I got a bid day shirt and a standard issue "pi" pack on bid day this is a bag that has an Adpi cup, key chain, bumpersticker, pencil, button and note pad. We also got spirit beads.

The week after retreat my diamond sis left me, a decorated tupperware box full of cookies, a marker board, a framed poem she picked out for me, and a copy of the open motto. For initation she got me my first set of letters a handmade candle holder and, for some strange reason a stuffed frog, I'm problably the only diamond sis in the history of ADPi not to get a lion from her Big.

on a side note... I made the coolest adpi pillow for my lil diamond I bought a navy blue velvetish pillow from target and glued small rhinestones in a diamond shape with our letters in the center it was really cool looking and all the sisters wanted to steal it.

New Member Gift
 

At our first Alpha Session (those educational sessions for pledges or as we call them "Alphas") I got a lavalier on a white ribbon to wear throughout my alpha period.
~~~Lindsey

Im local and since I am the founder and sole sister now what I get pledges are t-shirt, pink daisy candle, notebook, candy, pen, pencil, glass with their name and pledge class year on it, and a Marilyn shirt with letters and pledge class emboidered on it. All this was out of pocket too :(

How many pledges did you get?

Back when I was a new member we rec'd a t-shirt, a metal bid day bucket, picture frame with a note, note pad, pen, and, and the rest of the bucket was filled with candy.
This past year's bid day stuff at the chapter I advise was super cute, the did a whole Tiffany's related theme with Theta and Co. t-shirts, so in addition to that the new members rec'd little jewelery boxes, ring pops, emory boards, and a few other little things.

From sorors:
A jacket, t-shirt, keychains, magnets, pillowcase, a blue and gold heart shaped box with my #2 on it, pens, pencils, license plate frame, paddles, a cup, and a single long stem yellow rose (and I STILL have the dried bud!)


From friends:
a car flag, mousepad, afghan, poodles, t-shirts, license plate, umbrella, and an engraved Bible (from my freshman year roommate who's an AKA)

My absolute favorite new member gift was my first set of letters. Boy, I *loved* that sweatshirt and I was so proud of it!

I got lots of stuff!!! I had a glass vase, enough cups to fill a new kitchen, a sweatshirt, a poster for my door, and my favorite new member gift, a glass pin box in the shape of a heart. I still use it.

Engraved Bible, shirts, pens, paper, paddles, keychains, cups, balloons, candles, cat and dove figurines.

A friend of mine gave me a box of Zesta crackers but she blacked out the "s" so it said Zeta,lol.

After we crossed: tshirt w/ letters, jacket, keychain, glass tumbler, our first pin, and a yellow tea rose [which i still have]

i got for myself and each of my sands a jewlery box w/ letters to put our pins into.

from others i got: a license plate w/ letters for the front of the car, a big canvas bag w/ the shield, a sticker for the car, a coffe mug [but the letters are starting to fade :(]

Mine, too! :) I wore mine home the day after Bid Day to show my parents...I was so proud! It's still one of my favorite letter shirts--it's white, with pink and green satin letters.

On Bid Day, I also got a black tote bag with black and white gingham DZ letters, my DZ pledge book, a DZ note pad with a turtle on it, a DZ pen, and a little button that said "I love DZ" on it. We also got "door decs" in the shape of turtles, with our names on them...some actives went and hung them up outside our dorm rooms while we were at our Bid Day party. :D