Thanks, Kate! Our jeweled badge (which is the official badge) is much nicer than the plain version, which was created as a less expensive alternative to the jeweled design. There is a legislative proposal before our National Assembly to once again make the jeweled badge the only version available.

I know what you mean. :) I got the ADPi "poverty badge" because I couldn't afford a better one... plus I was an alumna initiate when the colony chartered, so I didn't know if I'd still want to be involved. Five years later, I'm trying to figure out how to get a jeweled beauty! Don't think they can do opals, but maybe some mix of sapphires and aquamarines and blue topaz...

Kate, our chapter president had a opal badge and it was simply beautiful! I understand that there is an EO who has a collection of different pins, and I would LOVE to see a poster made of it! I have three different pins myself, and I've seen dozens of other combinations - one "art deco" one just sold on ebay today to an EO! It was the "poverty badge" but with pearl points - terribly chic!

honeychile

edited to add: I've never heard the plain pin referred to as the "poverty badge" before - kinda cute, in a way! :)

Yup, all of the AOII's badges have a ruby at the apex of the A. :)

I was quite tempted by that $30 roped badge, but it looked like an ADPi had bid for it.

Anyway, I actually called the home office yesterday, and Kellie G. called me back and is mailing me a badge order brochure with all of the prices and stuff. I'd love to get a custom one, but she said they discourage it since a) they do give a wide variety and b) they apparently had some custom orders go bad a while back, so they don't want that to happen again. But can you imagine opals and sapphires? Or a sapphire/aquamarine/bluetopaz mix?

[btw--"Poverty badge" sounds kind of gauche, and I'm sorry if I offended anyone by using that term... sisters I spoke with in January had used that term when wishing to buy jeweled badges, and it kind of stuck!]