These Valentine’s Day wax seal cards are the perfect nostalgic gift for your Valentine this year.
I should have been born in a different era. An era when people sent letters to each other instead of emails and practiced their cursive writing. I love making wax seals for envelopes but once you open the envelope, they break so I came up with this project so you can enjoy the seals forever.
Today I’m taking part in a Valentine’s blog hop, 28 Heartfelt & Handmade DIY Valentines to be exact, put on by my friend Jennifer of Town and Country Living. Be sure to visit all the blogs at the end of this post for more inspiration!
For the card itself, I’m using an envelope to write on and to keep the seal on so there’s no need to open it.
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Supplies:
- sealing wax kit (brown carved box)
- wax seal stamp set (small brown box), optional for different seals (more details on these sets below)
- red ink stamp pad
- black in stamp pad (also my favorite brand)
- Valentine stamps (similar)
- postcard stamp or stamp with lines for writing
- kraft and/or white envelopes
The box that says ‘sealing wax’ on it is a complete set that includes three wax colors (silver, gold, red), two tea lights, a metal spoon and a stamp. Online the photo just shows a brown box but I got this beautiful carved wooden box instead! I’m not sure if they all come like that or just randomly.
The sealing wax kit only comes with one stamp and my stamp says ‘Best Wishes’. I love this one with a rose stamp!
The smaller box comes with interchangeable wax stamps and the one I ordered has: Good Luck, Love, My Friend, Thank You, Miss You, For You.
There are many options of stamps there along with initials. There are also so many options for colors of wax seal sticks!
Directions:
- Stamp the envelopes with your stamp design and writing before you do the wax seal.
- Light the candle and put the spoon over it. Put the wax stick in the spoon and it will start to melt.
3. When the spoon is full of melted wax, pour the wax out onto the envelope in the middle of the flap.
4. Press the stamp into the wax and wait a few seconds before lifting up. Use a spare envelope to practice on.
That’s it! It’s so easy and there’s really not much you can do to mess it up. Even when the wax doesn’t spread out perfectly, it still looks beautiful and natural.
It’s much easier to stamp the envelopes first so when you go to write on them you won’t ruin the seal or have a bump underneath to write over.
I played around with the waxes and mixed some gold in with the red and it turned into a beautiful rose gold.
I hope you have fun making your own Valentine’s Day wax seal cards. Be sure to visit all these other DIY Valentines below!
Click in Case You Missed:
Valentine’s Day Clay Heart Dish
MONDAY
Town and Country Living† |† Finding Silver Pennies† |† Duke Manor Farm† |† Maison de Pax† |† Shabbyfufu
Making It in the Mountains† |† Tidbits† |† Taryn Whitaker† |† House by Hoff† |† Clean and Scentsible
TUESDAY
So Much Better with Age† |† The Happy Housie† |† Shabby Art Boutique† |† Paint Me Pink† |† VinYet Etc.
Unskinny Boppy† |† Sincerely Marie Designs† |† A Burst of Beautiful† |† The Wicker House† |† Zevy Joy
WEDNESDAY
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia† |† In My Own Style† |† Golden Boys and Me† |† Seeking Lavender Lane
On Sutton Place† |† Happy Happy Nester† |† The Chronicles of Home† |††Craftberry Bush
Norma says
January 30, 2018 at 5:25 amOh my goodness, Jamie! I need one of these kits in my life 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful DIY!
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:19 pmThank you! I love these kits!
Hugs, Jamie
Krista says
January 30, 2018 at 7:00 amSo pretty, Jamie, and what a fun touch with the wax seal!!
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:19 pmThanks Krista 😉
Hugs, Jamie
Kristin salazar says
January 30, 2018 at 1:18 pmSo beautiful Jamie!!! I bought one of these kits when we were in Florence, I need to get it out!! XO
Kristin
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:19 pmThanks Kristin! They are so much fun to use.
Hugs, Jamie
Christiane Lavoie says
January 30, 2018 at 2:09 pmWow, love this. Thanks for sharing.
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:20 pmThanks Christiane!
Hugs, Jamie
Kerryanne says
January 31, 2018 at 12:04 amLike you Jamie, I feel sure I was born into the wrong era. Love these wax seals and the romantic look they give your cards.
Putting this set on my ‘wish’ list. xx
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:25 pmThanks Kerryanne! I knew we were kindred spirits.
Hugs, Jamie
Jennifer @ Town and Country Living says
January 31, 2018 at 5:59 amJamie, I love this. I feel like letter writing and wax seals are a lost art. That wooden sealing wax box is beautiful. I’d buy the kit just to display the box! 🙂 Thanks for joining Heartfelt and Handmade!
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:26 pmThank you, Jennifer! And thanks for much for having me in your beautiful tour.
Hugs, jamie
Norma Rolader says
January 31, 2018 at 7:57 amOh my I have never seen the brown box I love this idea … I use to have some of the sealing stamps and wax
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:26 pmThey are so much fun to play with! Thanks Norma.
Hugs, Jamie
laura janning says
January 31, 2018 at 9:41 amoh i love the idea of the wax seal…so romantic and old fashioned.
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:27 pmThanks Laura! Sooo romantic xo
Amanda says
January 31, 2018 at 11:51 amThese seals are beyond gorgeous, Jamie! I’m dying to get one of these kits. This is such a special touch to Valentine’s Day cards, just beautiful!
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:27 pmThanks Amanda! They are so much fun to play with!
Hugs, Jamie
Laurie @ Vinyet Etc says
February 1, 2018 at 2:18 pmThese are so romantic and sweet, very you! Happy Valentine’s Day! xo
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:27 pmThanks Laurie! Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!
Hugs, Jamie
Danielle Driscoll says
February 2, 2018 at 1:45 pmJamie, these are so elegant! I love them so much. xx
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:28 pmThanks so much, Danielle!
Hugs, Jamie
Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled says
February 5, 2018 at 6:44 pmVery fun throw back to olden days. I could see my daughter wanting to seal everything in sight! Visiting from Tutorials and Tips.
Jamie says
February 6, 2018 at 9:28 pmThanks for visiting, Victoria!
Hugs, Jamie
Amber Ferguson says
February 7, 2018 at 8:35 pmSo beautiful! I love using our initial seal and wax for Christmas cards that we bough at the Tower of London on vacation years ago. I have no idea why I never considered using it for Valentines as well. Thanks for the inspiration!
Jamie says
February 10, 2018 at 9:02 pmI love this idea for Christmas cards! I never would have thought to use them for that, haha. Thanks Amber!
Hugs, Jamie
Theresa @ Shoestring Elegance says
February 14, 2018 at 10:20 pmHi Jamie! Pinned and shared. Thank you for the wonderful Inspiration and joining us at TFT! Featuring your beautiful wax sealed cards tomorrow too!
Jamie says
February 19, 2018 at 9:07 pmYou’re so sweet! Thank you for sharing two of my posts! You made my day.
Hugs, Jamie
C says
December 4, 2018 at 9:03 pmMy sons bought me a sealing wax kit years ago. I often seal envelopes for an added touch, not just for Valentines Day 😉
There is no need to melt the wax into the spoon though. Just hold the wax over the envelope at the place you desire, allow it to puddle up and then place the stamp on it directly. This is how it was done years and years ago before envelopes had glue to seal them. 🙂
Kay Shannon says
January 23, 2019 at 4:06 pmYour blog is just beautiful! Pinned and I found you through Home and Garden Thursday.
Jamie says
January 28, 2019 at 10:10 pmThanks Kay! I’m so glad you’re here.
Hugs, Jamie
Debbee M says
January 24, 2019 at 1:59 pmJamie, these are so special! Who wouldn’t love to receive one of these in the mail or attached to package? I really enjoy making my own paper party invitations and specially wrapping gifts. It was lovely seeing you cards.
Jamie says
January 28, 2019 at 10:12 pmThanks Debbee! They were so much fun to make. That sounds lovely that you make your own invitations and gift wrap.
Hugs, Jamie
Shirley Wood says
January 25, 2019 at 12:06 pmSuch a special touch and romantic too. I love it and now I want a kit! Thanks for sharing this idea with us at Merry Monday. See ya next week!
Jamie says
January 28, 2019 at 10:12 pmThanks so much, Shirley!
Hugs, Jamie
Amber Ferguson says
January 26, 2019 at 8:09 amHi Jamie! What a beautiful post! I have been using an initial wax seal on our Christmas cards for years. We purchased it at the Tower of London years ago on our trip to England. I love incorporating old world traditions into the holidays. What a great ideas to use a wax seal on Valentines too!
So glad to see you back at Thursday Favorite Things for the New Year. I featured this post at this week’s party. You can find the feature here:https://followtheyellowbrickhome.com/valentines-day-ideas-to-love-at-thursday-favorite-things/
Have a great weekend!
Jamie says
January 28, 2019 at 10:15 pmThanks so much, Amber. I love that you bought your wax seal kit in London. I bought a calligraphy set in Venice years ago and it’s so special to me!
Hugs,
Jamie
Barbara Chapman says
January 29, 2019 at 4:30 pmHi Jamie! Love your wax seals and believe it or not, I have a “C” in my desk things in storage and I have never used it… Definitely need to remedy that when we pick up our belongings soon and move into our new Texas home.
Thanks for sharing at Share Your Style #193 and you are my first feature this week for SYS #194. <3
Happy decorating,
Barb 🙂
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