well, let's see....it was really quite a lot of stuff! one of my sisters painted some ivy and "alpha phi" on a little box, and inside the box was a handkerchief with "alpha phi" embroidered on it, and a little pillow to put my pin on ... there was also a huge mug, filled with alternating colors of jelly beans that were all alpha phi colors, that had alpha phi and the year of my initiation painted on it ... they also had a paddle for me (which soon will have, as i'm told, the family tree that they made for me, on the back!) ... a teddy bear

... assorted candy and chocolate, in little tin canisters and some in the shape of bears...an alpha phi songbook from 1942! ... some forget-me-not and ivy leaf stationary ... a frog puppet, which was the mascot for the pledge class of one of my sisters ... and last, but certainly not least, a little ivy plant!

i was so completely surprised by all of this, i had no idea they were going to do what they did!
also, when my sponsor and one of our officers asked me to join, they gave me a little welcome package filled with all kinds of cute alpha phi stuff!