Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

[MelissaH]

It's just a coin (a three pence bit - my family are British)

 

 

something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a penny for your shoe...

 

a thruppenny bit was used in place of a penny so i've been told

[A10CalGal]

Wow, thanks Melissa. I've officially learned something new today!

[CourtneyV]

How do you stitch that into a garter?

[MelissaH]

My mom just put the thruppenny on the back of my garter, put a small piece of fabric over it and stitched around the edge of the fabric piece

[*JillD*]

I thought it was "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a lucky sixpence in your shoe"??

[NABUMBAH]

I didn't bother to do this. I know, I am probably doomed

 

I did have a really cool something old- a necklace that originally belonged to my great, great gma from the 1800's. I suppose my veil was new...

 

but I didn't have a borrowed or blue. Oh well.

[amyh]

I found this from a knottie (sorry, I can't remember who) Its a bar menu

It says Something Old- Dhirley Temple; Something New; Big Appletini; Something Borrowed Cosmo; and Something Blue- Blue Hawaii

 

[MelissaH]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jilly76 I thought it was "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a lucky sixpence in your shoe"??

yup...i've heard both

[MikkiStreak]

I'm undecided on this one. If I have to find/supply most of the items, then screw it.... not going to bother with it. I'm not superstitious about any of it. But I always thought it is really neat when the family of the bride (both sides) supply the items... In my case, I would love to have my mom, my FMIL supply the something old, something new and I would love to have my sister do the something borrowed and FI's sister he's closest to do the something blue. But I fear the idea would backfire on me and I hate the idea of just asking people to do this.... So more than likely, I'll skip it...

 

Oh and speaking of wedding traditions and their origins---- did you know the bridal bouquet began as a way to disguise the stench of people during the middle ages when they only bathed like once or twice a year? And the "wedding cake" actually started off as people hitting each other over the head with hard pieces of bread?

[LisaG]

Here's my stuff ~ ~

 

Old = pearls that belonged to my me-maw

New = my dress

Borrowed = a hankie that belongs to my FI great-grandmother (my FMIL is letting me borrow it)

Blue = my garter (my FMIL bought it for me...haven't seen it yet)