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Originally posted by ariesrising
I know almost all the organizations represented on the BurrPatt and MOD sites have notes stating you can only order through headquarters. I just found it curious that some organizations didn't have even a link to their national site to order from.
I know there are a lot of ADPi pin versions, I wanted to see them all. I'm trying to add the different versions on my site now, just listing them in text for now. It's taking FOREVER lol. I had no idea some organizations had so many versions available.
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For the life of me, I cannot remember which jeweler makes our pin!
I wouldn't hold my breath about trying to find every version of our pin, though. While the black diamond center remains the same, the outside edging can be personalized in a myriad of ways. I like to say that it proves that our sisterhood is made up of a wide variety of women bound together by our black diamond pin. One of our International Officers has over 100 different pins (many of which she rescued from ebay), and it has been suggested that she have a poster made of them.
Some samples of differences (off the top of my head):
1) You can order 2 different sizes of pins.
2) You can order both white or yellow gold.
3) The "plain" pin has a simple, metal edge.
4) That metal edge can also be engraved.
5) Most common is the pearl edge; when the black diamond is surrounded by a single row of pearls on all 4 sides.
6) Another common version is the pearls with different jewels on the points. Some chapters like to limit the points to any of the blue gems: sapphires, blue topaz, aquamarines, but our EO doesn't limit you.
7) You can order alternating pearls and jewels.
8) Some women order opals instead of pearls around the edges.
9) International Officers can have diamonds around the edges. Our Grand President Eremitus has two rows of diamonds.
10) You can have the plain metal edging with pearl or other jewel points (this looks
very art deco, very cool!).
11) Then, the guard can be plain, engraved, or jeweled (a combination of pearls & jewels, just pearls, or just whichever jewel).
Lots of chapters have different traditions concerning the pin. My chapter's tradition was that you ordered
something in common with your Diamond Sister. Both my Diamond Sis & I have white gold (on our initiation pins; I've since added 2 more).
Hope that helps!