With all of the controversy surrounding Starbucks’ red holiday cups, it’s good to see someone having some harmless fun with a cardboard drinking vessel.

Twenty-year-old artist, Carrah Aldridge, takes the mermaid-adorned cups and vastly improves them with original art. The cup designs are created with Sharpies markers, a white gel pen and copic markers.

Just don’t color any of them red, Carrah… we don’t want any trouble.

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