Cassette Wallets

Here are $43 wallets made from old cassette tapes.

Casette Wallet [Design Boom]

[#1 posted by elliot winner , January 30, 2009 12:25 PM]

Some crafty person makes these in Minneapolis, as well, and sells them for less than half the price in local boutiques.

[#2 posted by dodi , January 30, 2009 1:14 PM]

Or just make your own with the help of this photo-illustrated tutorial.
via Craft:

This has been on my to-do list for a while now. I have some lovely mid-80s mix tapes that deserve a second life.

[#3 posted by dculberson , January 30, 2009 1:54 PM]

Dude, normally I'm unfazed by expensive adaptations, but $43 seems really high.

[#4 posted by notatoad , January 30, 2009 3:30 PM]

$43 to crack an old cassette in half and glue in a zipper? really?

[#5 posted by Rodney , January 30, 2009 8:57 PM]

At $43 it better be C86.

[#6 posted by gox , January 31, 2009 4:04 AM]

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/03/wallet-made-out-of-r.html

[#7 posted by texasroute66 , January 31, 2009 4:57 AM]

I thought they were joking about the price but apparently they aren't. Maybe it is really meant to inspire people to go out and make things for themselves?

[#8 posted by EcoInsomniac , January 31, 2009 10:20 AM]

Dodi mentioned Chezlin's tutorial on how to make these wallets, but I thought I'd also add that she has an Etsy store she started a couple days ago to sell some of the things she makes on her website. Right now she's listed 2 cassette tape wallets at http://chezlin.etsy.com for $20 a piece