Wedding Traditions: How to Do "Something Old, Something New"
This month on the blog, it's all about...wedding traditions, and how to take them and make them your own. Today we're talking about "Something Old, Something New", which comes from the old saying "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"...
According to The Knot...
“This tradition comes from an Old English rhyme (“Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, A Sixpence in your Shoe”), and the four objects that the bride adds to her wedding outfit or carries with her on the big day are just good luck charms. Don’t stress too much about them — they are the little tokens of love your mother, sister, other relatives, and attendants will give you at the eleventh hour (although you can give them to yourself, too). Something old represents continuity; something new offers optimism for the future; something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness; something blue stands for purity, love, and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, although this remains largely a British custom.”
"Something Old" - An heirloom, a vintage find, a piece of fabric from your mother or grandmother's bridal attire...
"Something New" - A recent gift such as jewelry or a charm, but really "something new" can be anything!
Don't be afraid to think outside of the box!
xoxo
Jason + Heather
www.revivalphotography.com
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