lots of times it's not what's IN the package as much as it is the FACT of the package. So you could get a bunch of identical gift boxes, and fill them w/ just-slightly-fancy or slightly unusual candy--not that many pieces, really, so a large bag could cover lots of people. Then do some sort of slightly fancy wrapping--use a color ink-jet printer to print out a "sleeve" that simply wraps around the middle of the box. Look at Martha Stewart Weddings for wedding-favor packing ideas.

This would make a great 1st Class Postage Swap item. Thanks for asking the questions and thanks everyone for working so hard looking things up and it wasn't even my question.\ I have a paper to wear to honor holocaust victims.An idea that started in a little school about 2 hours north of me in the middle of no where. It's a great story and if you have the change to see the little documentry about these wonderful kids and their teachers it fabulous it's called "Paper Clips" and it airs on HBO quite often. Here is a link that might be useful: More ideas

You can also go to the gallery at this forum and follow the instructions to upload a picture. I usually have to shrink the pictures on my computer before I upload because there is a size limit. There is a way to make the picture show up in the body of your message, but I've forgotten how to do that. I usually just post the picture link from the gallery in my topic thread.

I believe that the Exposures catalog has some larger archival-quality boxes. Newspapers, unfortunately, aren't made for the long haul. They get brittle, depending on the ink they fade and I have suspicions about the new "recycled/greener" newsprint. So it's good that you're thinking about hot to store them better so that they'll hold up OK for 10-15 years (my sister puts her kids' stuff in a Staples printer-paper box; not good! LOL!) I think that if there are some very special clippings, you might want to laminate them. Being a journalist, I saved some of my work in the original form for years. And you generally want to keep the newspaper flat, not folded as you see it in the stacks at the store or in the newspaper-vending box. Eventually I got tired of keeping huge boxes under the bed, and having to shlep them in my car everytime I moved (those clips were my resume, so no way would I put them in a moving van!). So I had the clips professionally photocopied and laminated some of the better ones. Also: Have you considered having some of the paper memories scanned and turned into a book via Snapfish/Blurb/Shutterfly/Kodak, etc.? I think you'd LOVE to have one of those for yourself for when (gulp!) the kids are grown and out of the house!