I have developed a strange new hobby, one up to now I have been keeping secrete. It all started when I went to Harry Potter World, when I was busy spending a small fortune in the gift shop my wife found this for me.
When we got home I did a few for fun then I was hooked! I played around with putting seals on my lists. (I have to write lots of lists, I’m thinking of making a list of all my lists.) I shopped around a bit and discovered you can buy lots of different seals with a variety of waxes, I now have this many!
As with all hobbies I had to buy some helpful accessories some of which looks a little bit like drug paraphernalia (not that I would know of course).
The boys even help me and we have learnt to mix waxes and make lots of interesting effects.
I know it a strange hobby and has no real practical use but I find it entertaining and strangely relaxing. Here are some pictures of me and the youngest making a new seal;
Now it’s time to confess has anyone got a stranger hobby?
Interesting and I like the colours too.
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Thanks, I did manage to find a practical use for it yesterday when I took the Hogwarts seal into school so the kids could make letters from Hogwarts in my club.
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I bet they had fun 🙂
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Not as much fun as me!
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Hmm. You are still very much a child at heart 🙂
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I want to play, totally understand why it would be therapeutic! I love wax seals, they always look so pretty and mysterious… Makes me want to write more letters so I have an excuse to use one. I guess you could make some into bookmarks or use them as personalisation on cards etc if you were of a ‘crafty’ mind.
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I never thought of making book marks. I used one on a birthday card for my sister, she probably died off shock I always forget. They are fairly cheap to buy just look on amazon.
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Now there’s a temptation, especially as I have some Amazon vouchers from Christmas. May end up being my new fad!
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Good luck with it!
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Pretty cool!
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Thanks it is fun if a little odd.
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It’s a healthy hobby, so why stress if it is “odd?!” This word is too “normal” anyways!
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To true. I don’t stress about being odd, I embraced my weirdness a few years ago!
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It takes up a lot less space than my quilting stuff which I always say is about color and pattern. I had a seal and a few colors of wax many years ago when my sister and I had a pen pal hobby. Of course, it’s a little difficult to stamp blog posts. 😉
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Yes its very hard to get the wax of a monitor!
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Very interesting!😍😍
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Thanks
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Some might consider writing with a fountain pen filled with ink from a bottle strange, but your hobby could revive mine
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I use a quill with a metal nib that is dip in an ink well which I know is strange. Embrace your strangeness and use your fountain pen!
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Excellent
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You might even bring back the old style of communicating, write a letter to send with a seal.
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That would be cool
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Trying to leave your mark 🙂 cool
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I’m thinking of taking it a step further and designing my own seal or is that going to far?
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Absolutely. If you are going to have a hobby, go all in!
I do like what you have done with the wax though. There is something so satisfying in melting the wax down, crushing it, and then eventually breaking it apart. Or is that just me?
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It is satisfying
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Absolutely ! Best wishes
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I used to have sealing wax in red, never got a variety. I still have the maiden last initial of “O” with my brass seal. I used this in the 60’s through 70’s when I wrote letters to elementary school “pen pals.” I moved on 3rd grade and still have one friend left from this period of time. 🙂
Since, Eric, we already spoke of one coincidence, I will tell you that 2 of my grandies and I were looking in my special case of tiny collectibles and they held up my brass seal: Yesterday!!
Smiles, Robin
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Gosh it’s becoming spooky!
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I collect corks and fountain pens. One day I will decorate one of my office walls with all those corks and make the biggest bulletin board ever. And then I may write about it with my fountain pens. Or maybe not.
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Do it, that sounds great.
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Hold on, my husband wants to talk to you…
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what would he like to know?
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You gonna come glue the corks to the wall?
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Lol with my DIY skills that would not be a good idea.
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I think it’s an awesome hobby. I have to admit, though, I’ve never done it, but have always wondered how it was done. Thanks for the walkthrough and the wonderful lesson!
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No problem but to be honest it’s very easy.
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I don’t find this strange at all. It’s so cool.
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Thanks, I think it is too but worried everyone else might thought I was odd.
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I think that it’s a nifty hobby! I love the colours in the sealing-wax…very nice!
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Thanks, it’s amazing how many different ones you can buy. I also have fun mixing them.
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It looked like it – I like the pictures showing the mixing of the waxes.
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Thanks
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I can’t agree that yours is a strange hobby, mainly because at one time I shared it. I used to collect the seals taken from the envelopes of original letters too, the personal seals of some well known people. The designs are endless and wonderful. I just about stopped myself having a seal(signet) ring made of my own.
Good luck with the collection.
Hugs
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Thanks, I like the idea of collecting old seals. I have just ordered a personalised seal, no ring yet.
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You’re thinking of making lists of your lists? I used to do that! The bad thing about lists, for me, is that if I put a task on a list, my mind says I can forget about it, because it’s on the list.
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I see the problem, I do make an effort to look at them but there is always that danger.
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