My 3" Alesis monitors are up on tissue boxes with egg cartons glues to them (not exaggerating!!). They serve me well, and the past half year has given them a lot of use as well as giving my ears a lot of time to get used to how they sound. 
But with the fragility of my (meant-to-be) temporary "monitor stands", they've actually fallen off of my desk a fair number of times, and it's starting to get to be an actual problem.
 
So I'm looking for just some sort of small bookshelf frame or support that those small monitors can rest on. Realize I'm not running a pro-level studio or anything by any means, so sound isolation isn't really the goal, just looking for a relatively cheap-yet-elegant solution to the current setup I've got. Months ago I had a big plan laid out, but my bedroom/studio is starting to form in a different way that begs to be a bit more modular - tighter, more accurate setup for studio work, looser, more open setup when gaming or gumming around.
 
Any ideas, guys?

It sounds like you're looking for an inexpensive monitor pad like this:
 
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MoPAD
 

I guess money is an issue.
Get some free foam mouse pads from a trade show. Or cut up some carpet padding, there are different types. Then go to a Michaels hobby store, or similar for cheap but adequate wooden boxes.

Go to a construction site, outside the fence, for discarded wood to make ramps or shelves. There are options.
I remember the days 40 years ago. 😊

TheMaartian
It sounds like you're looking for an inexpensive monitor pad like this:
 
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MoPAD

Looking more for something that's is going to raise the height of my monitors. I did neglect to mention - they're on tissue boxes so that the tweeters are at ear-level. It's about a 9-in difference.
 

Joe_A
I guess money is an issue.
Get some free foam mouse pads from a trade show. Or cut up some carpet padding, there are different types. Then go to a Michaels hobby store, or similar for cheap but adequate wooden boxes.

Go to a construction site, outside the fence, for discarded wood to make ramps or shelves. There are options.
I remember the days 40 years ago. 😊

Money is not *so much* the problem - I could shell out tons on a pair of amazing monitors and stands to fit, but at the moment I just don't do anywhere near *enough* audio work to justify such a big purchase - nor do I have the space for it.I'm just doing a lot of experimenting and kinda want something that looks a bit nice while still being functional.
I think I *will* take you up on that second idea of building my own set, though, that'd be fun and not so costly!
 
Other recommendations are of course appreciated!

The next step up (quality and height ) are the IsoAcoustics ISO-L8R monitor stands. They're height-adjustable. Here's a good video showing the difference between them and the MoPads.
 
http://www.isoacoustics.com/products/iso-l8r-series-speaker-isolation-stands/
 
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ISOL8R130
 

Somehow I feel I'm being duped with that video. Sure there could be a (almost inaudible) difference but this was sounding like someone flipping an EQ on and off in sync with the video. 
How can the stand effect the EQ output of a speaker that much where I can hear it on my laptop,, only factor I could see is reflections because of the different height. The test would have been 100% more effective if the speakers stayed at the same height above the shelf and disk. After all he had to move the mikes too which just a little change in direction would make the EQ change. 

That video is not the most scientific test, and I agree that the results sound exaggerated.
 
That said, loudspeaker placement plays a really important role in monitoring, and decoupling monitors can be really helpful, so their stands may be really effective in some rooms. But yeah, the video discourages me from looking further.

FTR, I built floor standing stands for my monitors, and I decouple them with foam, I think the Auralex pads, but I don't remember.

Hockey pucks.

My NSM 10's came with these rubber strips that I stuck on the sides ( bottom) It's not much but it results in the box having a 1/8" space and the rubber is the only thing sitting on the shelf which is soft Pine. The speakers front face is just beyond the edge of the shelf too.
There's another thread going here where the OP has trouble with reflections from his desk. I don't really have that issue for a few reasons.
There's a lot of gear on the desk. There is not much clear surface when I'm working. Controller, Keyboard, Mixer, audio interface with a Pre amp on top, note book, guitar picks, microphones, capo on and on. The perfect random defuser!
The desk is soft Pine not hard at all. I avoid polished hardwood or Formica.  
The speakers are about 2.5 feet from my ears. At 75-85db they are going to dominate the room.