I recently enjoyed some art therapy courtesy of Skooba Design, maker of laptop cases and other gear. Armed with an assortment of Sharpies, highlighters and colored pencils, I gazed at the empty canvas that is the Skooba DIY Skin laptop case. What to draw? Shockingly, I chose to decorate my bag with ducks (and hearts just to be extra super cute.) Since I'm a terrible scribbler, and for the sake of consistency, I traced an image I found somewhere on the Internets. I liked how it looked with just the outline so much that I stopped there and did not color it in. But I felt the need to represent the traditional orange-beaked rubber ducky, so I hid two tiny ones on the inside of the strap. Oohs and aaahs from my co-workers followed.[[More images of the Skooba DIY Skin after the jump]]

Skooba Designs offers a variety of laptop cases, and the DIY bag is the latest in their collection. You can decorate your own with markers, pens, paint and even glue! The only thing you can't do is use heat--so no iron ons--as this will do terrible things to the fabric. Some customer-designed bags are displayed on the site--lots of creative, cool stuff. You too, can design your own bag for $27.95--art supplies not included.