This year my Carnival preparations included pimping out a H.O. cup (which we later termed the “bling cup"). The cup started life as part of the Bmobile Panorama Lime package; subsequently Bmobile would give away thousands of these cups at fetes, goody bags at the airport and to all Island People masqueraders so I am sure many of you are now in possession of this cup, which can be used for pimping out next year if you so desire!
Anyway, Mystique was the first to come up with the brilliant idea to use this cup as the base for blinging out, and her cup was actually the very first one to be decorated. The metal of the cup made it great for apply decorations with a hot glue gun, and the handle has a neat feature which can clip on to a string or in my case my pouch.
For my cup I used about 180 gems, sequins, braid and swans down for the “fluff”. Hey, it was a H.O. cup so I pimped it out good! The decorations stayed on surprisingly well, none fell off or came loose as I had feared, even with cold drinks poured inside of the cup. At the end of the day my fluff did become wet, in hindsight it was not a practical design element though it did add to my bling factor!
My Bling Cup!For my cup I used about 180 gems, sequins, braid and swans down for the “fluff”. Hey, it was a H.O. cup so I pimped it out good! The decorations stayed on surprisingly well, none fell off or came loose as I had feared, even with cold drinks poured inside of the cup. At the end of the day my fluff did become wet, in hindsight it was not a practical design element though it did add to my bling factor!
I absolutely loved my cup as the TRIBE cup I got in my goody bag did not match my costume in any way and this cup added to the overall Frontline H.O.ness! Thanks to Franny for this wonderful idea, but apart from Mystique, Afro Chic and myself sad to say I did not see any other Bling Cups on the road! When you ladies are frontline H.O.ing it out you cannot do it half way, you have to go all the way. The job of a frontline H.O. entails having your makeup on point, FAB footwear, cute pouch and now add a H.O. cup to you list for 2009!
Afro Chic's Bling Cup
Afro Chic's Bling Cup
Mystique's and my bling cup on the road:
7 comments:
Whoaloss!! Allyuh not easy...bling cup and thing.
Good job on the decorations :-)
BC
saucy, i thought you jumped in black magic! but anyways, the cups looking sweeeeeeeeeeet! they matched ur costumes on point!gujctvQn
*clapping hard* Bravo on de bling cup Saucy. I had intentions to do a bling cup but just did not get the opportunity as family was in town and was very busy entertaining and all.
Next year for sure. I buying me gems early.
I christen 2009 de Bling Wars. A competition for all. The competitor must bling themselves out from head to toe to cup. They have to have everything from our lists combined with the only rule that is you must have more and must include the 3 items you have listed Saucy to be a frontline H.O.
The judging would be done via photo viewing and voting.
what do you say folks? You heard it from me folks. 2009 De Bling Wars. May be best bling win.
I am Malicious Jade and Ya don know
MJ Tip - This might sound silly but I have never regretted preparing this in advance. This is for those who have made Black Cake for Christmas and Carnival.
I know Christmas has come and gone and we are in the Lenten season. Seeing I used up soaked fruits for Black Cake for Christmas and a second batch of cake for Carnival, me soaked fruits went down like boil corn.
Replenish your stock of currents, prunes, etc. and start soaking them in rum and cherry brandy from now.
Not only will it soak for 11 months making your cakes fantastic and super rich, but it is also cheaper to buy them now than in November when a pack of currents would cost $15 dollars instead of $8.
I am Malicious Jade and Ya don know
When you ladies are frontline H.O.ing it out you cannot do it half way, you have to go all the way.
I agree 110%...I did my cup before I even upgraded to FL. So allyuh FL people need to step it up.
I predict we will see more bling cups on the road in 2009, just as we saw more boots in 2008!
As for the Bling Wars...count me in!
BIG pimpin! Luv it! VERY stylin. But how were they to drink out of? Or was it a display thing, not functional?
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