RetroLife

Past Meets Future...Retro Ipod skins

You can swath your ipod or mac-mini in these swanky retro designs by Pixeldecor.com for less than ten buckaroos over at decalgirl.com. Check out the full array!

Swank up your computer at Pixeldecor

If you're looking for some retro designs to dress up your computer desktop, Pixeldecor.com has lots of themes and desktop wallpaper tiles in swanky retro prints, like this:

The password to download is available in the sidebar on the left side of the page.

Cruisers by Elektra bicycle company

Don't have room for a hotrod? How about a stylish, flamejob-sporting bicycle? The Cruiser models at electrabike.com come in styles from the more classic sleek retro look of the Cruiser Deluxe (above) to more Kustomized, flamed-up Rat Fink and Rat Rod models. They range in price between about $200 and $400 and there are less-expensive versions for kids.

Thanks to Lady Aye for the tip!

Retro Barbie Magnetic Paper Dolls

As part of the retro Barbie collection, this set of paper dolls freatures 50's illustrated Barbie and her kid sister, Skipper with an array of outfits. Available for $12.99 from Angelicdreamz.com. A fun gift idea for retro fashion or Barbie enthusiasts. Click the link to check out more retro Barbie items!

Retro textiles from ContemporaryCloth.com

Looking to make curtains? Reupholster some furniture? Make clothes? Have clothes made for you? If you're looking for retro fabrics, the selection at ContemporaryCloth.com is great! Regular and upholstery fabrics sold for prices ranging from around $12.00 to around $40.00 per yard. Plenty of barkcloths and boomerang patterns as well as mod prints.

Fontdiner.com

For anyone interested in retro typefaces, the place to go is fontdiner.com. Their font packages are available for the accessable price of $28 per set of 10, but if you don't want to commit to buying fonts, they have a menu of free font downloads as well.

America's Best Brew

My boyfriend came home the other day with a bag of canned coffees he found at the corner store, thinking I would like their retro package design. They come with various 50's style characters on the cans including the greaser Joey Cappucino, girl-next-store Frenchie Vanilla, Milkman Mocha, and the housewifey Aunt Hazelnut.

The manufacturers pitch: "Let's go back to a simpler time before all that foam, no-foam, soy, skim, latte, grande mumbo jumbo. when guys named joe walked into their local greasy spoon, ordered the "blue plate special" and a cup o'joe from a waitress named jo. lord knows times have become complicated since then. guys named joe became guys named ashton. greasy spoons became family restaurants and don't even think about calling jo anything besides a food service technician. but we managed to keep things simple. so just relax and let us take you back to what real coffee should be."

I did a little research and found out that they are made by Glaceau, the same company that makes Vitamin Water. You can get the BevNet rundown on them here, but as of yet, it doesn't look like you can buy them online.