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Here’s a DIY I’d like you to see
It’s something that’ll make you happy
Wallets with faces made from duct tape
The Count is there but now he doesn’t have his cape

Cookie Monster always eats a lot
Elmo looks like he’s been smoking pot
Bert and Ernie will get lost in your couch
And no one wants to buy Oscar the Grouch

If you want one let me tell you how
You can plunk down thirteen dollars and get one now
Homemade creations are always the best
Not having money can be a real pest

So now you’ve seen the wallets
I hope you will enjoy
Our coverage of something
I like to call DIY

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What could you possibly use a beaten up tennis ball for, other than a moving aid for a desk? “Not much.” would be the correct answer. Unless, of course, you’re pretty damn creative like the eco-friendly designer of these Redefining Wallets, made from recycled products ranging from trading cards to old tires to ticket stubs.

Redefining Wallets offers a range of products, even check book covers, ranging from around $30 to $70. Every wallet is made using a bunch of old crap, even using laminated trading cards as a main ingredient. After the jump, more wallet-goodness! (more…)

With the risk of sounding feminine considered, these Recycled Vinyl Record Wallets are listed as a “for her” product on its product page. What the hell? It might just be the least feminine money holder on the market, since we don’t think the beef jerky wallet has been made yet.

With your choice of Sgt. Peppers (Beatles, of course), Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones), and Double Dynamite (Elvis, but why?!), the actual record and original case are used to produce the wallet. Both are cut into fitted rectangular pieces for the wallets template, then attached to mounted wood which is described as “super-durable”.

We’re not sure if there will be enough room to store everything (even though the product page says that there is a plastic slot for your license, a carbon checkbook divider, and slots for cards and cash), but who needs space when you look this cool? If these wallets are a “for her” product, you can start calling us Herfuse. — Andrew Dobrow

Recycled Record Album Wallets [via Neatorama]