An article of manufacture for providing a secure desktop item receptacle includes a hollow container, an attaching base coupled to a bottom surface of the hollow container for attaching the container to a desktop, and a star shaped opening through a top surface of the hollow container providing access to the inside volume of the container. The attaching base includes a suction cup attachment device on a bottom surface of the attaching base, and a support pedestal between the suction cup attachment device and the hollow container. The hollow container has a spherical shape, a goblet shape and an octagon shape. The container may be made of rubber, silicone, plastic, metal and glass and mixtures thereof.