Charming Vintage Tins... Packaging Gifts from the Kitchen

If you've been reading our Frugal Luxuries: Food blog...

you'll know that I've been doing some cookie baking!!

Before we left to meet our very good friend, LeAnna, for brunch on Saturday...

I pulled some of our pre~made cookie dough from the freezer

and baked a small batch to share with her.

(She is famous for being a supreme appreciator of all variety of cookies!!)

At first I was going to package them in a little cardboard box...

until I remember this vintage tin I had found at a thrift shop last summer...

and stored in my Gift Pantry TM !

I lined the bottom with an oblong paper doily and piled in the still~warm cookies!


Thinking that a nice cup of tea would be a lovely accompaniment to the cookies...

I tucked a few tea bags into a cellophane bag...popped them onto a small round paper doily

...and set them atop the cookies inside the tin.


I replaced the snug tin~top

(it will keep these...and future cookies...quite fresh).


Thinking it needed just a bit more embellishment...

I chose a vintage ribbon from our apothecary jar filled with recycled

bows, ribbons, garlands and other goodies...


and draped it around the side of the tin...

culminating in a simple bow at the top!


Next, I dug out a vintage dress clip

from our jumbled collection of vintage jewelry...

...and clipped it atop the bow

for a bit of holiday sparkle.

I popped it into a small gift bag to keep it dry...

as we met our lovely friend, LeAnna, in a light winter rain

and enjoyed a happy morning together!