Where to buy seed envelopes?

I haven't found any locally. Where does everyone buy their little plastic seed bags? Tamara

Hi Tamara
The cheapest I found recently was from e-bay,
They are based in UK, but I don't know what price postage to US would be, Their trading name, on the uk e-bay site is "coopack" - but perhaps you would get someone in the US selling them too.

They cost £2.99 for 1,000 and I think I paid about £4 to get them delivered to me in Ireland, This still worked out at about 1/5th of the price that i usually pay locally!

Seed bags are listed in the section under "Packing and posting supplies" and come either plain or "write on"
The size I bought is 2.25" x 3" - this is "size 2" - they do also have other sizes
Hope this helps
Sue

I wonder if there's any sources within the US.. cuz we also have to think of currency conversion. I think 4£ is close to $8USD and that's to Ireland. It's even more to ship it over to the US and I wonder if there's custom involved. Does any one know of sources that's closer cuz I'd like to get them too...

Wal Mart, craft section.

Sweet. Awesome. Thanks.

locsden, They are hard to find at Wal-Mart, and the employees might swear they don't sell them if you ask. They are near the beads and embroidery hoops -- and always below knee level!

Suzy

brother in law calls them Wal Martians. My apologies to any who work there, but an apt name for some of my experiences.

Poop. They don't have them at our Walmart. Guess I'll try ebay. There should be some based in the U.S. Tamara

y'll happen to know how much they go for there??

humm... wonder if people would trade plants or seeds for that.. I wonder.. I got to find Walmart first though

Do y'all have a Hobby Lobby? They prob. would have them.

no... we have michaels and joann that sell craft and embrodery stuff.. wonder if they carry it.

Just bought 500 off of ebay for $11.25 total. Tamara

I buy mine at Michaels - usually in the section with beads.

Michaels. That's a place I hit all the time.. Between crocheting and painting, I'm there a least twice a month to get supplies... I'll check that place out..

Walmart sells 150 for about $1.99 if you are doing the math for buying them elsewhere.

cool. thank you.

Sounds like I way overpaid. I'll try Michael's next time. Tamara

Jo Anne carries them.

Oh good... I'm right across the street from them... I think I will head over tomorrow then... Thanks.

Check out paper mart .com they come in bags of 1000, cheap. with white spot for printing on them or without.

I bought mine at Michael's also.

Sheran

I just checked out the prices at papermart. They are cheap cheap cheap.. but 1000. That's like a life time supply of it... lolll Got to see I want to do...

I bought glasine (sp?) envelopes - the kinds that stamp collectors use for my trades. No trapped moisture in the seeds and no oil products used in the making.

yankee, sounds environmentally responsible... where did you get that?

eBay. But I think any hobby store that carries stamps would have them as well.

cool... thanks.

Oh - thanks for that "tip".....I've been trying to get the glasine ones...perfect for tiny seeds as the seeds don't stick to them....forgot about the stamp collectors using them!

i hope this helps

http://www.clearbags.com/?category%7CGLAS

heres 2 more

http://cgi.ebay.com/250-Small-Glassine-Bags-Envelopes_W0QQitemZ110148396663QQihZ001QQcategoryZ106438QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/100-1-3-4-x-2-3-4-Glassine-Envelopes-GK01-C_W0QQitemZ280134081120QQihZ018QQcategoryZ33160QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

here another place . This where I get mine.

Wanring visitign this site just may turn you into a Daylily fanatic. So be warned. : )

http://daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?tools&1184712960

Ya get 500 bags and it only like 3.50 for postage

Whoopee!....my search is over....thanks guys!

Those glycine envies in the links are still pretty pricey -- 6x the cost of the plastic zips. Maybe we need to find the glycine manufacturer and get a coop going! And getting a bit smaller envies would also help the cost go down, I should think.

Also, those envelopes typically do not have glue on the flaps? There is something weird about how you'd have to close them for seeds -- a double fold and tape? Or is a double fold good enough (no tape)?

Suzy

I checked out the clear bag place, it's a bit expensive when you factor in shipping.. I acutally got mine from JoAnn, 200 for $2.65(includes tax). Think that'll last me a while..

yes, the paper mart is costly with posage, but that is for a box of 1000 that will last for a long time and arrive at your door. FAST.

http://www.dianeseeds.com/ has smaller amount of glassine envelopes for sale. Not to mention a great selection of seeds! ;-) Tamara

I get mine at Wally World(Walmart) in the pill section of the pharmacy.

Lavina

I like the idea of glassine but I have problems with it not being sealable...

I don't remember the price, but I bought a box of small manila envelopes from Staples for a reasonable price (I think they were coin envelopes). It will be a long time for me to use all of them.

I have the plastic ones too, but I bought them at a flea market in Lewisburg, PA. I got 200-300 of them for $1.00.
RatherB

Thanks folks looked in Micheals and bought 200 bagettes in the bead section for under $3.