I had this idea to send a tin of cookies and other goodies to family for the Holidays.
Question is....where to buy empty tins? And has anyone done this? Did the items arrive in one piece?
I as thinking of sending sugar cookies, chocolate dipped pretzel sticks and some cake truffles.
i've gotten empty tins at hobby lobby (they have tons of them for christmas) or michaels, wal-mart, just about anywhere. i get them the day after christmas for cheap. hobby lobby usually has the best ones IMHO.
i've sent things across the country. send your sturdier stuff. obviously the delicate stuff doesn't travel well. i usually add some wax paper for a buffer.
good luck!
I have TONS of tins. I used to be obsessed with "collecting" them, now I give all my goodies away in them just to try to unload some of the silly things. One of my favorite places to get them was at Big Lots-they have larger ones than the dollar stores, sometimes several sizes of one pattern... I don't think you can bake in them, they're usually pretty thin and flimsy and I'm not so sure about the paint on the outside-might give off fumes or something. Even though my sister did bake a metal tray once on accident (it was stuck to a pizza pan) and nobody died...
I have TONS of tins. I used to be obsessed with "collecting" them, now I give all my goodies away in them just to try to unload some of the silly things. One of my favorite places to get them was at Big Lots-they have larger ones than the dollar stores, sometimes several sizes of one pattern... I don't think you can bake in them, they're usually pretty thin and flimsy and I'm not so sure about the paint on the outside-might give off fumes or something. Even though my sister did bake a metal tray once on accident (it was stuck to a pizza pan) and nobody died...
Lol..thats funny!...I won try baking on them then! 
I've gotten them at dollar stores, as well as bigger supermarkets.
Another idea is to stock up on the holiday-printed Glad and Ziploc plastic containers. They make ones esp. for cookies around the holidays and will likely be cheaper than buying tins.
I just bought some last night from Wal-Mart, they are so modern and cheap. They have all different designs and styles, and range in price from $2.00-$5.00 dollars. I'm going to buy 2 or 3 each time I go to shopping, so it doesn't seem like I'm shelling out such a big chunk right before the holidays.
what about ebay? I'm a huge ebay junkie (no pun intended) so I always try to find the best bargains on there...
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