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.

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.

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.

The finished result?

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!