Little sis gifts after crossing?

[calicollegiate]

I just crossed my little sis last year. We have a formal event coming up in a week, and I want to give her something. I don't have any time to order custom apparel or jewelry, but I want to give her something sorority-related (instead of like a gift you'd get someone for their birthday). Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

[FleurGirl]

What about something handmade? I always think hand-painted big/little picture frames with a nice picture of you two in there is a great gift. Or you can leave the picture out and get her one of the two of you from the formal event! You don't have to be an amazing artist, I think it's the thought that counts.

[LadyAlyss87]

We make a lot of craft stuff for our littles once they cross that have our letters. We don't give them any gifts throughout the process with our letters since it's not a guarantee that they will become sisters after their process, so their crossing gifts are all items with our letters on them.
We painted ours the way we wanted, some sisters (such as me) made it a tradition to use the same color scheme for gifts we got from when we crossed (mine was all painted white and anything added on was in our colors and flower). Maybe use the same color scheme your big used for your gifts?

Girls would paint on our letters along with the little's line number, our flower, the semester they pledged, our founding year, our chapter, their line name etc

Here are a couple of gift ideas based on what we have given in the past:

Small jewelry box
Picture frames
Door hangers
Fleece blankets (this is absolute tradition for our chapter to make a fleece blanket. I love it!)
Paddle
knitted scarf (in our colors)
line jacket/cardigan
desk accessories such as a desk caddy
Small wooden letters to use as a paperweight or desk decor or other letters that you can hang on the wall