On 12/11/2003 12:22 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these
great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:

A stationary supply store should have some plain white boxes in the size
(or close to it) that you want. Put the "goodies" in a zip lock bag,
and put in the box and wrap. The zip lock will keep them fresh and the
recipient will not have to worry about what to do "with another"
decorative metal tin.

Just my $0.02 worth.


I plan to do my holiday baking this year for friends around the
country that I will not be able to see during the holidays, as I do
every year.

This year, however, money is tighter than usual, and I'm finding that
buying tins to send to each person is a little pricey, especially when
the size I get (usually 9" x 9" x 2.5") is usually $3-ish, and I send
out roughly 10-20 of these.

Are there any suggestions on festive, inexpensive packaging for
cookies/brownies? I use the Priority mail packaging, which is 12.125"
x 13.375" x 2.75" - so the limiting factor here is height. I can sew
and craft, but if someone knows a pre-fab idea I'm up for that too.
(Yay timesaving.)

TIA for suggestions.

Happy Holi-daze,
Sara