I don't know what family hat trees are. As for pillows, they are anything that the little wants to make. Most just get a throw pillow from the store and decorate it, but you could go as far as making it if you want to. Most of ours are just decorated with puffy paint they generally include big's name, little's name, AXiD, chapter name, semester that you pledged and any other decoration you want to add. I happened to have a stencil of a rose, so I put some pink roses on mine. Some of my pledge sisters got creative with theirs and found pillows of their family animal to decorate and some sewed letters on theirs. Basically, anything goes. It is just a little token of appreciation for you Big and everything that she did for you during your pledge semester. We also make paddle shaped plaques for our Bigs for this day. Both of these are just our chapter traditions. I get my stuff this Thursday evening, so I get to see how creative my little is. I can't wait.
I hope I explained all of that well. I'm working on only a few hours of sleep right now. Ahh...what the end of the semester does to a procrastinator
Xi Love,
Mindy
[This message has been edited by fuzzie (edited December 06, 2000).]