• flower or vegetable seeds
• ribbon
• tulle or lace
  or
• decorative paper and glue
• rubber stamps and ink or paint (optional)

For a more customized look, design a seed packet of your own. Carefully take apart at store-bought seed packet to use as a template. Design the new packet on your computer and print it on decorative paper. Or you can hand-decorate the paper with rubber stamps and ink or with painted decorations. Make sure to include care instructions for the plant on the packet. Glue the packet together on the sides, and pour the seeds inside. Fold the top down, and tie it closed with a ribbon.

You can further personalize the seed packets by attaching a tag with a poem/song lyric that connects the type of plant with love, or that relates growth to love.

Take a look through the Gothic Gardening website for ideas on what type of seeds to purchase. This site is chock full of history and lore behind a huge variety of dark and spooky-sounding plants. If you want your guests to actually use the seeds, try to choose plants that are easy to care for and don't require very specific temperature and soil conditions.