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Decorative Containers

Category: <span>Decorative Containers</span>

Enjoy the view with decorative storage boxes, bins and baskets. Open containers and glass jars add style when you display your treasures. Boxes with lids corral clutter behind a beautiful façade. Make your containers large or small to meet your unique decorative storage needs.

Browse through our decorative container ideas and inspiration.

Featured Projects

Finished bins

How to Make Blossom Bins

I love to embellish my pieces with stitching and beads. All of those threads and bead tubes, the needles and thimble jumble up on a tray. Cute little Blossom Bins...

Fabric Coil Baskets and Bowls

How to Make a Fabric Rope Bowl

These fabric rope bowls are so much fun to make and they have so many uses! Make a fabric rope bowl for an Easter basket, fruit bowl, notions catch-all, gift...

Finished Hoop Art Project Organizer

How To Make A Hoop Art Project Organizer

Hoop Art is popular, for a reason -- it's a great hand project that is portable to keep your hands busy, be creative, and have a fun handmade piece of...

More Decorative Containers

Fabric tube baskets set of three finished

Easy Fabric Bowl or Basket from Jelly Roll Strips

There’s something quietly satisfying about turning simple fabric strips into something sculptural. If you’ve made a jelly roll rug, you already know the rhythm of stitching a fabric tube and…
Pink rope basket with handles finished

DIY Coiled Rope Baskets and Bowls: Sewing Tutorial

There are so many uses for DIY coiled rope baskets and bowls! From holding your thread, pins and needles for a hand stitching project, to making a larger one to…
DIY fabric rope Easter basket on fireplace close up

DIY Fabric Easter Basket, Free How-To Tutorial

Learn how to make a fabric Easter basket using the fabric rope method. This is a perfect stash-buster project using strips of cotton and quilting fabrics. Pick out the ugly…
Finished kraft tex box with lid

How to Make a Kraft-Tex Box with a Lid

Kraft-Tex is the perfect material to make a project box. I've been working on some crochet mandalas as a mindless TV project. My Kraft-Tex box with a lid now holds…
Finished Kraft-Tex Furoshiki Bag 4

How to Make a Furoshiki Bag with Kraft-Tex

I love look of furoshiki wraps that take a simple square of fabric, then wrap and tie it creatively to turn any object into a pretty package. But most often,…
Finished Hoop Art Project Organizer

How To Make A Hoop Art Project Organizer

Hoop Art is popular, for a reason -- it's a great hand project that is portable to keep your hands busy, be creative, and have a fun handmade piece of…
Finished bins

How to Make Blossom Bins

I've designed the Blossom Bin pattern in three sizes - from tiny to medium and large. These Blossom Bins are made with Kraft-Tex.
Coin purses

Everything You Want to Know About Working With Kraft-Tex

Kraft-Tex is a rugged paper that looks, feels and wears like leather, but cuts, sews and washes like fabric. It is supple and lightweight, yet strong enough to use for…
Car Caddy - Road Trip Ready

Make Your Own Car Caddy

I was so tired of digging through the console in my car when I needed something! It's placed a little far back for me to reach without turning, and that…

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