When you need to seed a database in Laravel, use this Sublime Text snippet to make the process as quick as possible. Just type `seed` + tab, and then type the name of the table.

Laravel Database Seed Snippet.xml

<snippet>
    <content><![CDATA[
class ${1:TABLENAME}TableSeeder extends Seeder {

    public function run()
    {
        \$${1} = [
            ${2}
        ];

        DB::table('${1}')->insert(\$${1});
    }

}
]]></content>
    <!-- Optional: Set a tabTrigger to define how to trigger the snippet -->
    <tabTrigger>seed</tabTrigger>
    <!-- Optional: Set a scope to limit where the snippet will trigger -->
    <!-- <scope>source.php</scope> -->
</snippet>

http://four.laravel.com/docs/migrations#database-seeding