Operation Athletic Bling

[ 23 October 2007 ]

I recently bought a Camelbak waist-pack for when I exercise (running & cycling especially). For those of you who don’t know what a Camelbak is, they’re a company who make bags with big bladders inside them which you can fill with water. I used one last year at Burning Man & it was great. Anyway, when I’m trying to run, lugging a big bottle around is really irritating, & I also needed somewhere to put my keys. A Camelbak seemed like the perfect solution.

Camelbak

However, when it arrived from Ebay, I looked at with a critical eye. I liked the purple, but it just looked SO boring, so typical. I wanted to stamp my mark on it. I wanted to be able to pick it out from a line-up of Camelbak waist-packs. It was really lacking something, I thought.

Materials

I went on the hunt for materials, which ultimately consisted of 432 heart-shaped rhinestones & a bottle of craft glue, & then I got to work.

Camelbak

Camelbak

Camelbak

The finished result?

Camelbak

Ta-da! Running can be glamorous, you know. You don’t have to wear all black & grunt & groan inelegantly. If you have to exercise, you might as well do it in style. Don’t just exercise; accessorise!

I love this SO MUCH! I can’t even begin to tell you how much it fills me with glee. I feel like one of those toys from the 80’s covered in flashing jewels. It’s like my magical power-pack, transforming me from normal Gala to super-fit Gala! Woop woop! Showtime, Synergy!

Showtime, Synergy!


Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala <3


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  1. I’ve been looking for something neat like this to spice up my workouts—and a place to put my keys (I tend to run in scrubs-pants in all their delightful bright colors, they have deep butt-pockets for the stashing of keys, but they jangle around and whack me every stride). I didn’t think CamelBaks could be attractive, but once again, you’ve proved me wrong. <3

    <3 de Profundis · Oct 23, 04:19 AM · #

  2. Wow this post totally inspired me to remake some of my running gear and get out there and excercise again. Thank you!

    Rach

    <3 Rachel · Oct 23, 04:23 AM · #

  3. So efficient as always, Gala! Now cars will always see you. ;)

    <3 Lou · Oct 23, 04:30 AM · #

  4. very cute idea! very gala idea. hehehe

    <3 MJ · Oct 23, 04:31 AM · #

  5. A great reason to start excersising, I needed that! It’s such a battle getting myself to the gym, but maybe some blinged out gear with catch the eyes of the cute guys working out. Hm… :]

    <3 Pinup_Girl · Oct 23, 04:37 AM · #

  6. That is absolutely GOLDEN. You will be like a running disco!

    <3 Nadia · Oct 23, 04:39 AM · #

  7. That is AMAZING. I want one, and I don’t even run enough for it be to useful.

    <3 Rachel · Oct 23, 04:49 AM · #

  8. awww!! awesome idea, now i wanna glue sparkly things on everything i own! gawsh, i luv ya!

    <3 Ray · Oct 23, 05:07 AM · #

  9. haha!
    only you would do that, darling.

    but none-the-less, fantastic idea _

    <3 catt · Oct 23, 05:12 AM · #

  10. So Gala! Haha, it’s cute.

    <3 Kara · Oct 23, 05:32 AM · #

  11. eeee! it’s so PRETTY and SPARKLY!! hehe. love it :)

    <3 Gem · Oct 23, 05:38 AM · #

  12. Truly outrageous! :P Love it!

    <3 M•riah · Oct 23, 05:48 AM · #

  13. I only wish a camelback would be helpful for marching band rehearsals, but I fear it would be a bit heavy and throw me off-balance. :/ Oh well. Guess I’ll have to stick with stuffing water bottles in my sousaphone.

    <3 Stephie · Oct 23, 05:48 AM · #

  14. That’s pretty amazing. If my sister glammed up her camelback like that, I think I’d stop mocking…

    <3 Clothes Horse · Oct 23, 06:00 AM · #

  15. Ha ha! Well done!
    I loathe working out but what a fabulous idea to brighten up an unpleasant experience. Perhaps you could do the same to your sneakers…?

    <3 LadySmaggle · Oct 23, 06:41 AM · #

  16. Fabulous! It’s like my sparkly childhood of the 80’s is back, on your camelback! *

    <3 Lesley · Oct 23, 06:45 AM · #

  17. StarSparkles has done some Swarovski crystal blinged up sneakers. I did a lite verision of some my own on a pair from Target.

    I love them. I ended up glue some on the back of red espadrilles too.

    Embellishment is fun!

    Luv
    Poochie
    shoedaydreams.blogspot.com

    <3 Poochie · Oct 23, 08:11 AM · #

  18. i CANNOT believe how adorable you made that look!! wow.

    <3 kendra · Oct 23, 08:28 AM · #

  19. Jem is excitement, oooh Jem ! Jem is adventure, oooh Jem ! Glamour and glitter ! Fashion and fame ! Jem is truly outrageous ! Truly, truly, truly outrageous !

    <3 Lesly · Oct 23, 08:40 AM · #

  20. Wow! I’ve never commented on your sight, but I’m a marathon runner with a hydration belt and I just had to say…wow. If I saw someone running with that I would get out of the way and pay homage!

    <3 mushy · Oct 23, 08:53 AM · #

  21. that looks amazing Gala!
    Where did you purchase those fantastic heart-shaped gems?

    <3 lila · Oct 23, 10:16 AM · #

  22. I did that a while back with the same gems to my calculator! It was awesome.
    Turns me from plain girl to SUPER SMART MATH-LETE!

    <3 Retro.Bunny · Oct 23, 10:30 AM · #

  23. As a minimalist, I preferred how it looked before you blinged it out. But it’s your bag, and this is much more “you”, which is very awesome.

    <3 Candice · Oct 23, 01:26 PM · #

  24. That’s not 432 rhinestones! What did you do with the rest? :)

    <3 Opium · Oct 23, 02:59 PM · #

  25. If I wore that I would look like a Goddess

    <3 Treasurefox · Oct 23, 07:48 PM · #

  26. I love it! Also, is that a tennis dress? I’d like to see it. :-D

    <3 amanda lee · Oct 23, 08:23 PM · #

  27. beautiful! :) you should make a video while working out with your Camelbak

    <3 vanessa · Oct 23, 11:05 PM · #

  28. Truly truly truly outrageous!!!!

    <3 Joleeeeen · Oct 24, 01:40 AM · #

  29. speaking as someone who will use any excuse to put glitter on everything i own/// i/m disappointed to say that i don/t really like it/

    but i love that you thought of it in the first place/
    brilliant//

    <3 brody · Oct 24, 03:33 AM · #

  30. Also, you can run at night sans the fear of being hit by a car. I bet headlights will light up those gems to sparkle like stars!

    I hope you update soon because I woke up at 5am, drove for 1 hr to get to uni for a lecture, and the lecturer decided to not be present. HMMPH :( I need cheering up.

    <3 Gemma · Oct 24, 04:12 AM · #

  31. Jem would so wear this. :)

    <3 Romy · Oct 26, 06:50 PM · #
 

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