photo credit: Post Punk Kitchen

I knew there’s a good reason I save old tea boxes!  Here’s a cookie box idea from Post Punk Kitchen (via Readymade).  They packaged homemade cookies into a recycled tea box and even placed a few bags of tea under the cookies.

I think this is a perfect gift for an informal visit with a friend or neighbor.  It’s nice enough to be thoughtful, but it doesn’t have that “I owe you one” obligatory feeling that some gifts carry.  So today I dug through my stash of recycled boxes & containers.  Here are some favorites, and surely I’ll save more for visiting during the holidays.