A Simple Impression

A Simple Impression

May 26th, 2011 @ 2:47 pm by Mrs. Funnel Cake
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As Mr. Funnel Cake was packing up for the army on a Sunday night, we remembered that we STILL hadn’t ordered our custom wax stamp for the invites. Oops.

We want red stamps like these, sans crosses. (Image via Black Metal Postcards)

Mr. FC was about to join his fellow Swiss skydiving comrades for a week, and after that we were going to Malta for holiday, so we both wanted to just get this ordered so that when we finally decide on and print our invites, we’ll have the stamping materials ready.

I tried out a few KH-only stamp designs, but we pretty much have our hearts set on (KH)². It’s just so mathematically cute. KH x KH = (KH)². Ahh…love.

I whipped out Illustrator and started designing really simple buttons. Mr. Funnel Cake was concerned about the ² make the whole thing off centre, so I did a few variations for him.

Again, I didn’t tell him which fonts he was looking at, but he started leaning toward Helvetica again. The man is sooo Swiss; he cannot help it.

So since we are doing the invites in Helvetica, we just went with it for the stamp as well. It only makes sense!!

Final design

Wax mock-up

Anyone else doing wax seals? What’s on your stamp?

**Graphics by me unless noted**

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17 Responses to “A Simple Impression”

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xtatic1 (message) 778 posts, Busy bee

SUPER cute!

5/26/11 @ 2:54 pm (reply)

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tranquility (message) 2,517 posts, Sugar bee

We are just doing a plain heart.
We have considered making a stamper with our initials out of a wooden dye. It is actually pretty easy.

5/26/11 @ 2:54 pm (reply)

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Ryna (message) 4,207 posts, Honey bee

We sooooo want to do them!!!! except, ours will be the “sigil” of a particular character. I think it’ll be really special to have due to the history around said character.

It’s basically a gargoyle’s tooth overlaid with a Kriss dagger to form an “X”.

And we ARE gonna get it! I swear we are!!! LOL! And we wanna use silver wax with it, too!

5/26/11 @ 2:56 pm (reply)

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Miss Seal (message) 1,179 posts, Bumble bee

Yep yep! The Seals are using seals Howeeevveerrr, we are going the faux wax route (glue gun wax) and our stamp is a simple monogram. We’ve done a few practice rounds and they look pretty nice! I *love* the look of wax seals.

5/26/11 @ 2:56 pm (reply)

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Miss Pony (message) 4,171 posts, Honey bee

@Miss Seal: Awesome.

This is so cute! I love that you have the same initials!

5/26/11 @ 3:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Winter (message) 260 posts, Helper bee

I LOVE wax seals! I’ve been thinking of doing a silver snowflake for our winter invites!

5/26/11 @ 3:46 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

OMG I love them! You used a awesome wax seal and a math reference. ♥♥♥♥♥

5/26/11 @ 3:58 pm (reply)

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hollyshobbies (message) 73 posts, Worker bee

i was so mad, i had a cute wax seal for my invites too. but i went to my post office with 1 to see how much it would be to ship and they wouldnt ship them!!! they said the machines they use get warm and melt the wax and the wax makes a huge mess!
check with your post office before doing them. im just glad i didnt do all of them

5/26/11 @ 4:04 pm (reply)

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MissSealsMOH (message) 44 posts, Newbee

I LOVE the math behind it! Such a cute idea.

5/26/11 @ 4:08 pm (reply)

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Miss Balloons (message) 132 posts, Blushing bee

Awesome!

5/26/11 @ 4:31 pm (reply)

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Miss Funnel Cake (message) 690 posts, Busy bee

@Ryna: Ooh sounds very cool! I heard silver is a little tricky to do. (Or we are just lazy). Mr FC wanted to try gold or silver emboss on top of the red, but we haven’t even found the material yet so I’m shooting that idea down. Good luck with yours!

@Miss Seal: Shhhh we are doing glue gun wax too. *nobodysaidanything*

@hollyshobbies: I think ours are OK because they’ll be inside envelopes. But we aren’t doing traditional wax either, we are doing the glue gun wax so I think it holds up to heat better. (AT least I hope!)

5/26/11 @ 4:52 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Earrings (message) 2,477 posts, Buzzing bee

I love wax seals! Great idea

5/26/11 @ 6:24 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Very cute!

5/29/11 @ 2:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Snow Cone (message) 1,026 posts, Bumble bee

I’ve never worked with wax seals before, but I’d love to get an invitation with one, for sure!

5/30/11 @ 9:00 am (reply)

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Future Mrs. Leon (message) 75 posts, Worker bee

Hi Bees,
Where do you find the glue gun wax? Are there websites that sell this? It seems easier/cleaner then real wax
Thanks!

5/30/11 @ 10:34 am (reply)

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Miss Funnel Cake (message) 690 posts, Busy bee

@Future Mrs. Leon: Mr. FC actually bought the wax gun and glue at a local craft store, but I have seen them a lot of places online too! http://www.letterseals.com/ is one, but I’m sure there are tons more on google. Good luck searching!

5/31/11 @ 12:22 pm (reply)

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Kim

We used wax seals and everyone commented on them! We ended up having to pay the post office extra to mail (annoying!) but it worked out in the end (after a semi melt down in the post office!). You don’t need a special glue gun, you just buy the “glue gun wax” sticks and use your normal glue gun. Also, we ended up making them in bulk on wax paper first then gluing them on the envelopebecause we were afraid they would pop off. Assembly line went pretty fast. Our invites were pretty simple so I loved being able to add this sweet little detail. Enjoy!!

6/2/11 @ 4:30 pm (reply)