What's your borrowed/blue/old/new?

hz80408

Are you/did you follow this old tradition?  What are/were your "somethings"?

hz80408

I kind of followed it..

borrowed/old:  an antique lace handkerchief.  It's my mom's now, but was originally my grandma's

new: my dress/accessories

blue: Cub's garter and "I Do" on my shoes

GinaK119

I'm not doing the something old/something new/something borrowed/ something blue. We actually aren't doing a lot of the traditonal stuff. My mom can't understand why but it's just not our thing.

CASK85

This is a tradition that I'd like to do, but I haven't really thought about it much yet. I should probably get on that. 

You're supposed to get your old and borrowed things from women who have had good marriages, right? I heard that somewhere. . . 

No one has offered me anything and I can't think of anything off the top of my head from my grandmother or FI's mother that I'd like to borrow.

New could be my dress, shoes, and jewelry.

Blue is my engagement ring (sapphire center stone). 

Cony&Ben

I'm still trying to work some of this out.

Old/Borrowed: Not sure. My mom lost a lot of stuff in a fire recently, so I'm thinking about checking with FI's parents.

New: Pretty much everything

Blue: I'm going to cross stitch our monogram in blue and sew in to the lining of my dress.

Did anyone do a sixpence in their shoe?

MrsPaps

I did parts but not everything:

• New was my handkerchief that my mom brought back from Italy
• Old was my grandpa's prayer book from when he was in the service during WWII (I carried it in my pocket)
• Blue was a tie for my bustle and my clutch
• nothing borrowed though!

hz80408

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_whats-borrowedblueoldnew?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:72Discussion:6b23720b-738f-449a-865e-5c876eea3947Post:b10d516a-2061-4c22-80ac-a79cb8386cbf">Re: What's your borrowed/blue/old/new?</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm still trying to work some of this out. Old/Borrowed: Not sure. My mom lost a lot of stuff in a fire recently, so I'm thinking about checking with FI's parents. New: Pretty much everything Blue: I'm going to cross stitch our monogram in blue and sew in to the lining of my dress. Did anyone do a sixpence in their shoe?
Posted by Cony&Ben[/QUOTE]

Gosh, sorry to hear about your mom!  I love the item of the blue stitching in the dress.  I wish I'd done it!

MrsMLRB

Old: The necklace that my mom, grandmother and great grandmother wore when they got married
New: My veil
Borrowed: DH's grandfathers wedding band was used for our ceremony since the ring I chose wasn't kosher
Blue: My mom's engagement ring (which is aquamarine)

I was wearing 4 rings at the end of the ceremony since we used DH's grandfathers and mine for the ceremony and I was already wearing my ering and my moms ering.

TEA&Co

Old: My veil (I'm having it made from a piece of lace that my grandmother gave me as a Christmas gift about 15 years ago...random).

New: Earrings/bracelet

Borrowed: Not sure yet.  Possibly hair pins that my FSIL loaned me...

Blue:  Not sure yet.  I wanted blue shoes, but the shoes I bought only came in white, boo. 

fashionx

old/blue - a flower brooch that was my grandma's

new - dress, most accessories

borrowed - not sure yet?

aimers1525

Old--I pinned my sorority pin and had my grandma's pearls from high school in the pocket of my dress

New--dress, earrings, underwear lol, shoes, veil, and a birthstone ring that was my wedding gift from my H

Borrowed--I borrowed two bracelets; one from my mom and one from my MIL

Blue--my garter was Dallas Cowboys fabric so it was blue!

HandBanana

Old/Borrowed: I also did a handkerchief but it was from my MOH grandmother.

Blue: My garter (made by my SIL) had blue and the handerchief.

New: My jewelry was my something new.

My MOH was despereately trying to get me to give her something to do for the wedding so I asked her for somethign to borrow and it was perfect.

LawyerLover810

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_whats-borrowedblueoldnew?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:72Discussion:6b23720b-738f-449a-865e-5c876eea3947Post:b10d516a-2061-4c22-80ac-a79cb8386cbf">Re: What's your borrowed/blue/old/new?</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm still trying to work some of this out. Old/Borrowed: Not sure. My mom lost a lot of stuff in a fire recently, so I'm thinking about checking with FI's parents. New: Pretty much everything Blue<strong>: I'm going to cross stitch our monogram in blue and sew in to the lining of my dress.</strong> Did anyone do a sixpence in their shoe?
Posted by Cony&Ben[/QUOTE]

I love this idea! I found a picture of it on pinterest and have been wanting to do it ever since!

Cony&Ben

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_whats-borrowedblueoldnew?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:72Discussion:6b23720b-738f-449a-865e-5c876eea3947Post:3c100aec-7698-4663-80e9-92b1d31fa36b">Re: What's your borrowed/blue/old/new?</a>:
[QUOTE]I love this idea! I found a picture of it on pinterest and have been wanting to do it ever since!
Posted by LawyerLover810[/QUOTE]
I had seen pictures of embroidered monogram labels and thought they were cute. I wanted to make it a little more personal, so I decided to cross-stitch it myself!

My sister actually gave me a really great idea of cross-stitching our monogram on a larger piece of cloth and framing it. I'm not sure I'll be able to do this before the wedding, but it's definitely a future project for me.

Cocnut0216

Old: a platinum necklace (sort of choker style and brilliant) my grandmother gave me
New: my veil that my mother is making me
Borrowed: dozens of brooches from my mom, my 2 grandmas, my fiance's grandma (one of them), and my godmother
Blue: a pair of kick ass blue suede pumps to walk down the aisle in

soccerchica604

old...havent figured this out yet
new...everything lol dress shoes necklace earrings
borrowed...an irish coin to stick my shoe for good luck
blue...police garter (FI is a cop)

kbeamer05

Old: Part of my mother's communion veil that was my grandma's wedding veil. I'm Having it taken apart and put into a length I want

Barrowed: My necklace, it a sapphire of my mother's (again)

New: My dress and pretty much everything else.

Blue: My shoes are blue, my colors are blue and green so I have a lot of blue

I love this tradition! It's cute and no one has to know that you are follwing it, which I love. 

I am also stiching a little heart under my FI's collar with our initals in it, that'll be his blue

NicolesBigDay

Old: My favorite pair of flats that are still in good condition for the reception to dance in

Borrowed: A flower hairpiece my mother wore in her wedding

New: My dress from Jenny Yoo (see below for a pic)

http://www.jennyyoo.com/wedding_alternatives03.html

Blue:I'm wearing a blue bracelet to add a little color to my assemble

anacap21

Old: grandmother's bracelet she wore on her wedding
New: beautiful veil from Adore Bridal and Specialty
Borrowed: my best friend's clutch
Blue: adding a blue flower in my hair

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