I used the puffy paints I bought at Michaels craft store... used green, yellow and pink on a navy blue bag...

If you bought a teal suitcase, many others have bought the same model of suitcase. Paint your sharks on it; it will make it fun and distinctive.

I'm with the brightly coloured ribbon group.

Go for it!

When I bought my current suitcase, I thought it was unique. All brown with pink piping and found really cute pink luggage tags. On my way home from it's first trip out you should have seen the look of disappointment on my face. While standing in line to check my luggage in a lady a few people in front of me had the same one. I haven't seen it again but once is enough.

Just got back from a trip to Germany - came into Terminal B in Newark on a Monday (translation - a sea of humanity arriving at once). And even though both of our checked bags were black, neither my husband nor me had the slightest difficulty identifying our bags on the carousel, and not just our own bag but each other's. I don't really think all luggage, even all black luggage with wheels, looks alike. The most important thing is to know your bag. The second most important thing is to make sure you have a secure luggage tag on it. If you really need your bag to stand out, do it with the luggage tag. Cheers.

No reason not to - I'm sure it'll look cute and will definitely stand out easily.

Thousands if not tens or hundreds of thousands are made of each suitcase. I'm all for something to make it quicker to grab, and stop some idiot grabbing mine by mistake.

I usually use quite flamboyant cloth ties on the handle, but painting is a nice idea.

I was at TJMaxx this morning in the travel department (I always go there first - you never know). There were velcro and neoprene grips for your suitcase handle available in a wide variety of prints to help you discern your bag from others. And there were colorful bag tags in sets of three for the same purpose - I think you could put a photo into them. Apparently there are a variety of products to address the "which one is mine" problem.

The thing about painting it is - it can't be removed or torn off like other items can. and, it is fun to have something with your 'signature' on it.

If it hadn't been for the stain on the front of my suitcase I wouldn't have had to use paint on it.

I have a cat who sleeps on my suitcase so try as I might to remove the cat hair, mine is the red and white furry bag.

I always paint my suitcases! When in Portugal, I instantly made friends of the locals at the Lisbon airport when they saw my luggage with the hot pink and turquoise stars, moons, and planets on them. I have a cat-paw-print stencil that I use now - very unique on both hard- and soft-sided luggage. You can pick up acrylic all-surface or fabric paints at Michaels stores, as well as stencils.

Of course, the "Not Your Bag" hot pink tags on my carryon bag also works well!

I have a teal suitcase as well. I've never thought to draw sharks on it!

I think it could look really good if executed well, but personally I would probably prefer a distinctive patch or pokadots, you should definitely let us know how it turns out!