New Neighbor Gift...

We live in a good neighborhood - but not necessarily tight-knit.  

Still - I try to welcome newcomers in some way. 

 Homemade baked goods are my 'go-to' gift. 

 And then I pray they don't have food allergies. 

(I always figure there's probably at least somebody in the family that can eat them.)

 

I don't often make chocolate chip cookies cause My Love 

doesn't like chocolate - but the rest of the world does right?

So I whipped up a batch using chocolate and peanut butter chips -

(it's what was on hand) and guess what - hubby loves them!  

Good thing they didn't all fit in the basket.

 

Speaking of baskets - I keep a lookout for cute

 containers and pick them up for such occasions.

  This one was 'free'.  I lined it with a scrap of denim fabric - 

added the plastic bag of cookies and finished it off with a bow.

I like to include a card with our name and contact information,  

just 'cause I think it's good to know how to get hold

 of your neighbors if you need to.

 Then I hand delivered our little gift when I saw 

they were home so we could have a face-to-face meet.

 

Now here's hoping they'll think of the cookies when

 they become annoyed with our barking dog! ~Joyce