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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI am sorry photobucket locked up my albums. I will repost the tutorial here:
1. Cut paper into a 3 1/2" or 4" square, wider if you need a larger envelope.
2. Fold the square into a triangle like so:
3. Fold the two flaps almost all the way to the base of the triangle:
4. Fold the two corners of the triangle toward the center:
5. Unfold the flaps. Place a piece of transparent tape over the two corners. The envelope will look like this:
Please note the base of the flaps. If the two corners of the triangle are folded a little deeper so that the flaps are not perfectly triangular, small seeds will not leak out.
6. Seeds go in between the two flaps:
7. Fold down the flaps and insert it into the envelope, like so:
Inserting the flap into the envelope keeps seeds from leaking out. I actually got the idea from kizzyseeds and, I believe, tidewaterlily. Both of them sent me seeds in plain folded envelopes with no tape at all. None of the seeds leaked out. Using catalogs was my idea. It's a good way to recycle seed catalogs. :-)
Have fun!
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