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We all know how the saying goes: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. While there are some obvious items for my something new (dress, hairpin) and I love my somethings blue (shoes, earrings), I haven’t nailed down my something old or borrowed yet.
Sadly, I will not be able to share this momentous occasion with any of my grandparents, as they have all passed on. There will be a memory page in the programs, but I knew I wanted to incorporate their memory with something more.
Picture of me and my two grandmothers at my first tap recital. Mom-Mom is the one I am looking up at.
Thankfully, my mom still has several pieces of jewelry from her mom (my grandmother was more affectionately known as Mom-Mom to all of her grandkids).
When I mentioned to her that I would love to use a piece of Mom-Mom’s jewelry for my wedding bouquet, Mama Elephant came to the rescue with this brooch. (Doesn’t it look very similar to icon of our very own Miss Brooch, minus the green?)
Is that Gypsy looking on?
I love it! My plan is to have it pinned to the front of my bouquet similar to this, below:
Did you incorporate any family jewelry pieces into your wedding?
Love it! I am using one of FI’s grandmother’s pins on my bouquet as well!
Lovely!
My necklace will be one that my grandmother gave to me for my HS graduation. She had the diamonds from her engagement ring and her mother’s wedding band re-set into a pendant. (Sounds glamorous but it’s actually pretty small, but it holds LOADS of sentimental value.) I’ll carry my grandmother with me through that pendant, as well as the long marriages that those diamonds were a part of.
I’m wearing an aquamarine bracelet that has been in my family for a long time…and I’m pinning my grandmother’s guardian angel pin to my bouquet, or putting it somewhere in my dress.
Yes indeed. My wedding band was my late grandmother’s on my mom’s side, and I will also be wearing an art deco diamond cocktail ring that was my late grandmother’s on my dad’s side. I love that both my grandmothers will be represented through my rings.
I also have a blue butterfly pin that was Nana #1’s, which I might use to pin my bouquet.
That is gorgeous. How wonderful. I am hoping to find such a treasure, too.
Gorgeous! What a wonderful, meaningful “something”
This tradition wasn’t one I’d really heard of or thought about before wedding blogs, the same goes for my mum. We were talking about it the other day, and she doesn’t have any jewelry from her mum apart from a watch, and some 60s plastic jewelry. Plus, she liked yellow gold, and like white gold (ok, and rose gold) so if there was something, it’d really stand out a lot.
I’m fine with all this. 
That’s going to look fabulous, and be a great tribute!
@missbiscuit: That sounds like an amazing piece of history and jewelry! How special to have something that represents marriages in your family!
@mightywombat: That is so great to have pieces from both grandmothers! I want to try and find something from my dad’s mom but I don’t know how much he actually got before her passing.
@jordynrose: Haha, thanks! I think I was 3 and we were tap dancing to Michael Jackson’s beat it.
Oh my goodness! I love the photo of you and your grandmothers!! And beautiful brooch!
I am planning to wear a pair of silver cuff bracelets of my grandmother’s that she wore every day. Since she passed away, the bracelets rotate between my aunts, and my aunt who will have them during my wedding offered them to me to wear.
That’s so beautiful! I had my Moose necklace around my bouquet and it was so comforting to know that, although not physically there, I had Moose with me.
what an exquisite brooch, elephant! your family has fabulous taste, like you
i’ll be carrying, in my bouquet, a childhood locket with a photo of my family. it’s one of my most cherished pieces.
looking forward to seeing that brooch-bedazzled bouquet!
Perfect! The brooch is beautiful. I plan on doing something kind of similar. I inherited my great grandmothers spectacular wedding ring, and while I used to not go a day without it, since I have my own ering now I don’t wear hers as often. But I plan on incorporating it into my wedding somehow.
Awww, I think that is such a beautiful way to incorporate mom-mom into your wedding.
what a wonderful idea!!! The brooch is so pretty.
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Mrs. Elephant, Dallas, TX Age and Occupation: 27, Financial Operations Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, IT Student/Store Manager Engagement Date: March 29, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2011 Venue: The Tribute Golf Club About Me: I'm a Philly native creating roots deep in the heart of Texas. I might be a little obsessed capturing those Kodak moments of anything and everything (mainly on vacations). I've become more of a gamer thanks to Mr. Elephant, who I met online and can't wait to spend the rest of my life with. We are planning a wedding based on our favorite colors, blue and green, with a travel theme for 150 of our closest friends and family. Hopefully our long (2-year) engagement won't kill me!
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