However, all was not well. Sansa's dream of living in a house went unfulfilled, and he went into a deep depression. His owner tried to cure him by giving him a small cardboard shelter which (was formerly a box of gum), but this box was crushed during one of the owner's daily LRT rides to school. Sansa became even sadder, withdrawing into himself until he wouldn't work completely to the chagrin of his owner.  

"*&%$!" she would say in frustration, vowing to throw out Sansa and return to iPod von Shuffle for her music-listening needs. However, after consulting with her good friend Dr. Google, she discovered how to reset poor Sansa and he became operational once more. Not wanting to see Sansa in such a state ever again, his owner decided to fashion Sansa a real home.

After days of searching the confectionary isle of grocery stores while ignoring the stares of other shoppers, Sansa's owner spotted a lovely plastic container of mints. She purchased the container, emptied it and got to work. Soon she had fashioned a home for little Sansa - a durable home, which was capable of withstanding being mashed by passengers on the LRT - and Sansa was happy at last.

Project details/how I made this bad boy:

All in all, it was a pretty simple operation. I took a plastic mint container with a detachable lid (the slot I used to insert headphones in was where the mints were dispensed from) and lined it with black felt on the sides/bottom. Originally, I wanted to use a metal hinge to keep the lid and box attached, but since I had none on-hand I made a faux back "hinge" with scrap jersey fabric. (You can't see this in the pictures.) My only gripe is that it's not quite wide enough to hold my Sansa with the clip attached - but for a $1.49 case, I'm pretty satisfied.