You can customize the packet templates here using any current version of Microsoft Publisher to give them a truly personal touch. Each template. ART REQUIREMENTS Vector Art (be sure to convert the fonts to outlines/paths). Bitmap images such as JPG's must be 300 dpi minimum resolution. Do not send Microsoft Publisher files as we cannot open or use them. If you are wanting only text or need to add additional text to your order, Contact Us via our contact us. I mentioned earlier today in a post on Facebook about using homemade seed packets as a gift idea for stocking stuffers. You can read more about that type of seed. Printable seed envelope template Think about printing your own! Include personalized information for friends or customers. Great for gifts, seed exchanges, merchandising or promotions. I'm going to use them as a school fundraiser or fun gift for garden club members. Formatted as a Microsoft Word document, you won't. Modern Resume Template for Word and Pages| Sleek, sophisticated, modern and professional - what more could you ask for?! A DIY printable seed envelope on kraft paper. Last year was my first time exchanging seeds, & I followed links to the template sites that people posted. While I thought that most of them were cute, I guess I just couldn't understand what bears & angels & cartoon characters had to do with the seeds that I'd be putting inside my packets! I certainly hope it doesn't sound like I'm winding up to criticize other people's seed packets. Because I'm not! #1, The packaging isn't what the seed exchange is all about, anyway. (I don't think any of us really cares 'what they're in' when someone sends us seeds. As long as we just get them!) #2, If/when they're used at all, seed packets are simply matters of preference. & I'm sure glad there aren't 'rules' for THAT, too! Like Mel, I wanted the option of printing my own information on the packets, using my own colors, fonts & sizes. (BTW Mel, that's really a cool idea for wedding favors!) I thought it would be worth my while to design my own. After all, I'd be using the printer anyway (& those darned ink cartridges cost an arm & a leg), so why not use my ink for something of my own? I also have plant profiles & pics of all my flowers saved in my 'Garden' folder, so I embellished my seed packets with information that was only a click away, & included my name & the planting year that the seeds were harvested for. Here's an example of what I ended up with: ( ** I also PM'd Bill to ask permission to use his logo, since he owns the copyright. **) I get 2 seed packets per page & they come out the same size as commercial seeds packets. After cutting the printed page in half, it's not rocket science to figure out where to fold, cut & tape, without having to use more ink for dotted lines. (I use my word processing program & print them as needed.) Again, I don't mean to criticize the going templates. I just wanted to share how I do mine, & thought that Mel might want to play around with this idea, because it's a very open-ended way to make packets exactly the way you want them to turn out! I've been absent here in the seed exchange this year, because last year was the first year I'd ever done it & I guess that my eyes were bigger than my yard. I ended up with more seeds than I had places to plant them! (Which was why I didn't fuss when I didn't get promised seeds back from a couple people that I made exchange agreements with, & had sent my seeds to.) This year I was pretty satisfied with my gardens, & I want to grow the same things again next year (with only a few additions), so I'm staying out of the loop, unless I see that someone wants seeds that I have & can't find anyone else who has them. My flowers are either very common, or so mundane that nobody else would want them!) * * * *. Thank you, Patty! Your seed packets come out awesome! You give some great advice there, and I love the blank templates because you can add all the info and pictures you want. Fortunately or unfortunately, I am a direction follower and need details, patterns, and dotted lines to follow! I've always been like that, but I appreciate and admire the fact that some people (you and my daughter Aimee are two very good examples) can just 'wing it'. I've even seen her create clothing without any directions or patterns and it just amazes me. Mike's link is an excellent one for the blank template and easy to work with to create your own seed packets. My daughter did make the seed packets and they came out beautiful, all I did was collect the seeds!
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