If the duct tape wallet isn’t to your tastes, here’s a more individual Aussie effort: a wallet constructed entirely from tea-bag tags. The main ingredients apart from that? Double-sided tape and a fair chunk of spare time. [thereviewtech.com]
One of the cheapest and easiest popular DIY hacks is the classic duct tape wallet. We’ve covered how to do that before, but DIY weblog Craft shows us how to make one that, surprisingly, doesn’t look all that bad.
This picture from luggage-obsessed blog Carryology demonstrates a point we’ve often made before: it really is possible to compact your wallet. Both wallets contain the same number of cards and the same amount of money, but there’s no question which one will look better in your jeans pocket.
The Minimal blog posits that there’s only one way to make your wallet easier to get at and carry around: make it smaller.
Like to keep a pen handy but don’t want to look like you’re carrying an office in your bulging pockets? The Ohto Petit-B compact wallet pen fits easily in your pocket — and even in the fold of a wallet.
We normally go in for thin and streamlined wallets ’round this blog, but Scottish researchers suggests a (cute) baby photo is a seriously worthy addition to any wallet. It might just pressure your wallet’s finder into mailing it your way.
Wallets made with duct tape are not a new concept. But since times are tough, and they also make for functional alternatives to traditional wallets, this latest DIY attempt is worth sharing.
Blogger Albert Alberts loves a slim wallet, and after reading over some of our wallet-slimming tips, he realised he had a powerful wallet-slimming tool in his pocket all the time: his iPhone. His idea? Rather than reducing his membership cards to just one club card, he scanned his membership cards to his computer, then synced them to his iPhone as an album called WalletCards. According to the post, his phone-friendly cards even scan successfully. You’re still going to be at the mercy of whether or not the workers are willing to accept your scanned cards, but if they are, you can carry around all the membership cards you want without adding any bulk to your wallet. WalletCards on my iPhone ['t Is Goud]
