A while ago, I posted instructions on how to make MOO mini cards into magMOOgnets and since then, I’ve been ever so tickled to see other people’s innovative uses for MOO products popping up on the MOO site.
Well, a few months ago, I was sitting in a cafe waiting for someone and I didn’t have anything to read (for a change) but I had a pack of MOO stickers in my bag and, well, one thing led to another…
I discovered that, serendipitously, MOO stickers are the perfect size for decorating (and fortifying) the rather fugly blue plastic holder which you get when you get an Oyster Card in London. This is especially useful if (like me) you use the cardholder to cart around bank cards and receipts and things.
I don’t know if it was planned, but size-wise, it’s a very happy fit - you can fit stickers in a 4×3 formation on the front and 3×3 on the back. I just used the stickers I had in my bag, but I expect you could do some really interesting things if you thought about the stickers in advance and ordered some specific designs…
Oh, and did I mention that you can peel them off, too? That means you could have a different MOOystercard holder for every season…
Hmm… I wonder how long these last before they start to rub off (oo-err matron!) e.g. against things in people’s pockets / handbags / manbags / whatever? Thinking about it they should probably be pretty robust as the quality of the materials is so good to start with. Will have to give this a go!
PS: Surely your Moognets are actually Meg-nets?
Good question, Richard. Actually, they’re surprisingly robust and don’t rub off at all! I think the glue is pretty sticky, but the stickers also have a covering which means the images don’t fade or peel.
How do I know this? Well,
a) I’ve had those stickers on there for several months without a problem and
b) if you look at the top right hand corner, you can see a sticker which is faded and peeling a bit. This was one of the early beta products, before they put the protective covering on (or whatever printery magic they performed) so you can see the comparative decay rates of the new kind.
You are a clever girl!
Hi Meg!
Your Oystercard is so cute, and I love the idea!
I hope you don’t mind if I put your picture on MOO Japanese blog.