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I built the plant stand to fit three clay pots I had left over from making the mill last year.  After I was done building I thought the pots looked too short in the stand...and that they looked funny without saucers.

I tried my hand at making a saucer out of cardboard.  It turned out well, but the pot still looks too short.

I found some wooden pots and buttons in my stash that are taller, but aren't quite wide enough.  I sanded one down to have a realistic shape.

Then I thought it would be nice to make hand-made pottery, so the pots would be unique.  My supply of air dry clay (which took forever to find in the depths of my craft supply closet) is as hard as a brick, and I didn't want to wait for it to soften with water, so I grabbed the paperclay I bought a while ago to experiment with.

I can't believe how light paperclay is...I understand why it's used for stone finishes on dollhouse walls...I think if you put it on a scale its weight would be a negative number.

I had fun making some lopsided pots, but they didn't turn out good enough to use in the plant stand.  With some practice I'm sure I can turn out nice pieces, but I don't have time to practice right now.

The next day I tried my hand at making a pair of square pots from scraps of wood.  I finished one, the second is still unassembled...I wasn't thrilled with it.

I also made a pot from textured paper and a round metal thing I found in my stash.  I like how it turned out, but the style doesn't fit the look I'm going for with this piece, so I'll save it to use elsewhere.

Now that I've played around with some ideas I've decided to use two of the clay pots, one on each end, since they are what I built the plant stand to fit and I've got an idea to make them a bit taller...and in the middle, between the clay pots, the taller wooden pot I sanded so hard to shape.

Now that my decision is made...whew!...I can proceed.