These DIY Wax Seal Place Cards Are Utterly Charming

By  Trisha Sprouse Updated
DIY gold wax seal place card with dried florals on top of place setting on table Trisha Sprouse

Want to set a table that wows? Welcome guests to their seat with a gorgeous place card that doubles as table decor. The wax seal detail is an elegant ode to a bygone era, especially in these fast-paced digital days, and the dried florals add a soft, romantic touch that contrast nicely with the raw edges of the paper. Perfect for holiday celebration or special occasion, these place cards are easy to make — thanks to glue gun sealing wax sticks — and serve as beautiful keepsakes your guests can take home after the event.

Six DIY gold wax seal place cards with dried flowersTrisha Sprouse

Things Needed

Step 1

Place a sealing wax stick inside the glue gun, and turn the heat on low. (Make sure there's no residual glue stick left in the cartridge first.)

Three gold sealing wax sticks next to glue gun loaded with wax stickTrisha Sprouse

Step 2

Once the glue gun is warmed up, pipe a circle of wax onto parchment paper that's slightly larger than the size of a quarter.

Piping quarter sized amount of gold wax out of glue gun onto parchment paperTrisha Sprouse

Step 3

Press the wax seal stamp firmly into the center of the melted wax, and hold it in place for about 10 to 15 seconds.

Pressing wax seal stamp into melted waxTrisha Sprouse

Then slowly lift the stamp off the wax and let the wax cool. You may need to carefully peel the wax seal off the stamp.

Finished gold wax seal cooling on parchment paperTrisha Sprouse

Tip

To prevent the stamp from sticking to the wax, keep a bag of frozen peas or similar nearby, and keep the stamp (on the wax paper) on top of it. The wax peels off more easily when the stamp is cold.

Step 4

Continue making wax seals in the same manner until you have one for each place card.

Eight gold wax seals cooling on parchment paperTrisha Sprouse

Step 5

Either print or handwrite your guests' names onto blank place cards. We printed guests' names onto cardstock and tore each one to create a raw edge detail.

Guest names printed onto cardstock with one square torn outTrisha Sprouse

Step 6

Create a small floral bundle with two to three stems of dried florals (we used bunny tails, pampas grass, and baby's breath). With a low temp glue gun, hot glue the stems to the back of the wax seal.

Dried florals hot glued to back of gold wax sealTrisha Sprouse

Step 7

Hot glue the wax seal in the center of the name card.

Gold wax seal and dried flowers glued to center of raw edged place cardTrisha Sprouse

Placed atop a plate or napkin, these place cards are sure to bring a touch of timeless beauty to your table.

DIY gold wax seal place card with dried florals on top of place setting on tableTrisha Sprouse

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