CHIO week
 

Hey yall! I was just wondering what are some good ideas for CHIO week. I know that recruitment isn't until September and all but I am trying to go ahead and collect some things for my little, hoping that I get one this pledge class. Does anyone have any good ideas? I'm open up to any suggestions and I consider myself a pretty craftsy person.. but I am still in college so I am definately on that college budget! Thank yall! :)

Since it's been a while since I've been in college, remind me what the letters stand for and maybe I can give some crafty ideas!

They stand for whatever you want them to, now. Here are some of the ideas I have come up with so far.

C-cooler, coozie, cool frames, chocolate (I have a gumball machine to pass down)
H-hooters, hand-me-downs
I-illuminate (I'm making a lamp)
O-owls, oreos

I'm going to decorate a martini glass because they, actually, look really nice as a decoration. Also, I am going to start a scrapbook. I have an owl charm and some owl figurines.

Hey, our CHIO week is different but I'll give you tips on what I've done..
C- Cookies and Candy
H- Heritage (pass down day)
I- Insignia
O- Owls

For cookies and candy it is often noted that you get the number of cookies/candy that you're family number is, sometimes its too obvious so they don't do it. I decorated a cardboard-ish box red and yellow that said Chi O Cutie on the top. Filled it with candy and baked some cookies to put in there. Underneath the box I put my family number in glow in the dark paint :)

The tradition for my family is to pass down a ring, and we wrap the ring in aluminum foil and then we just crumble alum. foil up, and they have to look for the ring in a chi o jewelry box (also a hand me down)

For Insignia we give anything with letters: car license plate thing, stickers, mugs... I made pillows of X and a horseshoe (hard and time consuming but cute). And of course, cute Big/Lil picture frames.

Owls, we give stuffed animals of owls. I believe I also found things at target because they are swarmed with owls! Like shoes, chairs, clothes.. and at halloween in target they had like door hanger owls and stuff!

And on revelation I gave her a bowl and filled it with pearls and diamonds. Then I stuck a few candles in there and some fake flower carnation petals. In one of the flowers was a lavalier for her :) But the bowl is like a dollar, a pack of pearls is 2 dollars and a dozen of fake flowers are like 80 cents. candles are like 50 cents for one. It's so beautiful when lit, and it had a special lavalier for her :)

Wow, just telling you all this stuff gets me excited for recruitment and CHIO week :) Last year I made a lot of things before recruitment even started, just in hopes for a lil....I guess I should start soon!

XO<3

I LOVED the photo album my big made for me. It's a fabric covered and padded album with a lace trim and ribbon to tie it closed. She gave me that and a matching pin pillow and the pillow was my "hand-me-down" item to give to my little. So cute!!