Firstly, you want to make sure you can provide a stable environment in terms of humidity and temperature on order to gain the maximum potential from all those precious little seeds you bought. I want to start out by saying that my word is not written in stone. I am a novice and would not recommend gardening based solely on my recommendations. However, you will see the direct results of my decisions and hopefully can take the good with the bad and learn something in the process.
Ok.... I am cheap and did not want to but a new heating pad for my seeds this year. I am using my actually heating pad for physical pain which is proving to be an actual pain because it automatically shuts off after 2 hours! Anyway, get your heating pad or some other sort of heating mechanism and set up your flats. Cover the flats completely with plastic wrap so that the humidity stays nice and high. This is a good part of the process to invest in a digital thermometer so you can know what the kids are sitting at.
After you have figured out how to get the temperature you like (I do over 78 but under 86 fahrenheit), go ahead and plant your seeds in accordance to the directions on the package. Cover these bad boys, cover them again to keep out light (I use 3 trashbags layered) and wait.
Once you see little cotyledon leaves you are almost ready to put under light. Keep in mind that all plants, as well as seeds from the same plant, germinate at their own pace. Do not get discouraged at the time it takes because this is nature spacing out the harvest/flowering times for these plants in order to keep them surviving through time and space.
Once they sprout you should begin to see images like this:
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