Disney Brides, did you wear something old, new, borrowed, and blue?

[FutureAshleyDukes]

I was just curious if most brides still tried to wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue for good luck on their wedding day. If you did what were the items that you wore?

I thought this would be a fun question to ask.

 

[Becky2005]

"and a sixpence in your shoe" is how we were always taught it for the ending.

OK, I'm not a Disney bride but my mom had a picture of her flower girl placing a penny in her shoe. I definitely did that too (and yes I had the penny in my shoe for the wedding and don't remember feeling it!). So, I have a picture of my niece putting the penny in my shoe.

Just didn't know if that is a common part of the saying or just something our family did (I had asked my mom "why a penny?" and the sixpence part of the saying was told to me).

 

[FutureAshleyDukes]

aww, that's really cute Becky. I heard the sixpence part once, but not very often. I was even thumbing through a bridal magazine and saw an ad to buy an actual sixpence to put in your shoe on your wedding day.

 

[ead79]

I did...

Old - my grandmother's engagement ring (wore it on my right hand)

New - my gown

Borrowed - I borrowed a friend's shawl (though I didn't wear it at the ceremony itself)

Blue - my garter had a blue ribbon on it

 

[tinkerbela]

i had my dress, which was new, my mickey doll had a blue package in his hand so that was something blue. i didn't have anything old or borrowed.

 

[jamie0201]

Well, I am not married yet, but VERY close!!! 23 DAYS LEFT!

Here is what I am doing...

OLD - My Great Grandmothers bracelet (all the girls int he family hwere it on wedding day)

NEW - Dress/Shoes

BORROWED - My Cousins veil and tiara

BLUE - Garter (my mom had it made for her for her 2nd marriage, and liked it to much to where it and throw it - so she wants me to have it)

Hope that helps!

Jamie

 

[LUVTGR]

I was loaded w/ sentimental stuff. My parents gave me a new string of pearls, my brother gave me an old watch that belonged to my Aunt, I borrowed a hankerchief that was my great grandmothers, my garter had a blue ribbon and tigger on it, and I got married w/ my grandmother's ring. It was really nice to have something from everyone who should have been there on my wedding day, but are no longer w/ us.

 

[dreams91]

I did follow the saying....I wore a new dress, a blue garter, borrowed earrings from my sister and many things were old (including a watch from my grandma). My mom also bought me a new ring with blue saphirres in memory of my dad. I wore that on my right hand.

 

[Asuneda]

Well, my DH is British, so we had a sixpence sent from his aunt for my shoe. My new was my dress, and my borrowed was earrings. My Mother gave me the sapphire necklace my Father had given her on their wedding day for my old and blue. It was very special for me.

 

[MrsTink04]

Not only did I wear something old, new, borrowed and blue, I doubled up on a lot of it. Here goes:

Something old: I sewed a piece of lace from my mother's wedding dress into the crinoline of my dress; wore my DH's grandmother's wedding band - which I also BORROWED from his sister.

Something new: My dress, shoes, lingerie, jewelry

Something borrowed: DH's grandmother's wedding band; friend's garter - which was also BLUE

Something blue: My garter, my friend's garter and I sewed my mother's lace into my dress with baby blue thread.

Both of my parents are deceased, so I also had my grandmother carry my father's childhood bible during the wedding so I would have something of both of my parents at my wedding.

 

[Kismetdreams]

I wore:

Old - My mother's strand of pearls

New - My gown and veil

Borrowed - My sister's tiara

Blue - My bouquet

I did not wear a sixpence or penny, as I had on sandals. But, the tradition of the sixpence is:

The sixpence, an English coin first minted in the reign of Edward VI (1551), has been associated with weddings since the reign of Elizabeth I. in those times the Lord of the Manor where the bride lived would often present a sixpence as a wedding gift.

As time passed the tradition changed and it became the custom for the bride's parent to give the coin as a dowry gift. It was not however until Victorian times that the present day custom evolved to that of giving a silver sixpence as a lucky charm to bring wealth and happiness to the married couple.

The custom says that to ensure the couples wealth and happiness the bride should put the coin in her left shoe. In some areas the custom is for the father of the bride to put the sixpence in the shoe, this is probably an amalgamation of the older dowry tradition and the more modern interpretation.
The sixpence coin we use in our wedding favor is from either the reign of George V1 or Elizabeth 11 and as such only has a nominal amount of silver content, but never the less retains the symbolism and continues the age old tradition.

From http://www.wedding-garter.com/traditions.htm

 

[melmel]

I'm going to do it in December for my wedding.

Old & Borrowed is my grandmother's wedding ring
New is pretty much everything i'm wearing
Blue are my flip flops
I have a sixpence, the local wedding store had them, but i'm still not sure how it's going in a flip flop but i'm sure i'll come up with something creative.

melissa

 

[angey77]

Something old was also my something blue. I had my grandmother's diamonds incorporated into my wedding band, and my something blue is the blue topaz that is the center stone of my engagement ring and the earrings that matched which my husband gave me as a wedding gift. I borrowed my future cousin-in-law's bridal purse for the other item, even though it was not "worn." Still worked for me though. New was the dress, shoes, veil, underwear, tiara, well, you get the picture.

 

[DisneyBrideStacy]

I also followed the traditions:

Old ~ My Great Aunt's platinum wedding band (worn on my right hand)

New ~ My dress/rings

Borrowed ~ My Mothers and Stepmothers wedding handkerchiefs

Blue ~ my Mom made my garter and put blue flowers on it

Six Pence ~ I wore sandals, so I couldn't put it in my shoe. However, my mom wrapped it in some cloth, and sewed it to my crinoline.

 

[Tinkerbelle14]

My something new will be basically everything I am wearing, I'm not sure about the borrowed and old yet, but the blue will be the blue sapphires in my wedding band.

 

[hmgolden]

I had new (my dress) and blue (my garther). My Bridesmaid was in charge of the borrowed, old, and the six pence. She forgot them all in Cleveland when she flew down for the wedding. Ooops!

 

[Tinkerbelle14]

I still think this is a great tradition, no matter where you are getting married! There are probably a lot of people that still do it.

 

[hjc1277]

Although I am still a year out, I plan on doing this. Before my grandmother passed away, she set aside the something old and blue... I just have to get to her house to find out what exactly it was.

-Heidi

 

[Alice42]

our disney wedding was 10/4/03:
something old: DH's grandmother's ring
something new: mickey pearls in my hair, dress, shoes
something borrowed: sister's eye makeup
something blue: garter, undergarments