Sorority Sisters is all about inspiring creativity in hopes that you will make your own sorority gifts. Make up a batch of sorority greeting cards so you will have one handy at anytime there is a need. There is such a wide variety of scrapbook paper that it is easy to find colors and patterns that suit your sorority's image.

Just cut and fold the scrapbooking paper to make it fit into a standard envelope and you have your basic card made!

You can go super simple and only add your sorority letters or you can make a card that is a work of art with your sorority flower or mascot. Paint a design or use stickers or rubber stamps.  Remember, you can always print out letters or designs from the computer to incorporate into your sorority card, but in a world of manufactured stuff and perfect letters from fonts, handmade and hand drawn has an irresistible appeal.

The following pictures show some ideas for sorority greeting cards for Kappa Delta and Delta Zeta.

These cards are available this week on ebay for a great price (less that $1.50 for a pack of 8!). The seller is only offering sets for these two sororities at this time, but I hope we will see more sororities available. These cards are cute!!

Kappa Delta paraphernalia

Delta Zeta paraphernalia

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Have you made any other sorority gifts with scrapbook papers?

Welcome, Delta Zeta browsers!

Here are 19 samples of sorority gifts that you can make yourself. Enjoy the process of making stuff for your friends!

Delta Zeta Set includes:

1 Turtle basket with lining & bow

1 Turtle Gift Bag

1 wooden hang-up turtle

1 5 x 7 photo mat

3 small folded gift cards (2 of roses, 1 of turtle)

6 handpainted foam stickers (stars in pink & green)

3 rectangular turtle greeting cards

3 round turtle greeting cards

Greetings from Delta Zeta

Make a Bunch of Sorority Letter Cards Tonight!

1. I bought a pack of a dozen 3" x 4" white cards with envelopes from Michaels or Hobby Lobby

2. Then I chose some pink and green scrapbook paper to cut the letters from.

3. Next I made a template by drawing the Delta and Zeta on cardboard. (This step takes the longest since  you want the letters to look right)

4. Then I cut out the cardboard template.

5. Next I traced with a pencil around the edge of the template letters onto the pink scrapbook paper.

6. Then I cut out the letters with scissors.

7. Last step: I used a glue stick to glue the letters on to the card.

That's It.

The reason I went to the trouble to make a cardboard template of the Delta and Zeta is because Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to making cards, the sky is the limit.

Cards can be so easy to make and yet a handmade card gives more to your sorority sister than any bought card ever could.

The easiest card to make would be one with scrapbooking cardstock in your sorority colors embellished with stickers of your sorority mascot or flower.

Use markers or Sharpee pens to write your message. (it is a good ideas to practice writing your message on plain paper first so that you can see how it will look first.  You will probably be able to do a better job on the actual card if you practice first.)

The card in the picture is an M & M card. I covered up the M&M in the middle with the hand-painted lion.  A simple drawing like this one of the lion mascot is very easy to draw and paint.  Then I cut it out and glued it onto the card making a very special card.

Alpha Delta Pi Lion

For a standard card, fold a piece of scrapbooking cardstock (in your sorority color of course) in half. Decorate with your own painting, drawing, or use stickers or rubber stamp designs that represent your sorority's mascot, flower, letters, or whatever you like.

Choose a quote or poem to express your message or by all means, write your own.

A Sampling of Sorority Quotes Below: (Click for more SORORITY QUOTES)

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there. ~Amy Li

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister. ~Alice Walker

Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood. ~Louisa May Alcott

In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend. ~Catherine Killigrew

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double. ~Toni Morrison

What's the good of news if you haven't a sister to share it? ~Jenny DeVries

A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. ~Chris Montaigne

How do people make it through life without a sister? ~Sara Corpenin