I did some of the same thing this week!
Started picking pieces and putting
them in brown grocery bags. I did some (and have
a bunch more glass) so that I could pick up one bag,
wash the pieces, and put together one totem.

OOOOhhh....can't wait to see all of your creations!!!!

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT'S TOTEM TIME!!!!! Fun almost instant gratification. Cant wait to see all of the pics. Hope you have made friends with your camera. I constantly fight with mine. No, we are not close. It thinks I'm using it. I think it should be able to read my mind. Can you imagine?

Nona,
Hooray! So glad that you have the same idea! :-) It's fun isn't it? Trying to get the right pieces together is like art...Gluing them is fun too so they don't fall and break.

Marlene,
YES, I'll have them posted hopefully by this weekend. Got to make space on the hard drive....UGH.

Susie,
You are just too funny! My camera is freinds with me. It's been lonely for awhile. It mostly comes out in the spring and summer to take pictures of flowers. Like I said with Marlene, hubby has to make room on the hard drive since my boys download app's and music from iTunes--it eats up all the space. (space HOG!)...Time for a computer Spring Cleaning!

Love, Jules

Wow, you got a lot done! I hem and haw too much and take too much time trying to decide how I want them to look. I need to just start gluing and get them done! :)

Jules, sounds like you had a really nice time crafting, while getting more organized at the same time .... something I badly need to do! (my basement, ugh!) Look forward to seeing pics of them! ~tenderlee

I"m jealous! You were super productive. I decided that I can't take over the dining room table again, so I'm waiting till its warm enough to work on the back porch or even in the yard. Can't wait to see pics.
kathy

I'm excited too. I did jinx myself the other day because I broke one of them (not completely) parts of it were still salvagable (is that even a word that can be spelled and it seems right?). I'm just WAITING because I don't want to be stupid again! :-)
Love, Jules

Can't wait for the pics!! This weekend???

And yes, salvagable is a word!! Some trivia... English is the only language that has within its rules, the ability to create new, true word just by adding 'a-b-l-e' to the end of any word.

So remember, when you see that cool piece of art glass, yup! It's totemable!!

Ok all are done except I still need to put the backs on three flowers. BUT, the pictures are all there. Scroll down to 3/26 to see the photos on my website. Some pop more than others.....and I found another casualty of storage---one flower was broken. there are salvagable parts that I need to get apart....
Enjoy!

Love, Jules

Here is a link that might be useful: Jules' Totems

My gosh, you have been busy! I love the blue one that looks like a mushroom or upside-down tulip! The flowers are pretty cool also...good luck with this project! Your work area is great! Thanks for sharing pics. Jeanne S.

Oops! Sorry...double-posted! Jeanne S.

You have some really beautiful pieces of glass!
I rarely see anything square, and you found
loads of square pieces. I am envious. You have
one of 'my' amethyst plates, too, I see! LOL I
have a service for 4-bought in the 60's.
They made wonderful totems and flowers.

Unbelievable haul of glass.
As for the totems they are "beauties"

Long long time ago we bought land in Leona Valley;
we kept it for years thinking of retiring there,
but then we found Murrieta Valley and we had to pick
and of course being near my grandkids won out and we sold Leona Valley.

Good Luck selling those beautiful totems!

Sylvia

Thank you Jeanne, Nona and Sylvia!!! I have collected all that glass over the year and at this point was just hanging around collecting dust. Just HAD to create with it! My flowers are getting glued up with flanges and the reaminder of pipes are being painted. I really like the purple glass flower one....

Oh, Jeanne, Leona Valley is about 30 minutes or so from my place. Hubby and I were just out there a few weeks ago passing through to go to the shooting range. On the way back we stopped at ate at Crazy Ottos there on 90th and Elizabeth Lake Rd. ....

Love, Jules

They are very pretty. I am debating whether I should make a totem on a stake so I can put it in my planter or just hold off until I get a yard or more outdoor space. I recognized a turquoise avon bottle on top of one totem. I have that bottle in my collection and just love it. It is such a gorgeous color and, what people can't see well in the photo, is it has great texture too. I really like the crystal flower and cobalt blue upside down tulip. But they are all gorgeous!

You know Luna, it isn't until you get more space and more freedom to do what you want to to your yard that that comes about. I remember when we moved back to this city and rented a HOME that I started getting the itch for a garden. I tried a small garden there with some success. And it really wasn't until someone over on the Garden Chat on the Delphi Forums showed me her BB! That was when I made my first one...and I think someone from there pointed me here to the Garden Junk Forum here. Adn you know how the story goes when you start reading all the posts for the first time. It's like your brain gets going on a gazillion ideas.

Yeah I agree with you on the textures of some of the pieces. Sometimes they don't show up real well in photos. And like someone else was saying about collectables (which the avon ones are) I just look at them as pieces to use in my creations. Thank you for your wonderful comments.

Love, Jules