My bid card, installation program and photo of my chapter with our new charter.

Here is the picture of the plaque I was talking about:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../TKNplaque.jpg

Ooooh that's really pretty.

Fave stuff
 

I thought about this for a moment and I have two items that tie as my favorite. The first is my T-Shirt quilt I had made with all my Zeta shirts (I only saved one set of stitched letters) when I graduated school. I even have a pair of zeta shorts in it! Love it!!
The second is my banner. It was a local tradition at TTU for bigs to have banners made for their littles, and they are given when you get initiated. They are quilted wall hangings done in "family" patterns. They have your chapter name, etc on them. You get the same pattern as your big/family (Mine has a large angel (our local mascot), with a crown in the corner.) Your big picks fabrics that are special for you. Mine is in silver, tie-dye purple and checkered flag. I know that sounds pretty tacky. I remember when I went through recruitment, and each chapter we visited had all these quilted things hanging on the walls with everyone's name, each a little different, but all chapters at my school had banners in some form. I remember DG's anchor ones being really cute too.

My favorite non-sentimental thing is my small totebag. It's black and has purple letters, so it doesn't SCREAM sorority at you. I carry it all the time.

My favorite sentimental thing is the puzzle and paddle my big gave me on reveal night.

I'm liking the new ladybug totes that we just got!

I've bought quite a few historical or older Kappa things on eBay. I have two bracelets (one ID-style and one charm), a crest ring and an old book of Kappa songs I love.

My favorite is the scrapbook that my big made for me. All of the bigs made fabric covered photo albums for their littles, and the fabric on my scrapbook matches the fabric on my panda padle. Anyway, I stuffed anything sorority related into that scrapbook so when I flip through it now I can look back on everything from rush through senior wills.

My favorite item is most definitely the pearls I got after initiation.
I wore them for almost 2 weeks straight... lol.


Pretty girls wear..... ;)

My favorite item(s) are my collection of antique DG memoriabilia that I have collected over the years, including a song book and old Anchoras.

What does your ID-style bracelet look like? I had been given one by my chapter for an award, and it went missing a few weeks later. I've been looking for it or an identical one ever since. It looked something like this:

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It was diamond-shaped with the crest in the middle, a hole on each of the long ends, with two chains coming from each side to form the bracelet.

Seeing your post, I instantly thought of it.

I can't decide which is my favorite!

My most sentimental 2 are the sweatshirt I got from my big - which I still wear 12 years, some little holes and a little gold paint later, and the paddle I got from my National Little Sister (she was a colony member/founding sister of the Penn State Altoona chapter!).

Another is a gift that doesn't even have letters on it. My girls (I just finished my first year as CA...) got me a frame that says "Sisters" in the corner, it's engraved with "With Love, Gamma Rho" and there's a picture of all of us at the formal. It's awesome!

And, lastly, a story that a past National President told us in 1995 that brought tears to my eyes, and still does every time I tell the story. It made me proud to be her sister. She is missed......

I have to say that other then my Quill, my favorite items are my lavaliere that my Big gave me for my birthday and my family stitches that I got from my Big on Initiation Day.

Good bump!

PeppyGPhiB got be thinking about my Chartering memorabilia - all favorites of mine - the picture of the chapter with the Chartering Proclamation hangs above my desk, we all look so happy. I also have an awesome picture of me holding the Chartering Proclamation above my head (think Lion King) after I received it from our "AA" smiling and crying all at the same time that I cherish - I'm so glad someone captured that moment.

However, I think the thing I love more than all of those (and probably even more than my badge, if you can believe it) is my copy of the Cornerstone, our pledge manual. I read it in its entirety the night I received it, and I flip through it at least once a month for inspiration and wisdom.