If you were in another org, which badge would you get?
 

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Well, heck, if we picked our sorority based on badges alone, I'd hands down be an AChiO (or SAI, if we're allowed to include non-NPC). Pearls, of course!

^^^Girl, you know you'd pick SAI over AChiO. AXO wasn't cool enough to keep the music thing going. :p

As a writer, I'd be all over Alpha Xi Delta's badge lol. I love so many of the NPC badges, that I have favourites out of all of the ones that allow variation.


Alpha Chi Omega - although the badges with 1, 2 or 3 diamonds I've seen pictures of are nice, I'd stick with the traditional all pearl badge.

Alpha Delta Pi - pearl with sapphire points. That configuration is one of my favourite badges of all. Observe:
http://greekpages.webs.com/npc/alphadeltapi.jpg


Alpha Gamma Delta - I'd get the same as I wish I'd gotten with my Alpha Phi badge - pearl with a raised diamond.

Alpha Omicron Pi - I love jewels, but I have always loved the AOII badge that is a white gold Pi, a white gold Alpha and a chased yellow gold Omicron. LOVE IT. See? Gorg!
http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/58461.jpg

Alpha Phi - I still regret not getting the pearl with raised diamond (I got a single diamond). I also wish I'd gotten white gold, because I love it way more than yellow. My ultimate, dream, amazing badge is a white gold all diamond.

Alpha Sigma Alpha - I'm a big fan of the plain pearl.

Alpha Xi Delta - I would totally get the quill with pearls and a single diamond on the tip. Although the two blue stone version I saw in badge trends really sticks in my mind. I love the idea of using sorority colours in badges.

Delta Gamma - Another badge that I really love the plain, non-jeweled version. Maybe because the badge has a lot of intricate stuff with its shape, the rope etc.

Delta Zeta - I really love the flush set diamond. Not sure why, but it just looks awesome.

Gamma Phi Beta - probably one of the hardest choices, because they allow a lot of customization with stones. I've always liked just the Phi with stones though, and for some reason, even though I'm not a pink person, I'm really drawn to the one that has the entire phi with rose sapphires.

Kappa Alpha Theta - That onyx badge killed me dead. Now that I've seen a picture, it's the choice I would love most.

Kappa Delta - Would have to be pearl with emerald points. I think that one is gorgeous.

Kappa Kappa Gamma - I love alternating sapphires and pearls, and I've always been a fan of the enamel versions, because I really like the letters standing out.

Phi Mu - I would totally get pearls with rose sapphire points. Not the three in one point one though. For some reason I think they stand out better when there are fewer of them.

Phi Sigma Sigma - I prefer the badge with the three sapphires in each corner. I think because I see the sphinx shape much better on the triangle than alone.

Sigma Kappa - The scroll edge badge is my absolute favourite.

Sigma Sigma Sigma - Love the crown pearl.

Zeta Tau Alpha - Even though the ZTA badge reminds me of Phi Mu and ADPi in that it has a lot of stone options and stuff ... I'd stick with just plain pearl. I have no idea why lol.

Guilty.:p

Unfortunately, we had another org on campus that has an agreement with SAI and we couldn't have SAI. I would have joined the other, but it was a co-ed fraternity. I wanted to be in a sorority (or women's fraternity). I wanted my pledge mom to be the same gender as me.

Since we're wandering out of NPC land, I'm also a big fan of Sinfonia and Sigma Chi's badges.

going from the link in badge trends I would want:

Alpha Phi: I like that it shows the letters while still being able to read them and it says their secret motto.

Delta Delta Delta: Very Unique and showing their symbols and letters.

Delta Gamma: Just looks cool to me. Hard to mistake it for any other badge.

I like all of them, but I want a badge that is very unique and would be hard to mistake for another one. So many triangles/diamond shaped ones.

Granted, KD's has a diamond shaped one and I'm ordering a new one right now so I'm not saying much.

which one?!

Not too sure. Mine got lost when my little was initiated. I was looking for a silver one and want jewels on it. Trying to decide which combination I like the most. They seem to be more expensive than they used to be.

I am leaning towards this one though:
http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/10293.jpg

They are, they raised prices (again) just a few weeks ago. I was initiated only three years ago and my badge is over $100 more than what i paid

That's the one I had before it fell down a vent. :( I am hoping to replace it soon, and I can't decide if I want to get the same except in white gold or if I want the one with alternating pearls and emeralds.

Knew it! hehe.

It was the Muphies. Yup, I sure did just call them out. I know all about the "shared campus agreement". And, I also know that at my chapter the Muphies hated SAI and blamed us (& not their member that talked about dead cats at rush....) for their decline in membership We've talked about this before in a thread somewhere.
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I've always loved Theta Phi Alpha's badge, along with the golden compass on the pledge pin.

I really love AOPi's pledge pin.

I adore the details that are seen only when one looks closely at a Delta Gamma badge.

I agree! I've always admired how detailed DG's badge is. I also like how distinct it is. It's one of my favorites.

AXO for sure. They were my second choice anyway. Still have my lyre from pref (back when they could do this) on my silver charm bracelet.

Next choice would probably be KKG or Pi Phi (don't tell my cousin!).....

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...large/8953.jpg

The KAPsi badge is sort of nifty.

Even the plain version:

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...large/8952.jpg

I love all of the badges, most of all the more traditional designs. Ours (a local) is very modern and I really dislike it.

From all the NPC badges AXiD, DG, KKG (love keys and anchors) and AXO are my favorites.

Thank you! We love our badge too! I know you love your ivy as much as we do;)! As for NPC, I absolutely love the KKG keys!

I've got this badge! I wear it on a necklace sometimes that is a circle with a dogger through ut diagonally, with the pin in the middle. I love it.

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/10560.jpgI would definitely get this one for so many reasons.


I am obsessed with crowns and the color pink, my nickname is Themis, and the ZTA letters look very similar to my local sorority Zeta Iota Lambda.

I love my key, but I also really like Alpha Xi Delta's quill and Pi Phi's arrow.

ETA: After perusing the Badge Trends thread, I love that onyx Theta badge - OMG gorgeous! Also, loving me some Tri-Delt and Gamma Phi crescents. Also, someone posted a photo of a white & yellow gold AOII badge with a ruby. Can I just play pretend and get one for each of the sororities?

Don't you remember that cool happy proud feeling when you got your badge?

OK - your nickname is Themis? How did that happen? Sounds like an interesting story.

Yes it is lol. I got it after pledging my local sorority my freshman year. I can't really explain why since it's secret as it's mostly pledging-related, but part of the reason was that Themis is the goddess of justice and I was a political science major planning to become a lawyer at the time.

If not my beautiful Gamma Phi badge it would have to be Tri Delta's.

Can't hide my love of crescents! And I LOVE the trident stick pin!

With regards to NPC sororities other than my own:

AXO or AXiD's badges are both gorgeous and easily identifiable to boot. I also really like KD's badge, as I love emeralds, and Theta Phi Alpha's and Sigma Kappa's pledge pins (the snake sigma on the SK pin looks very cool). I've always been intrigued by Gamma Phi's use of Hebrew on their badge as well.

I'm not a plain monogram badge fan, to be honest, although I've seen some really nice jeweled ones online.

I also love it when an sorority's color(s) and/or official jewel(s) are in a badge, but I think it's also cool to get colors of your alma mater.

This Pi Phi badge gives me some serious badge envy...
http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/u...s/MD311(1).jpg

I can't seem to find a pic from HJ, but I think the ADPi badge in white gold with aquamarines is gorgeous.

I don't like Theta badges with colored stones because I think it detracts from the black and gold simplicity. I think it's as beautiful plain as it is with diamonds and/or pearls!

if I can't have my beloved diamond, I would have to go with either the Theta kite, the AXiD quill or AOPi's monogram, especially this one....so pretty!

New badge thread? I'm in!

This was hard for me to narrow down, but I was able to get a top four. In alphabetical order:

Beta Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta are favorites for the same reason - that inward swooping curve. I just love the shape, and also have tremendous respect for both of these organizations.

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/12255.jpg

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/10031.jpg

Lambda Chi Alpha, I think the crescent is so graceful. I would have picked the amethyst lambda badge; it's a stone you don't often see in the fraternal world, and it's my mother's birthstone, so I have a soft spot for amethysts.

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/10522.jpg

The White Cross of Sigma Chi is so unique in the fraternal world. That white enamel is so distinctive, and imagine how subtle it would be on a white dress shirt.

http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...large/9243.jpg

The runners up for me were Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha, and Phi Delta Theta (the common denominators here being garnets and/or shields).

If we did a gender bender it would be Gamma Phi Beta in any style, and Alpha Delta Pi coming in second!

I love the key, anchor, and lyre.

If they were just ordinary jewelry, I would totally wear them as brooches. Actually I wouldn't turn down the arrow, kite, quill, or crescent with stars and trident as a brooch either. But I have to put the top 3 in the top 3. There's something exquisite about the key. And I just love the realism of a tiny gold chain wrapped around an anchor like a rope.

Chasing beats jewels for me in general -- a chased key might be my #1 choice.

The AKA badge is beautiful. Love the colors and details.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6249/picture6qm.png


i love this zta badge. it is only shown on the main hj zeta page and not as a badge option. i don't know why, i think the colors look so gorgeous together.

http://www.google.com/url?source=img...2x-b6b8FToGVcA

I'm a little partial to DTD's badge myself.:D

You know, ASA and Theta should have both made my gender bender list because of the shape. There's something about the curves I guess...

Gamma Phi Beta, hands down. I think the badge is just gorgeous.

I love KKG, and if I wasn't wearing a Key on my dress, I'd want a DG Anchor, I think their badge is gorgeous!

If we're playing what if....part of me wishes that SK had kept the pledge pin as our official badge. Make it larger and offer options like a garnet eye for a gold/silver snake or having the snake be jeweled in garnets or pearls! If I had photoshop here at home, that would be my weekend project, but alas, it's only on my work computer.

I don't know how I forgot to mention this last night, but Phi Sigma Sigma's badge is hands-down my favorite NPC badge, appearance-wise (of course, I don't know its meaning to PhiSig's...). The sphinx is almost arresting to look at, especially with sapphires for the eyes.

I have always loved the OX badge as well as the White Cross of Sigma Chi.

Mine would be Tri-Delt's badge, of course :) Crescent moon and stars? Yesplease!

I do remember their recruitment fun fact being that their badge was designed by tiffany's and voted most beautiful

Kappa's badge has always made me swoon - it's just so darn classy. I also love the unique shapes of Alpha Sigma Tau's and Sigma Delta Tau's badges.

There were four other NPC sororities on campus when I rushed, so I'll start with them.

Alpha Phi: This is the crown pearl badge with a CZ, although I'd prefer a diamond to the CZ.
http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...large/9845.jpg

Alpha Chi Omega: (white gold version)
http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...arge/10542.jpg

Sigma Kappa: (white gold version)
http://www.hjgreek.com/assets/images...large/9332.jpg

Kappa Alpha Theta:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4082/theta2011onyx.jpg
(yup, this is AZTheta's new acquisition)

I'll add Pi Phi, as they've colonized at my school since I graduated.
http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/u...humb_MD203.jpg