Ella Bella Bum is a Canadian brand of cloth diapers which is well-known for embellished pockets featuring designer wrap-around prints and embroidery, trendy designs and bold coordinating colors. A “work at home mom” enterprise created by the artistic and very talented Sam Campbell, Ella Bella Bum has expanded greatly over the years but still holds true to its small business roots by relying on a dedicated little team of diaper makers and assistants.
The complimentary creation that Sam sent me features an alien print on the wings and a yellow body.
Inside, the lining is a vivid orange athletic jersey fabric. I discovered this fabric doesn’t hold on to stains, is easy to rinse #2 messes off of and has a wicking effect -which means wetness is carried quickly away from your baby’s skin and down into the inserts.
Ella Bella Bum pockets are designed to fit from approximately 15 to 35 pounds and retail for $21 to $35 each, depending on the embellishments. With our diaper, Sam included an adjustable insert and extra booster. Using snaps, the insert can be shortened or lengthened before you stuff it inside the pocket.
Inserts are constructed with a top layer of soft bamboo and Zorb (a modern and highly absorbent synthetic diapering fabric) underneath. When the adjustable insert is folded over you get six total layers of bamboo fleece. The extra booster features stitching around the edges and middle to help channel wetness; you can stuff it into the pocket along with the other, or just lay it right against your baby.
Now, the first time I stuffed the insert into the pocket, I was surprised to feel something soft inside. After turning the diaper inside out, I realized that there’s a little fleece buffer between each snap and the outer shell for some extra leakage protection. These photos also show how the cut of the diaper tapers just a bit up front, which gives it that signature Ella Bella Bum super trim fit:
In my weeks of testing, I haven’t found one flaw in this diaper. Admittedly, the bamboo fabric does take time to reach peak absorbency. After five pre-washes, I wasn’t able to use it for Susanna’s nap time. Sam recommends at least ten washes, and this week we finally hit the mark! Two-year-old Susanna can now wear it for many hours and it’s become one of the most absorbent diapers in my stash.
And here’s how it fits:
And now…..the giveaway! Sam is going to send one lucky Zephyr Hill reader this amazing Sneaky Raccoons embellished pocket diaper (value $28) PLUS an insert/booster combo pack (value $12.75)! Enter to win below.
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Would love to give these a try!
This has to be the cutest diaper I’ve seen yet.
These diapers are adorable!!
These diapers are seriously adorable. I don’t usually post, but seriously. Adorable.
http://www.ellabellabum.com/collections/new-items/products/autumnal-hoot-br-wrap-around-embellished-br-one-size-pocket-diaper-1
seriously love these owls!
i love my ebb! i have the gray with purple inside and its very cute. i like how trim they fit and how well made they are
love the racoon diaper!
I love the EBB Gnome & his Unicorn diaper.
I can’t even begin to express how much i love the Charlie Brown diaper!
I really love Canadian brands (aka Hipkiddo) so would love to try this.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Leopard Hello Kitty one! Id Love to try one of these diapers!
Cute prints!
I love the fat stripe scrappies! Especially the royal blue/grey/light blue one!!
I like the design of the inside of the diaper. I really like the green eggs and ham diaper too
I love the Green Eggs and Ham print!
I think the mike and sully diaper is one of my favorites.
Jade Acacia Raccoon pocket
I like the euro fox!
I hear a lot about these diapers, but have yet to try one. I’d love to.
I like the Brite Hedgies. All of them are so cute and pretty.
The Festive Beauty ruffles are so cute! I also like the Strawberry Shortcake diaper
I like the Whoo’s Cute diaper.
My favorite is their Autumnal Hoot Diaper.
OMG wow, these are super cute!!!
There’s a lot of beautiful diapers and the choice is difficult, but ”doe eyed” is very cute!
I love the wonder woman print. Those prints are so cute and loving its a pocket diaper.
I absolutely the Gnome & his Unicorn Embroidered, One Size Pocket Diaper! That is so cute!!
I love her scrappy wraps. I’ve been wanting one forever! Love that Ella Bella Bum is Canadian as well.
I love the Christmas Sweater Penguin! so cute!
These diapers are so cute! I love the Christmas Sweater Penguin 🙂
I love the retro floral diaper!
I think the Retro Floral diaper is pretty.
OMG they have HK!!!
I like the who’s cute owl diaper
I have to say my favorite EBB is my rainbow brite scrappy… or my TMNT scrappy… or…. hmmmmm
lol
LOVE Ella Bella- My absolutely fav diaper.
These are adorable!! Thanks for the give away 🙂
I have many faves in my stash – Sam’s diapers are amazing! Love my ebbs! I’m currently loving the Holiday stripe diaper in the shop 🙂
Cute diaper. My favorites are the Hello kitty ones.
My favorite diaper is my popples CMG!! Love these diapers
Love these diapers. I can’t wait to try Bella pants.
I am in love with the look of these diapers! The Wine Butterflies
Boutique Scrappy and the Brite Hedgies (and a whole bunch more)!
Royal blue/grey/light blue… I like a lot that are sold out too! I really love the raccoon one shown on post but didn’t see it on page 🙁
I like the holiday stripe!
I love the way the inserts size down
also love the whoo print. owls are so adorable!
Love my Mario scrappy!!
Such cute diapers!
The euro fox diaper is super cute!!
Wow, fancy soaker design!
I love the Whoo’s Cute Traditional Printed PUL One Size Pocket Diaper.
I really can’t choose just one but if I must…….I my newest one is my favorite. my CMG hungry caterpillar! love love love Ella Bella bum
Thanks for the review! I keep hearing such good things about EBB.
I love her Overnight Hybrid diapers!! got me out of disposables 😀
Love success stories like this! ~Anne
I love the look of these diapers with the wrap around prints. Too cute for words!
Love my Fish InBowl wraparound diaper.
I keep seeing these diapers everywhere, and have heard nothing but good things about them. I would love to try one out, and this one is ridiculously cute!
My favorite diaper is the Retro Strawberry Shortcake print.
I love the combo of two fabric patterns on one diaper -I haven’t seen that before!
I love the Snowboarding Reindeer Embroidered, One Size Pocket Diaper
Easily my favourite diapers!
This Raccoons one has been my FAVE in the shop for the last week or so! So adorable!
New mom and new to cloth. Love the honest review and would like to try bamboo.
ugh I hate how long it takes to prep bamboo! these diapers are beyond adorable. the zany alien print is def my fave! I love monsters and aliens! I also really like how trim this dipe looks on your littles ^.^ too cute
I love the Damask Purple!
I love the Pink Damask Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper. It’s so cute. I am having a baby girl in Feb. and she would be adorable in it!
Love Ella Bella Bum diapers- the best I’ve ever tried!
my husband and i both love phineas and ferb!! so i love the phineas diaper!!
We LOVE our ebbs!!! Only diaper we use!
Love EBB diapers I have a cute butterfly one and a baby elmo and friends. First diaper I’ve used that seemed to just fit right on the first try no after adjusting, leaky legs, etc. Perfect fit for my short thin baby. Love them and can’t wait to get more
my fav is Elf helpers diaper
Curse you for showing me these diapers. I dont think i saw one i didn’t like! I love the nightmare before Christmas one for my boy. The snownoarding reindeer is hilarious too!
helpful review! I’ve been wanting to try one of these!
love ebb! slowly building my stash!
I really like her scrappy diapers and the ones with the ruffle bums. So cute.
no! I can’t look at them anymore!!! BUY.ALL.THE.DIAPERS! Namely the (boo sold out) gray ninja diaper! AHHH LOVE!!!
I recently purchased the elf on the shelf Christmas print. So far, I love the fit on my 8 month old’s thunder thighs and I totally agree that the material inside is so easy to clean.
I would love to win an “all season” raccoon diaper too!
Amazing diapers! Great prints they come prepped yay!! Love all mine ESP surfing Santa and ahoy
I have yet to try an EBB but it’s on my list. Just trying to find the right one.
I like the sock monkeys print.
I love the penguin embroidered diaper.
My favorite is the Leopard HK Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper.
Love the skiing reindeer diaper for the holidays. It’s nice because you could really wear it all winter long.
I love my Ella Bella Bum. I have a chuggington print and I adpre ot!
adore it* apparently I am too tired to type properly 🙂
I love the Christmas ooga booga pocket diaper! thanks for the review
I like Sight Owls, Brite Hedgies & Christmas Ooga Booga!
So many cute prints, but the fox has to be my favorite!
Love love love the Purple swirl diaper!!!!
I love primary airplanes, my son would love this one!
I like Mario and Santa Jack.
I love the Leopard Hello Kitty and the Festive Ruffle. Unfortunately, my duaghter is potty trained, so my son would love the Sneaky Raccoon print! Maybe surprise baby due in April will be a girl and I can splurge on a Hello Kitty diaper then!
The green eggs and ham diaper is too cute!
I love the Santa Jack on Bright Green
Embroidered, One Size Pocket Diaper!!! gah too cute or the christmas ooga booga
I love the Popples Wrapped Crazy Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper. I loved that show!
I love the Christmas diapers! I don’t have anything for the holidays. The reindeer print is cute.
Im glad you show pictures of your children and how the sizes are different!
My favorite diaper is the Royal Blue/Gray/Light Blue Solid Accent Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper
It’s hard to choose just one, but I like Coral Plaid.
Hello Kitty Musical (2)
Embellished Tab, One Size Pocket Diaper
Super cute dipe! i love hello kitty 😉
I love the sushi diaper 🙂
My favorite is the Festive Beauty! So cute with the ruffles!
My favorite diaper from their site is the Festive Beauty (the ruffled one). So cute!
Would love to try these diapers.
the autumnal hoot diaper is my favorite! i love owls.
I love the Iron Man Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper
Thanks for the great giveaway
I love the Santa Jack on Dark Green diaper but too bad they are sold out:( Great giveaway!!
So interested in the lining – haven’t tried that fabric for stay dry yet. And love the colors!
I’ve been wanting to try these diapers! I love the scrappy ones she does sometimes!
There are so many cute diapers! I like the Brite Hedgies a lot!
I recently reviewed an EBB and I love it! I love the jersey material inside; so easy to clean
So excited for my first EBB to arrive
I would LOVE to try one of these, I am really curious about the athletic material on the inside.
The purple swirl is gorgeous! But my hubby would kill me if I put our boy in purple 🙂 The brite hedgies is cool too.
My favorite one is the Primary Airplanes diaper
I love the wonder woman diaper. My son would look cute in it!!
These diapers are adorable! I literally just placed an order for the Popples diaper. Every day over due my little girl is, I seem to buy another diaper haha!
I have heard only good things about these diapers! They have such great prints, and seem like a great fitting diaper.
I love the Jade Acacia Raccoon, wrapped around embellished once size pocket diaper. It is lovely and it would be great either for a boy or girl. Love it!
Little Missy Mouse Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper is sooo cute! Love it
My favorite Ella Bella Bum diaper is the scrappy dragon on a skateboard diaper that I have.
I never though I’d call a diaper “beautiful,” but some of these are just so gorgeous there’s no better way to describe them! I just love the Jade Acacia Raccoon Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper.
Coral Plaid, Violet/Seaspray/Red Solid Accent Scrappy, Royal Blue/Gray/Light Blue Solid Accent Scrappy, Purple Swirl
We bought our first Ella Bella Bum diaper over the summer- it’s a scrappy blue and green diaper and it’s adorable. I used it for some photos in August and I’m definitely planning to buy another one for summer photos in 2014. We are in Minnesota, so winter cloth diaper photos are a little more challenging (brrr….) I love the attention to detail in these diapers and the creativity that comes with each piece. Each diaper is a piece of art!
The Purple Swirl diaper on the front page is beautiful!
my favorite diaper is purple swirl!!! http://www.ellabellabum.com/collections/pocket-diapers/products/purple-swirl-br-traditional-printed-pul-br-one-size-pocket-diaper
I love the primary scrappy airplanes, and my daughter would too!
Thanks for pointing out the fleece in between the snaps. That seems like a really good idea. And I like how the diaper is tapered in the front.
Love the rainbow looking scrappy ones
i love “sushi on seaspray”
I adore the back of these diapers. The raccoon print is sooo cute, too.
These look like such nice diapers, I’d love to win one!
I’ve been waiting to try an ella bella bum. Love how cute they are.
God bless you
The owls, definitely the owls. Or maybe….I love so many 🙂
I have a dr. who pocket! Love t!
I love my HF from EBB. I’m sad its no longer stocked, just available through semi customs. Currently there is a pocket Rainbow Brite embroidered diaper that is super cute.
Love the rainbow bright one or the Racoon one 🙂 they are all so original and unique! I love them!
Oh I’d love to try these dipes especially because I have a heavy wetter.
I like a lot of the prints. If I am having a girl I would love to get the zoology one!
I am loving the vintage mickey mouse diaper.
OMG! I love **Pirate in Training** lil guy is tooo cute!!!
Love the Paris, Rainbow Brite and Popples diapers! Adorable!
There are so many cute options! I love the vintage floral one but it is sold out. My favorite in stock item is the Paris pocket.
I’ve always wanted to try an Ella Bella Bum. I love the monster truckin and Star Wars prints.
I just love the purple swirl pocket diaper! WHat a beautiful print!
That’s awesome that it’s the most absorbent diaper in your stash! I love the reindeer diaper!