How cool would it be if we could create our own shoes? Mix and match different colors and styles, and give a different twist to our appearance whether we’re on our way to work, the park, or a night on the town. If you haven’t heard, Urshuz can do just that!

These shoes are all about change, inviting you to be part of the footwear revolution. Urshuz (pronounced Ur shoes) were created by shoe designer, Grant Delgatty, who invented a cleaver patented looping system, that allows you to detach and reattach uppers from their sole. Originality and creativity, combined.

Are you also one of those people who take out their wallet, mumbling it’s time to get a new one, but you never do? Perhaps the reason is there’s nothing good out there. Except Dosh – a wallet that is new and refreshing, with a unique design, really giving a new look and interpretation to the concept of wallets. Finally, a wallet to be proud of.

Like most people I know, I am very comfortable using all the electronic gadgets out there and they have definitely improved my life. On any given day I can go out with my laptop and continue working while sitting at my favorite cafe, when I travel I take my iPad dispensing the need of carrying five books with me, and my smartphone is a combination camera and mini-workstation. Still, I always carry with me a sketch book and a pencil.

Too many times I’ve found myself in this situation: I’ m rushing out of work at the last minute to get a gift for a birthday party, dinner party or other festive occasion that I completely forgot about. Luckily I can usually get away with a nice bottle of wine or pampering toiletries but then I get home and I realize I also need to wrap them.

Since the local drugstore wrapping paper won’t do (telltale sign…) and the only available rolls around the house have a Christmassy or baby-shower theme I resort to “home-made” (plain white paper which I decorate with glitter glue or stickers from my girls’ stash). While this is ultra personalized (“it’s not a bug it’s a feature…”) it’s exhausting and then I also need to be creative and add a home-made card to go with it. It seems that the lack of “universal” wrapping paper triggered the idea of the “wordless” wrapping paper.

The world of backpacks is varied and has a vast range of options for you to choose from. For those of us who look for both practicality and style, we have the Islington Rucksack by Brooks Heritage Saddles. Crafted from old-fashioned waxed cotton canvas with leather reinforcements, the Islington Rucksack will blend in an authentic Irish pub as it will in the latest hipster NYC hotspot.

This bag is all about quality. The roll top under the flap lets the pack expand in capacity from 30 to 43 liters, while generously-sized front pockets keep you organized. The unique harness can be worn in the traditional way, or in a crossover style for extra-safe carrying in rough neighborhoods. This backpack brings a new design to the old school rucksack and does it in the most fashionable manner.

The fact that I’m left handed as far as using any tool on my own, should not keep me from treating my DIY friends. The Magnetic Wristband is such a simple and smart gadget that any tool man (or woman) would love to have, you know just in case.

It’s actually a magnetic wristband that keeps tools on your wrist while you work – Ideal for holding nails, screws, fasteners, wrenches and small tools. Finish jobs in less time and with less frustration. Oh, and by the way, there’s also a Pink one for the ladies – extremely handy.

Eye lashes and crystal eyeliner for cars? Okay I have to admit these are really, really, unnecessary but so much fun that I couldn’t resist getting them. I love my little car, I haven’t yet reached the stage where I have invested in personalizing it (you know, like getting expensive alloy wheels, hand-painted artwork, dangling rear view mirror ornaments or dashboard covers) but secretly I have pet names for it and sometimes I “spoil” it with little presents like vanilla scented car freshener(!).

I may have watched the “cars” animated movie too many times, but after I park my car and hear the “beep-beep” of the lock I look at its front with the two headlights and the shape of the grill and it always seems to be smiling at me. This is why I like this coy car craze: The Car Lash – fun fake eyelashes that are designed to fit on most cars.

Haroshi is a Japanese sculpture who creates beautiful works of art from old skateboards. While to us novices they may all seem the same, skateboard structure varies according to factory, brand or popular skater’s signature models.

From his early teens Hiroshi has been a passionate skateboarder. His connection to skateboards goes beyond the sport and his choice of art portrays this. His creations reflect his spirit and aesthetic as a Japanese, for him the art pieces are equal to his skateboards and as a major part of his life they also serve as a means of communicating with himself and with the outside world.