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For a high quality, eco-friendly, and expandable paper wallet that will last you years check out the Tyvek wallet from PAPERWALLET.
www.paperwallet.com
To create your own paper wallet from a normal piece of paper follow these instructions:
One sheet of 8.5 by 11 paper folded, with minimal cutting, and one piece of tape = durable, seamless, useable, write-onable, minimalist wallet.
www.paperwallet.com
To create your own paper wallet from a normal piece of paper follow these instructions:
One sheet of 8.5 by 11 paper folded, with minimal cutting, and one piece of tape = durable, seamless, useable, write-onable, minimalist wallet.
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neatly fold the 8.5"x11" sheet of paper in half (to look like a hamburger shape as opposed to a skinny hot dog fold). open it, and fold the two flaps into the middle, so it is split in 4 (second picture).
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I downloaded and reviewed the template and instructions, and low and behold, I comprehended the design and measurements!
As I didn't feel like turning my printer on, upon close examination, I realized I could figure it out from scratch! With my handy pencil and piece of bright blue cardstock, I got to work. A little measuring here and a little cutting there, before I knew it, I was folding it into its last halves.
As I tucked in the final pieces and viewed the finished model, I was quite satisfied. But then the thought occurred to me: all good wallets either have a cool design on them or have a cool texture or look, in and of themselves. So, what my wallet lacked on the texture side, I was going to make up for on the design side.
So I sat there thinking. Should I use a marker... ehh, what about some other paper? no, I wanted it to be really special. I looked down at my cool blue wallet and at the scraps that I'd cut off the corners and the center during the process, and all of a sudden, it hit me! What if I were to take the tiny triangles and arrange them on the centerpiece in some sort of design?!
As I lay the slivers out piece by piece, they seemed to shape themselves into a circle. I grabbed my glue! After tediously placing each blue triangle on the large piece of excess paper, I laid it on my wallet. Pretty cool! But... it seemed to blend in a little to much. A couple of seconds of brainstorming later, I ran into my craft room and emerged with some special chalk from a stencil company.
Testing it out on a separate piece of paper, I loved how it gave the effect of a glowy, cheerful cloud behind the sun-like design! I brushed it onto my wallet and glued the complete centerpiece on.
I am really pleased with the results! Thank you for posting this Instructable!
"...rable, seamless, useable, write-onable, minimalist wallet..." LOL
Now I got it!
http://www.elephantdungpaper.com/
That is a 5 - year - old mistake.
In the hunt for a front pocket wallet or some other alternative I found this and completed it while watching T.V. in about 10 minutes.
I know a few boys that would love to show off a wallet that they can put their artwork on and show their friends!
Thanks again.
The last image is a scan of the pattern before laminating. (Foolishly, I folded first then doodled.)
I think it might be the same process, but theirs are made from tyvek (the stuff some envelopes and those papery bracelets are made from) so they're crazy strong.
I have made numerous wallets from this and here are some of them