I actually got Christmas cards in the mail this year! Some of them _might_ even arrive before Saturday. Some of them might not arrive at all since I guessed on some of the addresses.

Also I played with the sealing wax I got for Christmas last year. I'm quite curious about three things:

1) how will the old-fashioned seals make it through the modern mail machinery?

2) Where can I buy more sealing wax? I love this stuff. It's an opportunity to play with fire, squish things and end up with something pretty. What more could I ask for?

3) How do you clean off a seal that has wax stuck in the tiny grooves? I discovered this happens (and worse) if you use a seal that's too warm. (For instance, if you've been trying to clean it off by melting the wax off in the candle.) I've tried most of the usual remedies. I'm not sure the wax is close enough to candle wax to have the old-wives-methods work. I'm wondering if there's a long lost art of keeping your seals clean, and where can I find out about it in this age of information? I'll keep you posted.