Fit for the mantelpiece
A wax seal on your envelope is terribly retro chic. Add in a personal touch with a favourite flower, and you'll definitely earn a place of honour on your friends' mantelpieces. It’s not difficult to do either, so let's get started.
You'll need:
- Sealing wax
- Seal stamp (either a leaf, a flower or your initial)
- Glue gun or a spoon and candle to melt the wax
- A beautiful flower — we chose a rose
- Paper
- A pen
- Cardboard gift boxes
How to make it
Make sure that the envelope is ready, with the card inside and the address written on it. Heat the wax with a glue gun or place a bit in a metal spoon and hold it over a candle flame to melt. Pour some of the molten wax onto the paper and push the flower stem into it. Coose a flower with a stem which is not too thick, otherwise the seal will not be able to fasten it. Then take the seal stamp and press it into the wax. Leave it pressed in for a couple of seconds until hard, and then you can remove it. Write your Christmas wish on the piece of paper and cut the paper to size - or fold it - so that it fits inside the gift box.
SEND IT!
Place your Christmas greetings in a postage box and fill it with crumpled newspapers or another kind of shock absorbers, so that the flower is not damaged. Write the address on the box and head off to the post office.
ENJOY A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
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