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Miss Pumpkin’s post about Gabby’s Something New got me thinking….let’s all say our something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’s! (except Mrs. Bee who commented that she didn’t have them!)
Mine are:
I don’t care that much about the tradition and I’m not superstitious, but this is just such an easy one to do, that I decided I like it and want to play along!
So, are you getting all the Somethings, or not? What are yours?
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Old - either my mom’s garter (is it ok to use something from a marriage that has ended?) or my grandmother’s blue hair pin.
New - dress, shoes, bracelet I got for my birthday from FILs (how long do I have before it becomes something old?)
Borrowed - my FSILs veil and tiara
Blue - either my mom’s garter or my grandmother’s blue hair pin.
Something Old and Something Borrowed: Gold wedding ring that belonged to FI’s great great grandmother; it is over 100 years old and has been worn by each girl to get married in the family; it will be tied to my bouquet
Something New: Dress, veil, shoes
Something Blue: blue topaz ring that FI bought me for our 6 month anniversary that I have worn since
Something Old and Something Borrowed: gold wedding ring that originally belonged to FI’s great great grandmother and now belongs to his grandmother; it is over 100 years old and has been worn by each girl to get married in the family; it will be tied to my bouquet
Something New: dress, veil, shoes
Something Blue: blue topaz ring that FI gave me for our six month anniversary that I have worn since
I have so many somethings it’s not even funny!
My something old: a necklace Mr. Kiwi gave me ten years ago.
Something new: necklace/tiara/dress/shoes… all that…
Something borrowed: bracelet and veil
Something blue: hm. Don’t know yet!!
I just don’t understand the significance of the whole “somethings” tradition so I’m gonna pass on it.
I am still working on it but I think this will be how it goes:
Something old - pearl necklace from my Momma. It isn’t an antique or anything but it is older than anything I have so I think it counts.
Something new - dress, shoes, underwear, etc… this one will be easy I think 
Something borrowed - my veil I think. My cousin lent me hers and it is the right style & colour but I might still look around
Something blue - also easy, my Chicago Bears garter for Mr. Pumpkin and my blue crystals with our initials on the bottom of my shoes!
I am not superstitious either but this one is so fun and easy so I will do it if I can. My problem spot will be the borrowed item if I find a new veil.
Here is my ST:
Something Blue-Blue shoes
Something Old-Corset and Jewelry from the Engagement Ceremony
Something New-Jewelry
Something Borrowed-Moola…hahah…I don’t know yet.
something old: a pin that my mom had been given when she was first engaged to my father, itself an antique. i pinned it to my bouquet.
something new: my dress, my necklace, my shoes
something borrowed: earring jackets (from my mom)
something blue: underpants, plus the sapphire in the antique pin.
Something Old: My christening bonnet.
Something New: Dress? Or hoping for wedding gift from my fiance that I can wear.
Something Borrowed: My grandma’s rosary tied around my bouquet.
Something Blue: My sapphire Kappa key pinned inside my dress.
i too, will forgo the old and the blue. although, i still hope to borrow a veil from one of my bridesmaids (i am nervous about asking her)!
have you heard that the old tradition actually goes something like this?:
something old, something new
something borrowed, something blue…
and a sixpence in her shoe
i wonder how the sixpence got dropped =P
Old: a diamond bracelet FI gave me
New: dress, shoes, veil, etc.
Borrowed: my grandmother’s rosary
Blue: garter or perhaps my undies
Christening bonnet! I had one of those that became a hankie when you cut two stitches…I wonder where that got to…that’d be ideal.
I’m struggling for a “something borrowed,” because it’s just plain old not in my nature to borrow stuff from people. A bridesmaid offered her grandmother’s star saphire as a handy combo borrowed/blue, and I might run with that.
Oh, and flip flop girl, virtually any wedding website or catalog will happily sell you a sixpence…for $25.
I’m doing them! I too thought they were really simple, so why not?
Something Old: The sixpence from my mother’s wedding shoe
Something New: Pearl and diamond necklace from my parents
Something Borrowed: My grandmother’s pearl bracelet
Something Blue: Shoe crystals and underwear
And, yes, I’m doing the sixpence part, too.
Ok.. hopefully the server lets me do this (my 2nd attempt so hopefully it’s not a repeat)!
Something old: My engagement ring. It’s my FI’s Nana’s ring. It was a cocktail ring her late husband had surprised her with even though she had told him it was too expensive when they saw it in an antique store earlier that day. She brags to everyone she knows that my ring was hers. I’m so happy that she loves me and trusts me enough to give it on over. I absolutely adore her as well as the ring- I love that it’s so different!
Something new: My gown
Something borrowed: My Winters and Rain headpiece from my sister’s SIL. I loved it on her at her wedding so she said I could borrow it. She’s the sweetest!
Something blue: I lamented over this for awhile but ultimately decided to put a picture of my FI as a child in a locket and attach it with a blue ribbon around the stems of my bouquet. He has the bluest eyes you’ve ever seen!
Old: center diamond in my e-ring, from my fiance’s great-grandmother’s e-ring!
New: my Monique Lhuillier dream dress
Borrowed: TBD? I’m not much of a borrower
Blue: grosgrain ribbon monogram from JCrew that is being sewn inside my skirt
OMG LAGirl23—Me too with the Kappa pin inside my dress!!
Old: I have a fleur d’ lis locket that my grampa gave my mom, who gave it to me when I pledged Kappa 13 years ago (GASP!)… will probably put a photo of my grampa in there and attach it some how to my dress or flowers.
New: Undecided at this point…
Borrowed: Mom’s pearl drop earings
Blue: imsohappythatiama…
My somethings were…
something old- grandmother’s pearl necklace
something new- dress
something borrowed & blue- locket w/ sapphire that was granfather’s wedding gift to grandmother, borrowed from my mom and pinned to my bouquet
Old - earrings that were made from two links of a diamond bracelet that belonged to my grandmother
New - dress
Borrowed - earrings (that are old) borrowed from my mom
Blue - panties!
Sixpence - wouldn’t go in my shoe so I hot glued it to the bottom of one she and glued a quartered from the year of my parents’ wedding year on the other shoe
My blue thing was my favorite… I got an aquamarine ring, which is the stone for March, which is the month we got married. I wear it now on my right hand and would put it on my left when I get to my rotations in vet school, just to keep the real thing safe.
I’ve combined some:
Something old, borrowed, blue: a bracelet that was given to my great great grandma by her betrothed when she was 18. The women in my family have all worn it.
Something new: dress, veil, shoes…all of it
The other “Something blue” is this beautiful “V” lace applique with a blue ribbon that my bridal salon sewed into the hem of my skirt
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Mrs. Bluebell, New York
Age and Occupation in 07: 26, Finance Manager
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Playing with the cat and/or Consulting
Engagement Date: December 25, 2005
Wedding Date: June 2007
Venue: Bride's family summer home in the Adirondacks
About Me: Trying to find the perfect balance between family tradition (marrying at the house everyone else in my family gets married at), making our's modern, interesting and different from everyone else in my family's, and incorporating some Chinese tradition for my Chinese fiance. I really have no idea what it's going to end up looking like!
Also, I picked Miss Bluebell for my name because I have blue eyes and I'm a loser like that.
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