Favorite item (other than badge)

[sailboatgirl]

Right now my favorite thing is my sigma flip-flops...I always have then on! It's summer, and I have a major flip-flop addiction!

But other than those and my badge, I'd have to say this crystal sailboat that is on my mantel...it was actually given to me by one of my guy friends right after college...he knew how much Sigma means to me and although he didn't know the exact symbolism of the sailboat, he knew it was on of our symbols. I've had the crystal sailboat for about 10 years now, and every time I think about it, I remember that in life we must move "ever forward"

[Trey_P-I_47]

If I had to choose one item it would have to be a plaque that was given to me by a Brother living in NY, but originally initiated in Fla. The plaque is a Theta Kappa Nu Coat of Arms that looks made of brass mounted onto a larger black wooden badge. He took alot of time and effort to make a few of these and then sent them to about 9 or 10 brothers for Christmas last year. He did all of the polishing of the Crest and actually creating the wooden portion of this plaque, and mine, as I am sure the others that he sent out, is inscribed on the back.

For those of you who dont know, Theta Kappa Nu was one of the largest fraternity mergers in history (or was up until a few years ago) and joined with Lambda Chi Alpha way back in 1939. So to get something as significant as this without ever meeting the Brother in person means alot to me and helps to define a little better in my mind the true meaning of Brotherhood.

Now I just need to post a picture!

[Ilaria Ame]

my favorite is a little more cryptic...i have a fake candle that holds a special memory, and a beautiful Lambda Psi Delta candle holder that i keep it in.

[PeppyGPhiB]

My bid card, installation program and photo of my chapter with our new charter.

[Trey_P-I_47]

Here is the picture of the plaque I was talking about:

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Here is the picture of the plaque I was talking about:

Ooooh that's really pretty.

[PhenomenalZTA]

I thought about this for a moment and I have two items that tie as my favorite. The first is my T-Shirt quilt I had made with all my Zeta shirts (I only saved one set of stitched letters) when I graduated school. I even have a pair of zeta shorts in it! Love it!!
The second is my banner. It was a local tradition at TTU for bigs to have banners made for their littles, and they are given when you get initiated. They are quilted wall hangings done in "family" patterns. They have your chapter name, etc on them. You get the same pattern as your big/family (Mine has a large angel (our local mascot), with a crown in the corner.) Your big picks fabrics that are special for you. Mine is in silver, tie-dye purple and checkered flag. I know that sounds pretty tacky. I remember when I went through recruitment, and each chapter we visited had all these quilted things hanging on the walls with everyone's name, each a little different, but all chapters at my school had banners in some form. I remember DG's anchor ones being really cute too.

[ISUKappa]

I've bought quite a few historical or older Kappa things on eBay. I have two bracelets (one ID-style and one charm), a crest ring and an old book of Kappa songs I love.

[ForeverRoses]

My favorite is the scrapbook that my big made for me. All of the bigs made fabric covered photo albums for their littles, and the fabric on my scrapbook matches the fabric on my panda padle. Anyway, I stuffed anything sorority related into that scrapbook so when I flip through it now I can look back on everything from rush through senior wills.

[sAKAsfaction]

My favorite item is most definitely the pearls I got after initiation.
I wore them for almost 2 weeks straight... lol.


Pretty girls wear.....

[AUDeltaGam]

My favorite item(s) are my collection of antique DG memoriabilia that I have collected over the years, including a song book and old Anchoras.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

I've bought quite a few historical or older Kappa things on eBay. I have two bracelets (one ID-style and one charm), a crest ring and an old book of Kappa songs I love.

What does your ID-style bracelet look like? I had been given one by my chapter for an award, and it went missing a few weeks later. I've been looking for it or an identical one ever since. It looked something like this:

==============o<Crest>o================

It was diamond-shaped with the crest in the middle, a hole on each of the long ends, with two chains coming from each side to form the bracelet.

Seeing your post, I instantly thought of it.

[jennie3576]

I can't decide which is my favorite!

My most sentimental 2 are the sweatshirt I got from my big - which I still wear 12 years, some little holes and a little gold paint later, and the paddle I got from my National Little Sister (she was a colony member/founding sister of the Penn State Altoona chapter!).

Another is a gift that doesn't even have letters on it. My girls (I just finished my first year as CA...) got me a frame that says "Sisters" in the corner, it's engraved with "With Love, Gamma Rho" and there's a picture of all of us at the formal. It's awesome!

And, lastly, a story that a past National President told us in 1995 that brought tears to my eyes, and still does every time I tell the story. It made me proud to be her sister. She is missed......

[flirt5721]

I have to say that other then my Quill, my favorite items are my lavaliere that my Big gave me for my birthday and my family stitches that I got from my Big on Initiation Day.