When I was growing up most of the socializing our family did was with family and a close-knit group of friends. These are the people you are closest to and so bringing a hostess gift and sending thank you gifts wasn’t part of the deal. The result is that I’ve always felt just a little challenged by the “small gift” concept.
One of my favorite things to do for a small gift is to bake. Of course, then my upbringing rears its head again and I feel like I have to give everyone an entire batch of goodies. Well, that makes the gift giving process a little too labor intensive.
I recently discovered a pretty and fun solution to my problem – candy boxes! My girls needed to mail thank you presents to a couple of people who went out of their way to help them with a Christmas present. They decided to bake for them and settled on a bar candy that everyone loves.
I thought it was a great idea but we were having trouble figuring out how to wrap it up. So off I went to the local craft store in search of a packaging solution and that’s when I found candy boxes. They are these wonderful small boxes that will hold 1/2 dozen of these fabulous bars and they look great!
The girls are thrilled and I am happy because we were able to package up the rest of the pan and share them with neighbors. A perfect solution.
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