Just a few points you should be aware of before you start wax stamping all those envelopes !

1. Practice First ! do a few trial runs on scrap paper before you start.
2. Get yourself organised ! It's better to have a partner to help you ~ but not essential.
3. Light the taper (it helps to have a small candle or nightlight burning in case you need to re-light the wax), tilt the wax towards the surface to be sealed, allow a pool of melting wax to collect in one spot, when you have sufficient wax melted, stamp the wax with the seal, leave it there for a while as the wax cools, or the wax will stick to the seal, about 30 seconds. It is a good idea if your seal gets to hot to cool your seal first on ice - I take two cups of cold water, freeze them both, and keep swopping them to keep the seal cool, it works a treat. A hot brass coin will stick to the sealing wax.
4. If you make a mess of it, you can just about peel the wax off again when it is cold, you will have to melt a bigger circle to cover the mistake - but all is not lost!
5. If you are sealing invitations, make sure that the picture is facing away from the seal, as the wax may mark your invitation, do a test first - just in case.
6. It is recommended that you protect your seal in an envelope when posting, mailable wax is more durable, but those Post Office machines will eat anything - you could send yourself a letter with a wax seal to see if it will survive. Some envelopes are better than others when it comes to the wax adhering to it.

Sometimes the wax will contain black flecks, this is caused by the burning of the wick, the only way to avoid this is to melt your wax in either a spoon or melting pot. If using a spoon, you will need to break the wax up first, place in the spoon and melt over a candle. Allow the wax to cool a little before pooring onto your envelope, this will give a better wax impression than if it is hot. You can wipe your spoon with kitchen paper while it is still warm.