The backwards 'H'

I decided it would be a nice touch to our wedding invitations to close them with a wax seal.

So rather than buying a 'B' for my last name, I decided to be forward thinking and buy an 'H'. I also bought the non-glue gun wax. The kind that you heat up with a flame and let drip on the envelope. Very crafty...huh?

So we sit down and get the invitiations addressed, stuffed, and ready for waxing. And in my infinite wisdom we do a test wax. I look at the impression...and the H is backwards. So I try it again, as if it would change, and it is still backwards. I read online and find out that in old times, when people sealed their letters with wax and a signet ring, the images were reversed because the ring was meant to be looked at...um...well not backwards.

The history of this is great. But I think people would look at the 'H' and say...it's backwards! So we went back to the store...and all of the 'H's' are backwards (or right ways...but will stamp backwards). As a side note, the 'B's' were right, go figure.

Never a dull moment!