Has anyone used a wax seal on their invites?

renatari · May 2011

I was just wondering if it added a lot to your postage costs. Thanks!

renatari · May 2011

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[QUOTE]They do not mail well. Most of them fall off in the mail. I don't recccommend them for this reason.
Posted by CMGr[/QUOTE]

I was going to use them to seal the pocketfold that would go inside the envelope. Did you mean they don't mail well outside of the envelope?

GeauxTigers17 · May 2011

The post office runs everything through a giant sorting machine and, unless you pay to have them hand-canceled, a huge stamp to postmark them. The wax tends to break under the weight of those machines.

thesequel · May 2011

My best friend used wax (or so we were told) seals to seal her envelopes. There was no wax on the invitation back just a red grease spot where the seal must have been.

ivyrose13 · May 2011

I was planning to do this for my envelopes as well, only we have the sealing "wax" that you melt with a hot glue gun, I understand how real wax would break and fall off, does anyone have experience with the glue kind?

Bonzo2011 · May 2011

One of my best friends is doing this. I don't know how well it holds up in the mail, as I just took mine the day I helped them address the envelopes. I do know that her FI had been to the post office and was planning on hand-cancelling each one. And postage was going to be high, but they also used heavy cardstock for their DIY invites, so there's the extra weight too. I just hope that their invites look as gorgeous when they arrive in people's mailboxes as they did on the day we addressed them!

roravec · May 2011

I want to do this too!!
I have read a lot on the different options, and it seems as though faux-wax that comes in the sticks for glur guns works great. It's flexible and still works just as great as the real wax- just as detailed, and doesnt get stuck in the stamp.
I've also seen a lot on making the seals seperately, drop the wax on cold glass (like an upside down glass baking dish with ice packs underneath it) and after they dry, glue the stamp on the envelope or on to ribbon, so that you don't risk messing up on any invitations.
I haven't seen anyone say that the faux-wax didn't work. You can try sending one to your work, or from an out of town post office to your home, that way you can see how it holds up.
Also, i've been told not to use the faux wax with glitter in it, apparently it is much harder to work with and it makes a mess.

I won't be sending my invites for a few months, but I'm doing all if it myself, so I'm trying to be as ready and prepared as possible.
Hope this helps!

beterrel · May 2011

I did this. I used it to close the actual invite though, not on the outside of the mailing envelope. I used real wax (not the kind that you put in a glue gun) and it didn't cost any extra to ship. The lady at the post office was super helpful though. She told me that since the seals vary in weight and size they might get caught in the machine. She had a cardboard cut-out on hand that I could put my envelopes through and if they slid through that without a problem they would make it through the mailing process without getting caught or lost. She also made me put them in a special slot to be mailed rather than putting them with the other "normal" pieces of mail. Everyone that we sent an invite to received it with the seal on it.

hillarycd · May 2011

I used wax to seal the outside of my invitations. We didn't realize that it would add twenty cents to every envelope. They looked really great, and everyone that I have talked to received the invitations with the wax still on. My dad is a mailman, so he had one of his friends that is a clerk hand cancel them. I don't believe that it costs more money to have this done.

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