cassette tape

I bet your grandma hasn't had you over for a crochet-making session where she uses tape from old VHS tapes?! Now if she has, that's pretty rad, and I guess you can pretty much crochet any material that can be woven into a crocheted masterpiece, right?! As you can probably guess, this bag made entirely from recycled plastics has left me dumbfounded. In order to make this handmade bag, Etsy seller BarkerBell used a trash bag as the plastic liner and fused it to the VHS tape. For $50, it could have been yours. Sadly, it's already flown off the Etsy shelf.

Now you can take an ordinary looking cassette tape, personalize it to your liking and use it as a USB flash drive! The retro style make-a-MIXA USB cassette tape comes with 1GB of storage and a set of designer stickers for you to decorate it with or you can upload your own images to use. Featured on OhGizmo! the MIXA costs around $40 and includes international shipping. Don't they remind you of the retro-chic cassette wallets? Fun and functional!

If you are one of the thousands who has had your iPod snatched unwittingly, here's a mp3 player that is guaranteed to fool the most clever thief. This snazzy cassette mp3 player is literally a standard cassette with a built-in mp3 player. Discussed on technabob, these retro looking cassettes come with a seven button interface, an SD card slot and can be recharged by a USB cable. This product will be available soon. No word on pricing just yet.

These fun neon bright retro cassette wallets made their debut at the Tokyo Designboom 2006 Mart where young design professionals showcased their latest products and showed off their geeky talents. Created by Italian designer Marcella Foschi, these wallets are actually hand made from real (Italian) cassette tapes. Geek chic and Italian - be still my heart.

You can get your own for $36 at Design Boom.