The Paper Wallet

by Joe Thorn on April 24, 2007

I have been in the market for a new wallet. I wanted something small and cheap. This morning I came across the Paper Wallet via Instructables.com. It took me a few minutes to make it and man this thing is great. It’s small enough to carry in your front pocket, will hold 4 easy access credit/id cards, two more cards “locked away,” and a lot of cash. Perfect for me since I like to roll with a big wad of cash. Or not. But seriously, this was fun and should work great. My new paper wallet is literally half the size and thickness of my old leather one. There are already some hacks for this on the website from other users. Check it out.

About Joe Thorn

I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in Saint Charles, IL, and author of Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching to Yourself. Jen is my wife, and Katherine, Elias, Madeline and Kilian are my kids.

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  • http://alienman.blogspot.com Brad Williams

    I must be the worst oragami artist ever. I can’t do it.

  • http://www.joethorn.net Joe Thorn

    Aw man. I feel bad that it wasted your time.

  • http://www.mynameisgus.wordpress.com Dan Barnett

    I have to say, Steve McCoy showed me his tonight. I held mine up to his, and his was about three times smaller than mine. Maybe this a good thing to try out.

  • http://www.stevekmccoy.com/ Steve McCoy

    Thanks Joe. I saw this in my feed reader on whatever site linked it, but I didn’t follow through. You made me take it seriously and now I use a paper wallet.

    Dan, do whatever Joe says. It’s always best. :)

  • http://www.mynameisgus.wordpress.com Dan Barnett

    Ok, just made it. Very easy to do. Not so sure about it. Ya think you can laminate it?

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  • http://www.joethorn.net Joe Thorn

    @ Dan: *sigh*

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  • http://exit78.wordpress.com james

    Re-enforced mine with some duct tape. Seems to work well.

  • http://www.instructables.com Noah

    Hi Joe,

    I’m glad you liked the paper wallet! We’re running a DIY Wallet Challenge ending Sunday, so you should totally make a neat wallet to enter! Or if you don’t feel like making one, you can vote vote for someone else’s by just clicking the little “+” on the top right-hand corner of the screen.

    Thanks,
    Noah
    (for the Instructables team)

  • http://www.reverendrockstar.com jeremy

    wow…unbelievable…i’m not that crafty, but i managed to make one! my wife laughed, but i’m actually using it…it’s lasted 2 days now! thanks for the link, joe.

  • http://www.mynameisgus.wordpress.com Dan Barnett

    I don’t think I’ll use it for every day purposes, but it’s great for slacks or thin sweat pants, when you don’t want some buly wallet swinging around as you walk.
    Seriously, though, somebody should check into laminating one. It would last forever. :-)

  • http://selvaratnam.org Christian

    Joe – you’re next challange is to make this or one of these … :-)

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