.

I love everything from the ULTRA sturdy construction, the budget friendly cost (under $60–EXCELLENT quality for the price) the square design and chest straps that help keep the weight evenly distributed on small bodies, to the detail of the embroidered bees on the bags and the honeycomb pulls on the zippers.

But honestly, what I love THE MOST about this backpack is the humanitarian effort behind these backpacks.

For every bag that is purchased, School Bags for Kids distributes a yellow bag full of school supplies to a child in need.

Currently they are working with 3 different schools–one in Belize, one in Thailand, and one in India.

The backpacks they send to these school kids are yellow.

I thought that was to keep with the “Bee” mascot and big yellow boxes they use, but as I did some research on their company for this post, I found out that they use the color deliberately.

“Most of the children we donate backpacks to walk miles on dangerous roads to go to school. Yellow is the international color for caution that signals motorist to slow down and signal as they drive.”

Seriously…I LOVE THIS COMPANY.

I hope you check out their site, buy a backpack or four,  like them on Facebook, spread the word on social media…whatever you can do to help support this amazing company.

AND NOW ON TO THAT TIME THAT LORALEE ACTUALLY MADE A PURSE.

IS IT NOT CUTE?