Have you ever wanted to save something in a water resistant and airtight clear envelope for safe keeping? A translucent sleeve is the answer. Many stamp collectors have already discovered this secret and keep their precious collectibles in translucent sleeves for posterity. The sleeve protects the items stored within and you can see clearly what items you have placed within the sleeve without having to open it and see. They are not only great for stamp collecting, but for many other things like storing wedding favors, protecting photos stored in albums and as food wrappers. A translucent sleeve or glassine envelope or polypropylene bag can be used to hold candies for wedding favors. Brownies or hard candies can be placed in the envelopes which come in different shapes and sizes. To make the envelopes more decorative seal them with stickers which say thank you or remind the recipient of the occasion and wrap them with satin ribbons. The envelopes come in square shapes and rectangular shapes with angled flaps or curved flaps or even no flaps. A translucent sleeve is traditionally clear, but can be dyed to reflect various colors. However, when dyed they are no longer see through. The added color makes them become opaque. The beauty of a translucent sleeve is its transparency. So you may want to avoid the color. Translucent sleeves are also used for wedding invitations. Add lace or colorful confetti and your invitation comes alive with texture and interest. Add the wedding info and anyone receiving an invitation will feel like the invitation alone is a keepsake that should go into the scrapbook. Not only wedding invitations, but Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs as well as birthday party invitations can be made more exciting by using translucent sleeves. The invitation can be seen through the translucent envelope, so give the recipient something exciting to view before he reads the actual invitation. Throw in some balloons or sparkly sprinkles t give them a hint that it’s a celebration they're being invited to attend. That's the whole idea of the translucent sleeve, to give the recipient a hint of what's to come. The translucent sleeve is a great archival tool if it is acid free and photo quality. Translucent sleeves can be found at many retailers, but a great resource for them is http://www.glassineenvelopes.net/. They'll have everything you need for great invitations, wedding favors or the multiple uses you can conceive of for translucent sleeves.