love my paddle and the one letter sweatshirt i have left

My lavaliere

My bid card

My badge

My scrapbook

All of my pictures

And I know one of my fav things will be the cross-stiching of the DG crest that I am working on! :D

I love the idea of framing the bid card and initiation certificate!

And your tattoo looks great!!

my absolute favorite thing is my lavaliere. i couldnt WAIT to get it! but everyone said "you get it either at initiation, or your birthday or something" initiation came (march 30th) and i didnt get it. luckily, my birthday is april 14thth, which coincedentally we had another initiation. my day was basically HORRIBLE and everything about it just sucked. then after initiation, when back at the stairwell, one of the girls said "dont leave yet..." and said my big sis had somethin for me...when she got back shes like "i didnt think i was gonna get it in time!" and held out her hand and told me to hold out mine and shut my eyes. of course when i opened them, there it was!!! made my day 300% better.

i also LOVE my AXO flip flops, which were my birthday present to myself. another favorite is my AXO canvas tote bag, we get ours with our name on them too. i also love the first block letter sweatshirt i bought for myself, but i love *all* of my shirts the same. like many others have said...if it has my letters on it, i love it! :D im just a slap happy, proud alpha chi omega! this might be why i won the "spirit of alpha chi" award. lol

i dont have my badge yet, but im sure ill love that as much as i do my lavaliere, if not more so...duh :)

AX love and mine
roxydiva

*edited to add badge comment!

My very favourite item is my afghan.

Either that or my totebag...A wonderful lady named Pat White made it (Look for her on eBay...Greek Attitudes and Attire is her store.) She did a superior job and it is all hand made just like the rest of her stuff.

My afghan is special to me because my grandmother got it for me for Christmas and she barely even understands what a sorority is but she KNEW that I loved my group that much. It was amazing that she could understand that.

ALso, even though my mom was a phi mu and I am tri sigma, I have her officer dangles on my badge. (I also have her "new member" pin made into a charm on my bracelet.)

And thats my rambling.
*mlk

Hmmm...that's a toughy. I would have to say my Alpha Phi flipflops. I wear them whenever I can and have gotten some nice tan lines on my feet from them!

My Badge

My Membership certificate

My paddle that my lil sis made for me and my pillow that my big sis made for me

A family picture taken this year - I came back and my family suddenly got huge!

I had a lavalier and never took it off but the chain broke one day I lost it. And I'm hoping to get an afghan for my birthday this year!

This is a tough question!

1. My badge and chapter guard. Obviously, this is the most special thing we have.

2. The plaque my Little made me this year. She went to a lot of effort, and it shows. I've got it in the spot of honour on my wall, right below my composite for the year and between my plaques from my 2 Bigs.

3. My SAI windbreaker. My folks gave it to me for Easter, and it matches my SAI cap perfectly, and I wear it all over the place.

4. My lavalier. I wear it all over the place, except when it isn't appropriate, and it really keeps our meaning close to my heart.

Too much to list BUT...
 

My tattoo and my badges (9 of them so far) are at the top of my list.

I collect all sorts of old Zeta memorabilia. The 1930 campus scholarship trophy for our chapter at U of Missouri at Columbia(very Art Deco) and the fake transistor radio with "Rye" and "Whiskey" bottles inside and "ZTA" outside (from Prohibition?) are very cool.

RadioZTA, do you have a picture of your tattoo? I'm eternally fascinated by them.

No, I don't. Never thought about it. Hmm.

It's about the size of a quarter just above my right ankle on the inside. In dark blue ink are the letters ZTA, with a dark gold, five-pointed crown above it, outlined in dark blue. A band-aid perfectly covers it if needed. =)

I got another tattoo when I turned 36. I've always used a fleur-de-lis as one of my personal symbols in honor of my maiden name so I got that put on. We didn't have KKG's on my campus so I never knew that was one of your symbols. When a Zeta friend saw my new tattoo for the first time, she asked me if I wanted to become a Kappa. I had no idea what she was talking about but we had a good laugh once she explained. I have a necklace that has alternating 5-point crown and fleur-de-lis charms so I guess I must like Kappas whether I knew it or not.

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My badge that my girlfriend bought me, my flip flops and my black hooded sweatshirt with blue white and gold letters(my high school colors).

Favorite AOII items
 

1. My badges
2. My necklace from Leadership Institute
3. My badge ring
4. A book signed by one of our founders Stella G. S. Perry (First Grand AOII President)
5. Picture of my mom and me at my mom's initiation:D
Roses,
Silver

--afghan
--paddle
--my cane
--and a little stuffed blue and gold poodle named "Yippee"

My favorite items....


*My white gold and opal badge
*My dophin/ crown tattoo that i got while at Centennial Convention
*My ZTA history books
*My paddle from my lil sis
* a wooden crown that my two Grand Lil Sis' gave me for Christmas
* My "family" pictures

wow!
 

Radiozta...you have 9 ZTA badges???? :eek:

Do you wear them all (not at the same time)?
Do they each have some special meaning?

I have heard of people having two of their sorority badges but not 9!!! wow!

1) my badge
2) my first set of letters -- a gray hooded sweatshirt with sky blue Deltas
3) my all-Greek tee shirt that says "UW Greeks: In a League of Their Own" on the front and lists all the fraternities and sororities on the back

Things I really really want:
1) Tri Delta flip-flops!
2) my paddle (in our chapter, we get them from our littles, and I don't have one yet!)

My favorite thing to wear would be my lavalier, I never take it off, unless I can't wear it (like if I'm disaffiliated, or out at a bar). Last year I was a Pi Chi and couldn't wear it all summer long, so I gave it to my little to wear until bid day. On that bid day, she gave me my other favorite KD thing, a paddle. She put this priceless picture in the frame, and it is so nicely done. I started bawling, I was so suprised, and so glad to be back with my sisters.

Edited to add: I forgot! I also love the pillowcase that my big sister made for me that I received at a special ceremony before initiation. It was a huge suprise and she did a great job. It says "Dream Tonight of Kappa Delta" which is one of our songs, and it hangs on the wall above my bed. It's one of my favorite traditions in my chapter.

GPhiBLtColonel -- bet she collects them.

My favorite Sigma-related items are...

(1) My badge (of course!)
(2) My paddle given to me by my big
(3) A quilt handmade for me by my mother with purple and white sailboats
(4) A crystal sailboat that one of my best guy friends got me for Christmas 2 years ago!

Re: wow!
 

In re-counting, I think I have more than that because I just bought two more. I have my original from college, gold with alternating pearls and sapphires. I thought I lost that one so I bought an identical badge to replace it and then found my old one pinned to a dress that I was about to give away to Goodwill.

Then I found badges on eBay and at antiques stores and it has gone on from there. I have 4 plain, 1 sapphire and diamond with a sapphire guard, 3 pearled, 2 sapphire and pearl and 1 white gold with pearls and emeralds plus one that has been made into a pendant. I guess that means I have 11 1/2.

I just love all things Zeta, especially the badges. I've bought more but some sisters in my alumnae group needed replacements so it worked out great. I used to be nervous about buying them until my favorite Zeta, a former national president, told me that she thought it was great that I "rescued" them. Whew!

My badge (but that's a given).

My shingle (hanging on my office wall).

My paddle.

My probationary member [i.e., pledge] hat: a golf hat with FMA on the front and the signatures of all my brothers from when I pledged all over it.

My collection of Sinfonian Songbooks -- I have all but the earliest edition.

Now if only I could still fit into my jerseys. :rolleyes:

Re: What's your favorite Greek item you have?
 

My Bid Card

My 25+ Shirts

My paddle

all the glasswear I have from past formals

My badge--it holds that special importance to me
My lavaliere--only time I take it off is when I'm drinking
My "wooden board" (paddle)--that my lid'l gave me this last semester
oh yea, and my millions of AOII shirts *haha* and pandas!

I have this sweatshirt I wear almost every day. Some day I'll need to get a new one!

my favorite is one of the gifts i got from my big sis...a handpainted box for my lavalier. it's painted in both the colors of our sorority AND my favorite colors, so it's blue yellow and purple. :D she also wrote my name and when i was initiated on it, and it just means a lot to me. she put a lot of time and thought into it, and i know that when i get my graduation ring, that's going in my box, too. well, only when i'm not wearing it!

- My badge (duh)
- My first set of block letters - black sweatshirt, floral pattern
- My initiation and Temple Degree certificates
- An AEPhi cross stitch I made for myself
- A copy of my sorority's yearbook picture from junior year
- Glassware from formals. The champagne flutes are in the curio cabinet, and I regularly use the pint glasses and highball glasses (only for water, of course! ;) )

Second Post:

While My Original LXA Badge: White Gold, Pearls in the Cresent and Saphires is My Most Favorite, well right behind the B X Badge and Pledge Button that I designed.

I have another New One # 3:

A Painting of the LXA Coat of Arms Painted for me By Brother Jono Hren of FIT! BN # 41.

It is hanging on the wall right across the family room from my recliner so I see it all of the time!:)

For you that know, this is the most intricate C of C in Greekdome and he did not do it by Paint By Numbers!:cool:

Wish I still had My B X Sweatshirt!!:)

::sings:: These are a few of my FAVORITE things...
 

*The paddle my Big gave me! She painted a sunset and 2 leaves on the paddle. There are two butterflies glued onto the leaves (one big and one little). It is SO beautiful!

*My lavaliere! I wear it whenever I can!

*My tote (of course).

*My philanthropy pin! It's the Avon Breast Cancer Awareness pin.

As soon as I get my badge (long story), I bet that will be one of my favorite FGP items as well!

- My pledge pin / badge
- My member card
- My Welcome letter + Welcome heart & charm bracelet from Int’l.
- Charm necklace w/BSP charms
- 1st BSP T-shirt w/letter in leopard print
- The 2 books of BSP
- & the collection of Yellow roses (sorority flower)

:D :)

my badge, followed closely by my disk........ and the panda my big gave me, and my letters... lol

1. badge - for the same reasons everyone else has mentioned
2. sweatshirt - it's block letters and really comfortable
3. cross stitch pillow - from my grand big
4. round flask w/ letters - has a clip so you can carry it on your belt and a shot glass in the middle
5. shot glass - my grand lil gave it to me. it has our coat of arms
6. order of triangle pic - my entire chapter when we all went alumnae. those woman are some of the strongest women i know.

shelley j
sigma k

Several of you have mentioned bid cards in this thread as your favorite items. Having never seen one I wondered if any of you might consider scanning them and posting a link to the pic or something so I might see what one looks like?

i think it's basically the card/ letter you receive to tell you that you've received a bid. like an invitation to attend bid day and join the org. mine is packed away. i need to put in my photo album still.

shelley j
sigma k

Understood. I thought that was what it was. I'd be interested in seeing a couple of examples of how they look visually though. Since it's obviously an important thing I'm sure a lot of thought goes into them.

not necessarily. mine is just on a sigma kappa card. not too spectacular, but of great signifigance to a lot of people.

shelley j
sigma k

Our bid cards, at least for my chapter, were pieces of heavy-stock tan paper (that was letter sized) which had our crest on the top, and a formal invitation to join. They were signed by our President and our MVP.

What did they read specifically?

Mine was heavy stock paper, the size and shape of a business envelope. It had a pretty border and in script read,


The Sisters of Phi Mu

Formally Extend to You

A Bid of Sisterhood


It was beautiful, but mine was in a balloon I popped, so was folded and not really quite right for framing. I keep meaning to steal one of the extras we make before bid night (what could be worse than running out of bid cards?!)

Mine was printed on card stock and used for all of the bids on my campus then, it had a space where the sorority name could be written in. Sadly, it's pretty generic but got the message across :D

If I can pull out my scrapbook tomorrow I'll type the text in.