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If one needs to make a rustic invitation or a customised invite with
personalised wordings, the wax seal invite is the best option. The
wax seals are the metal stamper with personalised wordings
placed on a melted wax to create an impression, which remains for
a lifetime. Wax seals are such a classic style element that can be
added to any stationery design and it is now trend setting. This use
of wax seal as wedding stationery gives the invitation a vintage feel
to the audience and brings back the memories of good old days.
TYPES
The wax- seal with couple names is used more in the process of
making the DO-IT-YOURSELF invitations. They are commonly
seen on wedding invitations envelopes, place cards, welcoming
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notes, thank-you cards, and other programs having the invite.
Having a couple of logos or any thematic logo on the wax seal can
give an audience a glimpse of the Big-day! These wax seals when
embossed on vellum cards or cloth-based or any velvet based COLOURED
invites give the appealing pleasant look to the audience.
PAPERS
The beauty of authentic wax seals having any colour shades
IMAGE COURTESY : MARGOANDBEES used help in preventing the cracking of the wax seal. This kind of
coordinating with the colour of the card is flexible. During the
process of molding the wax into any desired colour, the casting

wax seals weighing to 0.5 grams has a long-lasting hold for an
invitation. When the colour is coordinated the size and the shapes
IMAGE COURTESY :PEXELS
of the wax seal designs are also considered to be one of the
important factors for the invitations.

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