How To Make a Delta Zeta Sorority Picture Frame

Delta Zeta Picture Frame

Make the perfect frame for a cherished photograph. I think that the easiest frame to decorate is one that is painted solid white. You only have to paint your chosen design on a white frame to make it very special. There are any number of ways that you can decorate a frame. Your imagination is your only limit. This frame was very easy to complete. I used acrylic paint and a quality paintbrush.

1. I started by painting the green and pink border lines around the entire frame. These lines follow the molding of the frame.
2. Then I painted the sorority's name also in pink and green adding little hearts on the ends.
3. Finally, I used the plastic end of my paintbrush to paint the dots.
4. The picture doesn't show it, but the frame hangs by a lovely pink ribbon. This is easy to add with a glue gun. It makes the frame look lovely.

I would love to see other ideas for picture frames. If you have painted a sorority frame, please send in a picture for this blog. My email link is in the sidebar.

Phi Mu Lion with Special Necklace

Here is an easy way to make a stuffed animal such as this lion into a very special representative of your sorority, in this case, Phi Mu. Make a necklace with a ribbon chain and a charm from a foam star.
Simply
1. paint your Greek letters on the foam star
2. punch a hole with a regular hole puncher
3. thread the ribbon through the hole
4. Tie necklace round the neck
5. Add a pretty pink ribbon bow
Now look what you have made! So easy....

And by the way, other foam shapes will work well, too. A heart would be beautiful.
Check out these:
Teddy Bears for Kappa Delta
Turtles for Delta Zeta
Pandas for AOII
Lions for ADII, too.
Owls for Chi O (though stuffed owls are hard to come by) I plan to create a pattern for making a stuffed animal OWL very soon.

Also,
Dolphins
Frogs
Poodles
Unicorns
Ladybugs
Hannah Dolls
Penguins

Please send me a picture if you use this idea. I would love to see your results. (email link in sidebar)
Thanks,



Julie

Chi Omega Owls Squidoo Lens

You are invited to visit my Chi Omega Owls Squidoo Lens

Take a look and see what you think. Leave a comment and give me some stars if you like it.

Greek Fonts for Download

Greek Fonts
If you would like to find some cool Greek fonts to design T-shirts, banners, and scrap books with, there's the Greek House of Fonts. They offer several free Greek fonts for download as well as a fine selection of Greek fonts for sale.

Greek House of Fonts was created with the Greek Collegiate system in mind. Greek students from frat and sorority houses all around can download cool fonts and lettering types to add a touch of character and life to their collegiate apparel and other printable goods.

This site is not only for the Greek system, the Greek fonts are perfect for graphic designers to use in fliers, layouts and even for menus for Greek restaurants.

If you don't see what you want, Sebastian of the font design team would like to help you. He wants you to contact him and let him know what you are looking for. He is always looking for new ideas.

Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu Lion Gift Bags

I was so happy when a saw a beautiful LION stencil at my local craft store. I often paint lions that are cute, but this lion stencil is regal. The blue bags are not the right color blue for ADII (Alpha Delta Pi) but the result is very pretty.

I stenciled some white bags for Phi Mu.

Though the picture doesn't show it, I finish gift bags by punching 2 holes at the top of the bag with a hole puncher. I take a length of ribbon, run the ribbon through the holes and tie a pretty bow to seal the bag with a gift inside.

Instead of stencils, bags can be decorated with stickers, markers, or simple painted designs. The possibilities are endless. These bags are lunch bag size, but you can purchase solid colored gift bags with handles for 50 cents and make them truly beautiful with a little decoration. Gifts that you put time and effort into mean the most!!

DZ Turtles Everywhere!

Turtles, turtles here and there
DZ Turtles everywhere!

Make a Stationery Assortment for your Little.

Since scrapbooking one of the top crafts today, there seems to be an unlimited supply for paper choices for cards, bookmarks, and scrapbook pages. You can make your own cards from special paper or you can buy premade basic cards to decorate.

These ideas can be applied to any sorority using your symbols or mascot.
AOII pandas
ZTA crowns, strawberries, or butterflies
Delta Sigma Theta elephants
Alpha Kappa Alpha ivy and frogs
Alpha Gamma Delta squirrels
Pi Beta Phi arrows
Delta Gamma or Alpha Sigma Tau anchors

Chi Omega Owl:Easy to Paint on a Box!

Here is a hand-painted owl design on a tan paper-mache oval box. The Chi Omega letters can be added or a personalized message. There is plenty of space for a personal note to be painted.


The idea is easy to duplicate. Craft stores carry paper boxes as well as wooden ones. You can paint the box what ever color you desire. Trace a design you like onto paper(in this case I drew an owl design). Transfer the design to the box by placing a sheet of graphite paper (from crafts store) under design and drawing the lines of the design with a pen with enough firmness for the design to be marked on the box. Now you are ready to paint. I use acrylic paints for almost all of my artwork because they are so easy to work with and to clean up!