The Find of the Month... March 2001, that is

I was in Little Rock, Arkansas last week for business. On one our free afternoons, my colleague and I took an unguided tour around town in our rental car. On our drive, we passed by an intriguing little thrift shop adjacent to a small church, so we made a quick turn and stopped in to have a look.

This was not the most incredible thrift shop, as thrift shops go, but it did have a nice selection of old magazines for 75 cents a piece. Since we were facing a lovely series of flights to get home (Little Rock to Dallas to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara), I went ahead a bought a few.

Aside from the adverts in the March 1996 "Martha Stewart Living," my favorite bit of my reading was the "Find of the Month" in the March 2001 copy of "Living." The find that month was silver pot saucers as indoor plant stands. Here is what "Martha" had to say:

Despite their attractiveness, houseplants aren't always welcome in the living room; they're a but earthy and they tend to spill their drinks. But dressed up with silver saucers, even plain clay pots will look at home on any tabletop--without leaving rings or traces of soil.

I had been using old or broken pottery as spill-catchers for my indoor plants, but I thought Martha's idea was much more elegant and sophisticated, so today I went to the thrift shop at lunch and scored a few silver pot saucers of my own. Below are a few photos of my finds (sorry about the poor quality--these were taken on my phone...):