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i like the tradition but if it isn't you i'd say skip it!
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Not that big of a deal but i thought it was fun to find something for every category.
I didn't adhere to the old adage of something old, new, borrowed, and blue. Well, not on purpose anyways. It just so happened that i had something old, new, and blue when my bm's asked me about it, but I was missing the borrowed something. But like I said, that was totally unintentional. I know it's a fun tradition, but I didn't even bother with it for my wedding. So if you don't want to worry about it, then don't.
I don't think I'm going to do it, unless my mom gives me something old or blue, I'm not going to go out looking for stuff. Honestly, I don't even know the tradition behind it :)
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I have new & blue (dress & Shoes). I'm not sure how much effort I'll put into old and borrowed....with 3 weeks left it just comes down to if I find something not meaning to I'll go for it, otherwise I'm new & blue! :) I say just do what is comfortable and meaningful to you :)
I lucked out. The setting of my engagement ring was his grandmother's, but with all new stones. He totally rocked and selected sapphires (my favorite) for the side stones. This takes care of old, borrowed, and blue. New is easy. However, if I didn't have it so easy, I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think you should stress over it; it's not going to ruin your wedding day or your marriage if you don't have something old, borrowed, or blue.
Thanks for the feed back, it just seems everyone does this tradition and it would be cool, if those things were easier to come by... Thank you Hive!
I feel the same way. It sounds like fun but I don't want to get TOO stressed out over finding an item that fits each category. There's already enough details to stress over as it is! ;)
I am so into this tradition and not really any of the others.
However, the old adage also includes a six pence in your shoe. My FSIL sent me the six pence and so now I must continue with it.
However, since my mom died when I was 16 I am not sure what to do about borrowing something. I might ask one of her sisters, who I am not at all close with.
I love sentimental things, and this tradition appeals to me, so I'm working on coming up with everything!
I did this... but it turns out that no one but you (and weddingbees) care what the items are, lol. My dress/shoes/etc were new. My jewelry and veil were borrowed. My earrings were old, antique (Victorian) wedding earrings. I wore a bracelet with blue topaz. :)
As an anthropologist I am all about traditions...but I think this may be one I give up on, lol. To me the items need to make sense and not feel too contrived. I have the new...cause I need new shoes! And I have the old...my earrings are vintage...and I think I have borrowed. My grandmother gave me a purse that is from her late mother. Does that count? I have no idea what to do blue. no clue.
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I haven't even thought of doing this tradition and probably won't. But then again, I am not doing a bouquet toss or garter toss either.
Don't know if this helps, but I'm wearing my grandma's garter. It's blue, borrowed and old. And my dress is new, so I am considering myself taken care of. Don't know if you can count one thing for more than one category, but it'll have to do. Too much else to think about!
My engagement ring has aquamarine in it... so I picked out a dress with blue details, and all my jewelry has blue as well. And it's ALL new, so that's covered. I don't know what to do for borrowed or old. I never wear bracelets, so I might try to borrow one from my mom or a family friend, but I'm kind of stumped for old. I thought the something old had to be something I have already owned for a while. One idea - I have an old locket that was my grandmother's and my mom gave it to me a few years back. I could have the florist attach it to my bouquet instead of a brooch... thoughts?
When I was kid my Step mom got married and followed it and I said then I would do it so I am its only 4 things,
My old is my Stepmom's Mom Silver Clutch
My New is my Dress
My Borrowed is my Mom's White Gold Diamond Jewerally Set from Dubai
My Blue is my Underwear
and I will have a penny taped to my Shoe!
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I'm doing it, but only because it was easy for me:
Old: a ring from his mum
New: dress
Borrowed: wedding jewelry from sister
Blue: underwear from my friends!
Sixpence in shoe: I'm taping a US penny to one shoe and a UK penny in the other. It's what you get for wearing open toed kitten heels!
Like others have said, don't worry too much about it. If it happens, great! If not, I'm sure you have a lot of other traditions you're doing that will be just as meaningful.
It's not really me, and since we're skipping a lot of other traditions, we'll be skipping this one as well. I'm planning on wearing "something old", my great-grandmother's ring, but that's about it. I don't think my marriage will be doomed if I don't follow this tradition. :)
My something old will the charm my Grandfather Louis gave to my grand mother on thier 30th anniversary -- My grandmother pased away the year I turned 30 -- it just so happens that my finace is also Louis and our wedding day is 10-10-10 it all adds up to 30.
Something new is the dress and the shoes
Something blue is my tatoo if i cant come up with anything else
Something borrowed thats got me -- originally was goingto borrow moms pearls but now I think i would rather wear my own. Moms are creamy white mine are white ivory and purple
I'm glad that this thread has been bumped, because I totally thought I wouldn't do this tradition. But I've just recently realised that I will be, completely inadvertently.
Something old: My late grandmother's sapphire ring, which I'll wear on my right hand.
Something new: Just about everything. My dress, my shoes, my veil, my string of pearls, almost certainly my underwear unless I get too busy to remember to buy it!
Something borrowed: My sister-in-law's wrap from her wedding (we're having an autumn wedding, hers was in the Australian winter).
Something blue: My grandmother's sapphire again. She died a couple of years before I met my FI and she really would have loved him; I'm glad I'll be wearing the ring she left me at my wedding.
old- thinking of wearing the same perfume my mom wore on her wedding day. does that count?? still unsure.
new- dress, jewelry
borrowed- veil
blue- shoes
i want too but we will see.
i want a blue garter for my something blue
My dress is my something new
and i just need someone to give me something old lol
and for my borrowed i might borrow a pin for my hair from my bff
I want to do it, it may be old fashioned but I think it's neat.
My something old is my Gran's ring that was passed down to me when she died -- it fits on my middle finger. Something new is obv. my dress! Something borrowed will probably be my shoes, and I think for something blue I may put an ever-so-slightly blue coloured hair clip/pin in my hair!
I agree with PPs who said that it's great if it doesn't feel contrived. I wouldn't do it just to do it probably. I will likely wear a sapphire ring I have since it is my birthstone and that will be my something blue. I haven't yet figured out any of the others, so if I have them, I do; if I don't, oh well!
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Hey Hive,
I was just curious, does everyone do these? I think I am not going to, mostly because these items are not that easy to come by, something borrowed, blue, and old. I just don't have them! hmmm..Am I the only one? Or should I try a little harder and get these items?
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