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Our International Hqtrs lets alum chapters sell pre-approved items at each convention -- in what they have called an Alumnae Boutique -- you can't sell things that are sold by the licensed vendor who sets up shop for the entire convention but our chaper sold business card sized magnets that we created for about 50 cents each -- we sold them for $2 each -- they had various Gamma Phi designs that I chose from my Printmaster Platinum program and sayings...we made over $600! The price was just right, esp for the "poor" collegians who attended. I had even created a "souvenir" magnet of the WashDC skyline at night and the words Gamma Phi Beta Convention 2002 -- that went fast as did the one i created with a picture of our founders on it and their names...made it look old-fashoioned...I took a few orders in a receipt book although for this convention I will create an order blank with some designs on it so everyone can take one home as well....There were about a dozen alum chapters selling things that ranged from Gamma Phi Face or hand tatoos (rub on) to Gamma Phi balloons, to notepads, to beaded bracelets etc....
This coming June at our convention (in Chicago) our alum chapter is doing the same thing we did at the last convention but we are sending the collegiate and alum chapters a letter several months before the convention saying if they bring diskettes or CDs with pics of themselves and their sisters or their house or whatever, we will make them into custom magnets for probably $3 or $3.50 each and we are going to do custom notecards too -- order it one day and get it later that day or the next --I am bringing a laptop and portable printer with me to do all this in the comfort of my hotel room...I really want us to make LOTS of money --we are a small chapter (24 dues paid members) so we need things like this!