I use a glass jar with screw-top metal lid from Target (housewares section). They have them in three sizes if I remember correctly, so you can mix and match depending on your needs. They look like remakes of jars from long ago, so have that old-fashioned look to them, but clean enough lines to be contemporary as well. I have a small one for spools and a larger one for ribbons. They have flat tops so you could stack them if desired.
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