What's your Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue?

My dress and earrings are new, my necklace will be borrowed from my stepmom, and I ordered a blue garter. Not for tossing just for keeping. But I don’t know what to do yet about something old.

My daughter’s:

Old - handkerchief from grandmother gifted to her on her 1st communion as well as her heirloom wedding ring that belonged to FH’s grandmother

New - dress

Borrowed - one of my rosaries

Blue - family ring with blue stone worn by many women on her FH’s side for their weddings

Sixpence in her shoe - purchased a 1964 sixpence from eBay

Ok so I was thinking about this, and can someone explain what it all means? I see it done at weddings but I have no idea what none of the traditions mean...

Something Old: my pearls. They're not THAT old but my mom has been getting me a single pearl for every birthday/Christmas/life event since I was 7, so some of the pearls were given to me 17 years ago. They were strung as a necklace for my wedding.

Something New: my wedding dress.

Something Borrowed: a flattened penny from Paris Island. I borrowed it from my cousin, her brother couldn't join us because he is currently stationed at Paris Island! It was a nice way to include him in the day.

Something Blue: my panties. Lol.

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“something old” stands for continuity; “something new” shows optimism for the future; “something borrowed” symbolizes borrowed happiness; and “something blue” represents purity, love, and fidelity.

View Quoted Comment Until today I had never heard the sixpence part! Also didn't realize my dress could be my something new. So that's one thing checked off lol.

View Quoted Comment Omg I love that your mom has been giving you pearls every year! I like when the items have a story and or meaning.

I am 5 days out and super excited. My dress is my new, my my blue is a garter i bought with a small blue bow. My old and borrowed is a ring that my mother has given me to wear on m I opposing hand that was my great grandmother's ring. It is from the 1920's, and has a lot of good wedding/marriage luck behind it!!!! Good luck girls

Something old:-my grandmother's veil from her wedding
Something new:-dress and shoes
Something borrowed:-my mother's locket
Something blue:- my sapphire clip for my hair

Something old: my grandmother's broach
Something new: my dress
Something borrowed: same broach
Something blue: don't know yet
And a sixpence, of course

View Quoted Comment Ooh I like the idea of a blue hair accessory!

View Quoted Comment That's awesome that you have a family good luck ring! Congrats on your upcoming wedding!

New: dress, viel
old: a flower from my mom’s bouquet was put into mine
borrowed: mom’s bracelet
blue: the soles of my shoes and I have a blue sapphire in my E-Ring

View Quoted Comment Awwww I love that your mom still had one of her flowers to give to you!

My old: im incorportaing my grans pearls (she passed in 2006, they were my wedding gift from the first time around, so idk if ill use those pearls, or her christmas ones i got when she passed.
New: not sure yet, maybe shoes?
Borrowed: i dunno
Blue: i plan on wearing a single blue pearl in my hair, one in my bouquet, and using blue thread in my petticoat.
Lets not forget the lucky sixpence in my shoe- im planning on finding a sixpence from the year my gran was born to honor her, and if my dad doesnt make it that long, im going to get a second sixpence from the year he was born for the other shoe.

I am struggling with the “something borrowed”. I just don’t know about that one yet.

Something new- My parents said they’ve got it covered and won’t tell me 😂
Something old- My dad’s grandmother painted a bracelet for my grandmother. (Porcelain pieces with floral paintings.) It has been passed down to me, and I love it!
Something blue- I’m sewing a piece of one of my dad’s old blue shirts into my dress.
something borrowed- My grandma collects brooches and she is letting me borrow one of her favorites to pin to my bouquet

My something old was my father's handkerchief with his blue initial, my something new was my dress and jewelry, my borrowed was a bracelet from my sister and my blue was blue undies.

Old: - My dress which was originally my Grandma's (dad's mom) that was handmade for her by her MIL.

New - veil and shoes - but I have neither yet...

Borrowed - something from my mom's jewelry collection. She has it picked out and I will get it that morning as a surprise. I just know not to buy a necklace... (I will be returning it after the reception to make it completely borrowed).

Blue - a brooch with an aquamarine at the center that has been passed down through my mom's mom's family since the mid 1800s and is now mine.

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I like this! I have been told that the borrowed should always come from a happily married woman (at least one that had a happy marriage for most of her adult life if you are closest to a widow - but the husband's death should not have been tragic or unusually young in that case).