Jim P.

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

Thought I'd give wax sealing a try, thought it looked interesting. The stamps are fairly inexpensive, some were only $2-3 from Aliexpress. Got a long way to go, though. It's trickier than it looks and the wax doesn't always get into all the stamp details. Some of these took 3-4 times before I got a decent result, but I'll get the hang of it eventually.

Some of these are for me, some for my wife, some both both of us.

Now maybe time for some letters.

Photo collage of four wax seals made using stamps with various designs. Top left: A Hylean shield from Legend of Zelda video games. The base wax color is dark blue. The outline of the shield is colored silver, the triforce and triangles are gold, the Hylean crest is red. Top right: A larger Hylean crest from Legend of Zelda video games. Base wax color is bronze-ish, the crest itself is gold. Bottom left: A Sheikah Eye symbol from Legend of Zelda video games. The base wax color is a swirl of different blue shades with some sparkle. The details of the eye are colored in gold. Bottom right: The Rebel Alliance Starbird symbol from Star Wars. The base wax color is dark red with some bronze swirled in.
Photo collage of four wax seals made using stamps with various designs. Top left: A stack of books with a coffee mug in front and a pair of glasses on top. Base wax color is brown with some shiny gold mixed in. The books are in various metallic colors, silver, green, copper, gold, and white. Top right: A bookshelf with a rounded/arched top. It is mostly full of books, but also contains a globe and what may be a crystal of some sort. Base wax color is a shiny brownish color with some darker brown swirled in. Bottom left: A spider web and spider. The base wax color is black and orange. The web is colored in white with the spider in purple. Bottom right: A dolphin jumping out of water in front of a sun with seagulls in the background. The base color is several light shades of blue mixed with some white. The dolphin is dark blue, the wave crests are white, the birds are silver, and the sun is gold.

For anyone curious: The Hylean shield is from Etsy but shipped (without tracking!) from China, took three weeks to reach me. The rest of these are from Aliexpress (spread across five different shops) and arrived in just under two weeks, give or take.

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