How to make an Otterbox case cuter?

So I have the iPhone 4S and when my family got them, we all got Otterbox cases. I really want to have a cute iPhone case, but I drop my phone pretty frequently so I need to keep the Otterbox on it. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to make it look better.

Mine's just a plain black on black case, but I've taken the silicone cover off because it kept getting loose and I've had it replaced at least 3 times, so I decided to just have the hard cover on it. I'd consider putting a silicone case back on it if anyone had some links to cute ones (with designs on it, preferably, but I'm really open to anything). All I've been able to find relating to that is different colored ones, so I'm not sure how likely it is to find that.

Any ideas that people have as far as decorating my current case are mainly what I'm looking for. I've considered putting stickers on it, but that's kind of a last resort thing for me. Any other ideas would be great!

"silicone cover off" "just have the hard cover"
If you have what I have on my iPhone 4, then what you have done is throw away almost all of the protection you are paying for with the Otterbox - the "hard cover" isn't really protection, it is the holder to keep the rubber cover in place.
You might look for paint to decorate the limited choice of shell colors
http://www.otterbox.com/iPhone-4/4S-Defender-Series-Build-Your-Own-Case/apl2-iphone-4s-set, default, pd.html
but it seems to me that "drop my phone pretty frequently" and "cute" are not going to be workable.

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