Moo Mini Cards have long been a Junebug favorite, and there is one craft project that's always seemed like it would be an amazingly fun way to use these for wedding photos- Moo Mini Magnets! You can decorate your fridge, cabinets, a metal wall panel, or any other magnetic surface with handfuls of colorful little slivers of your wedding day. Start by choosing 100 of your favorite wedding photos, have a pack of Moo Minis made, follow the directions below, created by the oh-so-smart blogger and crafty lady from London Meg Pickard, and you'll soon have "Moognets" of your own!
Top image from Moo.com, all other images by Meg Pickard
You will need: Moo mini cards, scissors, self-adhesive magnetic tape
(20mm) - I got mine from ebay, but craft shops (especially model-making
shops) may have it too - and a big, heavy book. Junebug note: try these links for the magnetic tape- The Container Store, Custom Magnets or Uline.
1. Chop lengths of magnetic tape with the scissors. The lengths should be
about 1/2″ or so. You will need two for each magnet. (Incidentally, I
tried using one continuous strip of tape across the entire back of a
card, but it was a bit too magnetic - difficult to lift off a magnetic
surface, plus I figured if you can get away with using less tape…more
moognets!)
2. Peel off the tape backing and stick one little square at each end of the back of a moo card
3. Put on a flat surface and lie under a heavy book….Not you, silly:
the moognet. Because the tape is stored on a roll, and therefore wants
to naturally curl, you’ll need to make sure the adhesive sticks flat to
the card. A nice heavy book should handle that: I like John Peel’s
autobiography - a truly weighty tome. Also good for reading.
4. Repeat, until your fingers get bored. Set up a little production
line. Recruit some elves, or small children. Don’t bother trying to get
the cat involved, though: mine was having none of it.
5. You will soon have a nice juicy stack of moognets. You will feel chuffed. You should.
View Meg's instructions in full on her blog, Meish.org, or on her Flickr page. Thanks for sharing your creative genius Meg! Have fun everyone!