Wax seal stamp anyone?

We did 92 wax seals on my daughter’s pocket folders for her invitation suites. It was fun!

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM0TftFyxsGp-QvtMLDfRGeYZTaumS6lRrGm24X

These typically take extra postage btw

We did the wax seal on a ribbon as the belly band. It took much longer than we thought but looked great! No added postage doing them on the inside.

View Quoted Comment No added postage for us either but it’s always best to take a piece into the post office to make sure.

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For some reason I am not able to see the link But Im sure its nice! 92 is A LOT!!! I am dreading doing 50 lol but it will get done!

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Well that is something I did not think of I am still super excited to do it!

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I cannot believe how long it took.. lol at least 3 minutes per seal.. And I have to do 50 It'll be good quality time together though! I think he may be more excited than me

Love them! I would have loved to do something similar.

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At first I was hesitant on spending the money to order it but I am so glad I did! It's so much fun! And turned out nice

View Quoted Comment We had fun doing it and spread it out over the week (4 days to do 98). FH cut ribbons, I wax sealed, then he sealed them in the envelope. This is not one of my better seals so it went in the single male friend pile!

View Quoted Comment So I hear ld that the extra postage is not for the weight but the wax seal gets broken when passed through machine vs hand stamped

This sounds so cool!!!

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Well that stinks if that happens I wonder if you use less wax and max it flatter if that helps..

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Its so much fun! And you can have them personalized! Mine has our first initials & the wedding date.

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I like that a lot!! Thankfully we have half the amount to do! FH wants to put all the wax in a pot to melt that way its ready and then do one stamp at a time.. It might help with the time.

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We used the wax glue that you put in a glue gun. The wax glue is pliable enough to go through the USPS sorters, so it did not require hand cancellation. My daughter took a completed one up to the post office before purchasing stamps. Ours were also not on the outside of the mailing envelope. Took us a couple hours to complete all of them.

Seals drying before being stuffed into outer envelopes....

View Quoted Comment I considered doing these but later changed my theme so to me it no longer worked. I heavily researched it though lol. If you don’t mind an extra envelop try using and outer envelope so all of your hard work doesn’t get ruined. It should go through the machine easier and avoid breaking it

View Quoted Comment I send almost all my cards with wax seals using the pellets and melting spoon and it doesn’t take nearly as long as the candlestick style wax sticks, but I’m planning on doing the wax sticks that go into a hot glue gun for my wedding invites. It’ll hopefully make the process so much quicker to just squeeze out a dollop of wax instead of waiting for it to melt slowly. For anyone wanting to do them in the future, that may be worth looking into.

I also use the Uniqooo brand wax sticks and I’ve never had an issue with them breaking like I’ve heard other people have experienced. It’s a more flexible wax than the traditional sealing wax so it doesn’t break or crack. It got slightly smudged once when I sent a card during the summer in Alabama, but you could still make out the design and all other cards have turned out well. I just seal my envelopes like normal them add the wax seal on the back without any extra protection. I use the nonmachinable stamp or a forever stamp plus an extra ounce stamp because the wax makes it nonmachinable, but I just stick them in my mailbox to go out without giving the postal worker any additional info or instructions.