I have been giving some thought to the letter writing logistics. I know I, and several others are excited to play with Wax Seals, but I also know that the letters will be opened by staff and forwarded. So I’m trying to think of a way to utilize a wax seal while still giving the staff a way to open it. Maybe I will do an envelope in an envelope with the bottom slit open?
Anyone have thoughts?
If you don't want to make your wax seals yourself, I can vouch for the peel-and-stick wax seals this Etsy seller makes. I got the peacock ones in teal!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/smithrj18?section_id=7748899
Wax noodling day one: wax is surprisingly forgiving with mistakes. I didnt have a crucible so i used an old metal spoon. Re: cleaning off the hell wax from a crucible: heat the spoon or crucible up, take off the flame, carefully wipe with a tissue. Ouila! No more hell wax!
ETA: no seal pictures included bc they are a surprise. Will post after ppl get them in mail. I did marbeling with sparkly wax and matte wax and it was fabulous.
For my early seals, i just remelted them down on a spoon and reused the wax again :) i dunno if that makes the wax more birttle or not. We shall see. So far, seems to be just fine :)
These just came in the mail and I am squeeing with joy. Trying parchment paper method. Will report back :)))
Not the best picture, but Violet's seal!
Check this out yall!!! How cool is this?????? https://twitter.com/letterlocking/status/1366692616423768065 Made me think of yall because it involves historians using new technology to find ways to read historic letters without breaking their seals!
Question that may be covered but I cannot find it- if we want to do a envelope to put our letter and little gifts in to keep it in character but leave it blank, do we add an extra envelope to the one I send to PO Box? (Example: want to decorate an envelope for someone in stamps, I send normal envelope with PO Box address, and inside has an extra envelope that’s been decorated, with letter and little gifts. Thoughts? Was this answered?
Skip to about 1 minute in! Seems to be a 'don't hold it still' technique!
Alternately you can cut off chunks of the stick and melt them in a metal spoon like wax beads.