Need cookie storing advice please

I always bake my cookies and when they are cold I keep them in  airtight containers (old metal cookies cans or chocolates metal cans), on baking paper.  I decorated them and when they are total dry I packed them in their bags or boxes. No need of the fridge. 

I use Option 1:  keep them in plastic containers with waxed paper in between until a day or two before I need them, then bag them.  I'm sure it would work just as well to bag them and then put them in your containers, but they would take up a lot more space that way I think.

I find the longer my cookies are not in an individual bag, the less fresh they taste down the line.  I let everything dry completely, bag them, and then I put all of the bags in large inexpensive cake carriers (I have 4 of them just for this) so they don't get knocked around or slide off the table (the bags can get slippery).  If I bake the cookies and don't decorate immediately, I store them in the cake carriers with wax paper between layers of cookies. I never put anything iced into the refrigerator, no matter how they are packaged/stored. 

The freshest tasting cookies are those individually bagged as soon as dry.  I think the icing gets harder too when they are unbagged.  All IMHO!

Thank you all for your advice.  I ended up bagging them individually mostly because I had the time to do so and wasn't sure I would in a couple of days!  Good to hear that it seemed like a good option

Hi there !!

 My mom is into a cookie selling in Toronto and I think hot or cold her cookies still taste the best. We usually keep the cookies in metallic cookie jars, however you can always go for good quality food packaging services. All The best !!