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Home » Tips & Tricks » Clever Tips and Tricks » How To Seal an Envelope– Without Licking It!

How To Seal an Envelope– Without Licking It!

March 12, 2013 by Kara Cook 8 Comments

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Raise your hand if the thought of licking an envelope closed sounds repulsive. Me too! I don’t know what they put in that stuff, but it seems to get nastier and nastier. Do you remember the Seinfield episode where George’s fiance died from licking too many envelopes? I do not want that to happen to any of you. LOL! 🙂

This tip came out of sheer necessity. For my husband’s church calling, he sends out newsletters to missionaries serving all over the world. Over 200 at a time. And I help him. No way am I going to lick 200 envelopes! I know they make those little foam tipped water containers that do the job, but we didn’t have one, and I didn’t want to run to the store.
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So I came up with the brilliant idea of using an old sponge brush. I just keep a small bowl of water on the table, dip the sponge brush in it periodically, and wet the edge of the envelopes. So much better than the old fashioned tongue-method, don’t you think?

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  1. Cheryl

    May 19, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    If you don’t have a sponge brush handy, a make up wedge works too!

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    • Kara Cook

      May 23, 2020 at 8:35 am

      Thanks for the tip Cheryl – that is a great idea!

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  2. Cathy

    January 11, 2015 at 11:05 pm

    I am so happy I came across this! I didn’t know what I was going to do with the invitations I am doing for my daughter’s wedding. I will definitely be doing this from now on. Thank you for sharing!

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    • Kara

      January 12, 2015 at 10:25 am

      So glad you found it in time. Licking all those wedding invitations would have been a nasty job!

      Reply
  3. Rachel

    March 13, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    Um, genius. I am so doing this from now on.

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    • Kara

      March 16, 2013 at 8:22 pm

      Glad to hear I’ve saved at least one person from the horrors of envelope licking! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jillian

    March 12, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Oh, yeah! I hate that! Great idea. 🙂

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