revenge of the souffle dishes

[rm]

So Patty and I really like those pre-made chocolate souffle things they sell at Trader Joe's. This has resulted in us having over 20 of these miniature ceramic souffle dishes (diameter of 3.5"; 1.5" high) in our house. We've used some to put small potted plants over to catch water drips, but seriously, we have stacks and stacks of these things, and, well... we think they are breeding.

To what useful purpose can we put them?

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[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

Some of them could be used as organizers for small objects kept in drawers: paperclips, screws, safety pins, etc. Others could be used to make pincushions: stuff a circle of fabric very firmly and glue into the dish, The pincushions don't have to be used for pins - they are also good for holding brooches, hat-pins, and other sharp thin things. Paint them to use as nut and candy dishes, or for dipping sauces for foccacia or chips. Paint them and fill them with marbles or little flattened glass balls and use to hold paint brushes, pens, flash drives, styluses, or hair sticks. Paint them, cut florist's foam to fit inside, then push painted (or natural) many-branched small twigs in them and fill with moss or small pebbles and use to hold jewelry or display small ornaments or as placeholders. You could also put an alligator clip in it instead of a twig to use as a noteholder or recipe card holder. They also make excellent food dishes for small pets like hamsters or mice or even ferrets, or treat dishes for cats or tiny dogs. Fill a tulle or cheesecloth bag with potpourri and tie with a ribbon, then use a decorated souffle dish to hold the potpourri - it can be slid into linen cabinets and dresser drawers to scent things or left out to scent the room. Decorate, fill with water and float a floating candle in it - a cluster of them on a mirror is very pretty. Glue them to the tops of short turned pieces of wood (with wide bases) and decorate to make child-sized fancy goblets or elevated nut and candy dishes. Decorate them and use as fingerbowls. Decorate them and put a lump of non-hardening clay inside and use to burn joss sticks. Use as "pinch pots" for cooking - to hold small ingredients or spices to be added as you cook - or decorating sugars - or for separating eggs: yolks in one, whites in another.