Just curious -old, new, borrowed, blue?

hoffse · August 2012

This is probably more suited to C&T, but whatever. My mom is bugging me to figure it out. Just curious if anybody followed this tradition, and if so what was your old, new, borrowed, and blue? So far I have:

Old: grandmother's earrings

New: .....? does the dress count?

Borrowed: .....?

Blue: the frilliest garter you've ever seen

adamar15 · August 2012

New: a necklace my mom gave me
Old and borrowed: a necklace of my grandma's that I carried with my bouquet
Blue: my shoes

midgetthemighty · August 2012

I kind of did but not because I wanted the tradition of it, if that makes sense. It all just kind of happened.

Old - My grandma on mom's side handerchief
New - Dress, veil, all kinds of things.
Borrowed - My grandpa on dad's side wedding band (borrowed because grandma still wears it around her neck)
Blue - My necklace and wedding band (sapphires)

My grandma tried to make me wear a penny in my shoe. Didn't happen. No place to put it in my Toms.

MrsGandthebeag · August 2012

Old/borrowed: one of my nana's hankies that I got from my aunt

New: dress/shoes

Blue: undies

Lizzieyounce · August 2012

My Old will be a locket containing pictures of my maw-maw and paw-paw (mom's parents) that my maw maw wore when paw paw was off fighting in WWII. It's going to be tied to my bouquet.

My New is my wedding ensemble.

I have no clue what my borrowed will be yet.

Blue will likely be my garter.

Kello4221 · August 2012

old - FI grandmothers crystal earrings - they are only half old because I updated them from the old screw clip ons to regular posts
new - I could count a lot of things, but my Aunt gave me a pretty hankie at my shower to use at my something new
borrowed - veil from a bridesmaid who was recently married
blue - shoes

baystateapple · August 2012

Old -- my great-grandmother's wedding band
New -- my jewelry
Borrowed -- H's Nana's lace handkerchief from Switzerland
Blue -- a tiny bluebird charm I affixed to my clutch.

Meegles4 · August 2012

Blue - shoes
New - dress, veil, etc.
Old/Borrowed - a brooch I borrowed from my mom that was allegedly my dad's aunts or something like that. I had a really hard time with these two categories!

AdeleDazeem · August 2012

There's a whole thread on this here - over 150 people have answered...

http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_looking-something-old-something-new-something-borrowed-something-blue

JessAndTrav · August 2012

Old: My grandmother's earrings and H's grandmother's necklace
New: Dress and shoes
Borrowed: Veil
Blue: My shoes.

H's grandmother also gave me a 2009 (the year we got married) penny for my shoe as well.

Kerm1986 · August 2012

Old: My paternal grandmother's lace head covering she used to wear to Mass (wrapped it around my bouquet

New: Dress, shoes, jewelry, etc

Borrowed: my maternal grandmother's mother's ring (had a birthstone of each of her children)

Blue: Garter

katehar01 · August 2012

Old: My late grandmother's pearl necklace she gave me
New: my outfit
Borrowed: my other grandmother's pearl ring
Blue: My mother's got something for this, but she's not showing me until the day. My friend asked her seamstress to stitch their wedding date in blue on the underside of the dress, which was cute. Another friend is writing the date on the bottom of her shoes in blue.

ZombieNates · August 2012

Old--sixpence for my shoe
New--dress and shoes
Borrowed--nothing
Blue--garter

And I had a 2011 penny on the other shoe that my mom gave me.

Calypso1977 · August 2012

old: earrings my father gave me
new: my dress
borrowed: pearls from my sister that she had worn on her wedding day
blue: my shoes

rsaleh84 · August 2012

Old: not quite sure yet...most likely something my mother will give me

New: My dress, shoes, veil, and jewlery

Borrowed: Not sure about this either...again either from my mother or FMIL

Blue: I will be getting our wedding date and initials stitched inside my dress, as well as on the underside of FI's shirt collar

Cortney1982 · August 2012

Woah! I must be super untraditional. I did not wear anything old, borrowed or blue.

FutureGray · August 2012

I didn't really mean to do it, but...

Old: brooch of my grandmother's that I incorporated into my hairpiece

New: awesome giant earrings that a friend made for me

Borrowed: charm that H's aunt gave me to carry in my bouquet (I didn't know that was happening until the morning of the wedding, and I haven't seen her again since then so I haven't been able to return it... not sure if this counts.)

Blue: my hairpiece included peacock feathers

My MIL also gave me a silver sixpence to put in my shoe, since they're English and apparently that's one of their traditions. That thing hurt my toes like crazy so it came out as soon as the ceremony was over.

But I still have it tucked away with my earrings and the charm from the aunt.

brilibby4 · August 2012

Old: Pearl necklace and earrings that were my great grandmother's. When she died about ten years ago, my great aunt had then restored and put away for me. I didn't know any of this until she surprised me with them at my bridal shower.

New: Dress, shoes, veil, etc.

Borrowed and Blue: Handkerchief that is white with blue trim. My mom, grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt all wore it somehow on their wedding days. I pinned it under my dress.

FutureGray · August 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_just-curious-old-new-borrowed-blue?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6079c697-d227-4f08-92a9-dd84859c2be2Post:e99dd252-5036-4723-8baf-15b0e66d6215">Re: Just curious -old, new, borrowed, blue?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Just curious -old, new, borrowed, blue? : The best place to put the coin is under the arch of the foot. It tends to cause the least discomfort, unless the bride has fallen arches or a similar issue.
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]

If I ever have a daughter, I will let her know.

I think my heels were high enough that the coin kept sliding around no matter where we put it. (I have high-ish arches, so there's always room in my shoes.) It was either wedged into the ball of my foot or sitting right under my toes. Either way, it was fun to have had it.

KellyBrian2013 · August 2012

I had intended to wear a strand of pearls my grandmother had given my mom as my borrowed/old, but it broke 4 days before the wedding

Old - diamonds (from my grandmother's wedding band) in a necklace I carried in my bouquet
New - dress, shoes, necklace, earrings
Borrowed - pearl bracelet from my mom
Blue - garter and flowers

I didn't plan to have a borrowed after the pearl necklace broke, but my mom offered her pearl bracelet to me the morning of and it happened to work.

LeiselEB · August 2012

Old: My grandmother's handkerchief tucked into my bouquet.

New: Dress, veil, shoes, jewelry, everything I wore pretty much.

Borrowed: I'd planned to have my H's grandma's rosary around my bouquet, but they couldn't find it last minute. So we considered his grandma's cake knife as our "borrowed" something.

Blue: I wore a blue crystal cuff bracelet.

I also had a penny in my shoe.

willywally5 · August 2012

For my wedding 15 years ago (almost) I had

Old: My grandma's pearl necklace

New: Dress, shoes, headband

Borrowed:

Blue: a tiny blue ribbon rose on my otherwise ivory garter

DD will be having

Old: still up in the air, but a contender is my late mother's wedding rings tied into her bouquet

New: Her FI is getting her pearl earrings

Borrowed: Diamond tennis bracelet

Blue: Garter

And, she doesn't know it yet, but we have a sixpence with her dad's birth year for in her shoe.

Kate61487 · August 2012

old - the hair ribbon I wore as a flower girl when I was 6; wrapped around my bouquet
new - pretty much everything: dress, jewelry, etc.
borrowed - my mom's diamond bracelet
blue - my shoes

whitney37354 · August 2012

Old: lace from Mom's wedding gown in my bouquet, Mom's garter, roses in my bouquet were silk that DH had given me, one every year on our dating anniversary

New: dress, veil, shoes, stockings, earrings

Borrowed: two crinolines from two of the BM's, old underwear from a BM pinned to the crinoline (long story & she taped a piece of those old underwear to one of her shoes at her wedding, 8 years later---I regifted them to her at one of her showers!)

Blue: ribbon in Mom's garter

MJheartsWeddings · August 2012

Old- Grandma's Handkerchief

New- Everything else?

Borrowed- Other Grandma's Pearls

Blue- My sapphire ring fiance bought me.

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