I use it for pens, business cards, my cell phone and some light weight gloves. On the front outside of the bag there is a large zippered compartment for easy access to whatever item you think you need to grab quickly. There is also a smaller handle grip on the backside of the bag so you can pick it up and carry like a tote. The straps are adjustable and you can wear the bag like a traditional back pack or you can throw one strap over your shoulder and carry it comfortably too. Once you have loaded the bag up there is a zipper to close it and seal out nasty stuff the environment might bring in. I like how I can place and entire file folder in this protected area and it will not wrinkle or get dirty. In addition to the large internal space it has a spacious interior pocket that closes with Velcro and becomes a sealed location for important items. It would fit my laptop, notebooks and documents with plenty of room to spare. I fiddled with it and discovered the top would open right up and placing items in and taking them out was not a problem at all. The back straps crossed over the top of the bags opening and I felt it might hinder placing and retrieving items from the internal compartments. I am one of those odd women I don’t like toting a purse all over the place.įirst appearances lead me to believe that it was an odd item. The bag appeared to be what I was looking for, a bag I could carry or wear as a backpack. The Morning Shadow backpack in Meadow Grass was lovely and reminded me of spring. It was a part of their upcoming 2014 line of products. I received a brilliant green bag made by Lilypond.

I love when I find an item that I think isn’t going to work and then discover that I was wrong after the whole concept of the particular item unfolds and reveals itself. Lilypond has since retired this style but I think what we have to say speaks volumes about their latest lineup of Lilypond brand products. Two years of dirt peeled right off and now the bag looks like new again. Lilypond products are built to last and we wanted to include this write up in our Gear section after we pulled the bag out of the closet and gave it a quick go around in the washer.

Lilypond tote