Totems are so much fun to make. Mostly the fun starts when you go looking for plates, bowls, vases or whatever. I love thrift stores and consignment stores, they have a great variety to chose from.
The pic on the bottom is a type of milk glass, forget what they call it. It's function will be to put little cakes and candies on for Christmas, the rest of the time it will hold fruit. That is the only one that isn't glued yet because I'm looking for a really pretty opalescent vase to go with it, The plates are antique and that vase with it isn't a vase but an old fashion soda glass that they used when you went to the corner drug store that had a soda fountain in it. Sure miss those nickel cherry cokes we used to get.
The one thing to make sure of, actually a couple of things is to have the heavier plate on the bottom and to make sure you have everything right there withing reach and you know for certain how you want them stacked. So play around first with several different plates and vases or whatever you use and then when you discover the one you like the best then glue it.
