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Make Your Own Sorority Bracelet

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 at 11:18 am  
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Alpha Delta Zeta Kappa Chi Omega Phi Beta Gamma sister bracelet

Show your little/big sisters what she means to you with an easy-to-make sorority  bracelet. You can follow any color scheme that you desire. For a start, just make it special by using  your sorority colors. You can also pick a charm that  fits your personality (see the tiny purse CHARM in the picture?).

After seeing how this sorority bracelet turned out, I might try the jewelry making craft which I have never done before.  I believe that this is a gift making craft that anyone can do with ease. It just involves buying the supplies, a few tools, and then putting it all together. It's nice to see that Greek letters are being made by a craft company to supply the needs of sorority gift makers.

The nice thing about jewelry making is that it is so easy to make original items by varying the colors or the bead shapes. Each change that is made produces your one-of-a-kind bracelet, necklace, or earrings. Also, it is easy to make matching jewelry sets like a bracelet with matching earrings, all made according to your choices of beads.

Here are the basic directions for making a bracelet like this:

1.  Cut a length of ZambaPro™ 49 .019 to 9 or 10 inches. Attach one wire end  to the sterling silver closed jump ring using a 2x2mm sterling silver crimp tube. See video below for help in how to do this. Begin by stringing a Hill Tribe silver spacer bead followed by a 3mm fire polished Czech glass bead, a 4mm fire polished bead of another color then a 4mm druk bead in the 3rd color. Next string another 4mm fire polished followed by a 3mm fire polished bead and a spacer. Then you should repeat the pattern three more times.

Beading Video shows how:

2.  Add your Greek letter beads with a spacer between them as in the picture above. Repeat your glass bead and spacer pattern three more times and crimp the wire to the sterling silver swivel clasp.

3. Last, open your sterling jump ring and attach the charm of your choice. Hook the charm to the closed jump ring at the end of your design.

SEE the suggested tools, etc. that you will need for this project if you want to make a bracelet just like the one in the picture-AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE. OR...use the beads and supplies that you already have. You can get your Greek letter beads from http://artbeads.com.

Sorority Jewelry is a favorite among sorority sisters for gifts as well as for personal acquisition. Jewelry is not often thought of as something that you can make your self, but the craft has become relatively easy to learn and the supplies are widely available.

Cost: Under $30.00 (does not include stringing material)

Tools
Nipper tool (TOOL-101)
Crimper tool (TOOL-100)

Chain nose pliers (TOOL-106)

Supplies:

Sterling silver handbag charm (CHARM299, qty 1)
Thai Hill Tribe silver spacer beads (HTS075, qty 10)
5.6mm sterling Greek letter beads (use the letters from your own sorority)
4mm Czech glass druk bead (choose your color, qty 1 pack)
3mm Czech glass fire polished bead (choose your color, qty 1 pack)
4mm Czech glass fire polished bead (choose your color, qty 1 pack)
Sterling silver 10mm swivel clasp (SS-SWIV1, qty 1)
Sterling silver 4.6mm open jump ring (SS-OJR35-C, qty 1)
Sterling silver 6mm closed jump ring (SS-CJR-ME, qty 1)
ZambaPro™ 49 .019 30FT jewelry wire (ZP49-30F-019)

Alpha Chi Omega Pillow

Saturday, November 13th, 2010 at 4:44 pm  
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Sorority Greek PillowsAlpha Chi Omega gifts can be made special with a painted lyre in red and green.

This little pillow was a custom order for a gift. It is the first time I have had the pleasure of painting the lyre for an Alpha Chi Omega gift. I was curious to find out the origin of the lyre as the Alpha Chi Omega symbol. The lyre symbol was chosen by the founders after  a lot of research. It was designed by James G. Campbell. He was an undergraduate member of Beta Theta Pi  fraternity who acted as librarian for DePauw's School of Music. The lyre which is a replica of a three-stringed harp was named the symbol because it illustrated to the members' musical interest, as music connects the souls of many.  Also, according to Greek mythology, the lyre was first instrument played by the gods on Mt. Olympus.

Sorority Sisters  now has a Alpha Chi Omega Ideas page that includes quotes, poems, and interesting facts about Alpha Chi Omega. It is an ongoing project to add pages for every major sorority to this site. Readers, please add to these pages in the comments to share with others.

And related to the LYRE is the symphony of Alpha Chi Omega

The symphony of Alpha Chi Omega

"My Symphony"

To see beauty even in the common things of life.

To shed the light of love and friendship round me.

To keep my life in tune with the world that I shall make no discords in the harmony of life.

To strike on the lyre of the universe only the notes of happiness, of joy, of peace.

To appreciate every little service rendered.

To see and appreciate all that is noble in another,

Be her badge what it may.

And to let my lyre send forth the chords of love, unselfishness, sincerity.

This is to be my symphony.

-Celia McClure, Delta Chapter: Allegheny College, 1914

Delta Sigma Theta Pillow

Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 2:57 pm  
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Get this one Delta Sigma Theta soror gift at a give away price for a limited time on Etsy Sorority Gifts.

This is one of the samples for a handmade sorority gift idea for SororitySisters.net. Sorority Gifts ideas are the purpose of this website.

It is always nice to have a sorority gift to give with a handmade touch that gives it a distinction over mass manufactured sorority gifts. Now is your chance to help clear out my cabinets and snatch up a great priced sorority gift at the same time. This won't last long. First come---first served.

The Delta Sigma Theta hang up pillow is handpainted with a cute little elephant with his trunk lifted expectantly. I must clear out my sorority gift samples because we will be moving soon and I need to cut back on what I have to pack and store. Elephant Soror Gift

This is a hand made idea of a sorority gift you can make yourself  inexpensively.

Greek Sorority Stickers

Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 1:07 pm  
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Handpainted Sorority Stickers for Little Sisters

Sorority Gifts are needed in bulk sometimes like for Bid Day or events that every sister gets a gift set. There are several inexpensive sorority gifts on our sorority crafts page, and today, we are adding another one, Greek letter stickers.

Foam stickers are available at most craft stores and department stores like Walmart. They come in a variety of colors and shapes.

I made the samples in the picture from blue foam stars. I am partial to the stars and the heart shapes. They express Greek pride and sorority friendship more than other shapes that are available.

The shapes are already cut so there is nothing to do but to paint on the Greek letters.  I used white acrylic paint and an artist's quality thin paint brush. Such paint brushes cost a couple of dollars and can be reused indefinitely as long as you keep them cleaned and let the hairs dry in a point.

I like the white paint the best for a bright colored background such as the blue star. I have used black or red paint and I did not like the result as much. One tip for painting with white paint. Usually, white painting looks better if you go over it a second time so you don't see through it to the background color.

Short Cut TIP:

You can use a black Sharpie to apply your Sorority letters to the foam shape. That is the quickest way to make your stickers.

Alpha Delta Pi Pillow

Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 5:22 pm  
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Alpha Delta Pi Pillow with STYLE!

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority GiftsGreek Creations has come up with a winner with their line of sorority pillows which make a very special sorority gift, but it is such a uniquely lovely sorority item that many sisters will be asking for one for Christmas, birthday, or any other occasion when someone wants to know what you want.

This is not a tiny pillow. It is a foot high and a foot and a half wide! That size looks great on a twin bed to accent the head of the bed. Remember 12" by 18" and oblong in shape.

As you can see in this image, the Alpha Delta Pi pillow is made in colors that honor AD Pi. The front design is all about the Greek Letters and colors and there is a diamond over the Delta. The back side of the pillow is an animal print - looks like a leopard print to me.  The popcorn trim in a blue tone gives the pillow a "fun" presentation.

The price is a little steep, but for the quality and the size of the pillow, it is fairly reasonable.

What about the handmade sorority gift crowd?  As far as I know there is not a pattern available for making these sorority pillows so you would need to figure out how to make it starting with the dimensions 12" x 18" and add an inch to that, making it a 13" x 19" rectangle of fabric for the front and for the back.

SororitySisters.net offers ideas for sorority gift ideas, many of which you can make yourself.  Making something similar really is quite doable especially if you have some sewing experience, but it is definitely not a quick and easy project. I would not recommend a sewing project like this for a beginner.

Alpha Chi Omega Pillow

Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 4:59 pm  
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Alpha Chi Omega pillow

If making a sorority pillow is just not your thing, then you might like these elegant pillows available for Alpha Chi Omega and a wide selection for any other sorority. The folks over at Greek Creations have come up with a pillow that has a "designer look"  for Alpha Chi Omega and most other sororities. . These pillows are big!... 18 inches by12 inches- not quite as big as a bed pillow. The oblong shaped pillow is made from vibrant colorful fabric that usually are matched to your sorority colors. This pillow  is trimmed with a popcorn or tassel fringe and is embellished with rhinestones. The back side fabric is an  animal print design that coordinates nicely with the intricate Greek letter design on the front. The pillow that is pictured has a zebra pattern on the back.
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority Gifts

This pillow is made to make the room decorating SHINE. If you coordinate the colors of your bedspread to match the pillow, you'll have a happy room indeed.

If the pillow gets dirty, you will need to have it dry cleaned since the manufacturer warns that it is not machine washable.

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