Something old/new/borrowed/blue

marialouise

Hi all,
Bridesmaid to my older sister in a few weeks and want to ask about the Something Old/New/Borrowed/Blue tradition. Do people still do this, or do without it? Who normally takes care of it and makes sure the bride gets something?
Also no idea what to actually give, or when to give it? We don't live in the same country and the wedding is in a third country, we are travelling separately and meeting there a few days beforehand so it'd have to be a combination of things that can fit in my luggage. There's nothing hugely sentimental I can think of, and she'll have all her hair/jewels/shoes sorted so I can't present her with blue earrings or anything. I've asked mum and she doesn't really know either!

So any inspiration? I've seen those blue "I Do" stickers for shoes on Etsy, but can't really think of anything else. For anyone out there who sorted this for a bride or for a bride who had some of these things, what did you get/arrange?

Thanks for any tips and advice!

ChampagnePop

I think it's best to involve the bride, I thought usually the something old and barrowed came from an older relative? I won't expect my sister to do this for me

Hermia

My shoes are blue, I'm wearing pearls belonging to my granny so that's my something old/borrowed and sure I'll have new earrings! Don't think you have to go too formal about it, just ask her has she thought of anything!

notsoyoungwan

I always thought the engagement ring was the something old and the wedding ring or the dress the something new? Might be just in my family though!

Something old and borrowed was my deceased grannies wedding ring that my mum now has. It was placed in a BLUE velvet pouch and lightly stiched inside a NEW wedding dress.

Toots

My something old was a pearl necklace that used to be my grandma's. Something new was the dress, and then my borrowed and blue thing was a small handkerchief that my Dad's mum gave to my mum on their wedding day. My mum loaned it to me for my wedding day and pinned it inside my handbag.

miamee

For my sister's wedding, she aked me to look after these things but then ended up organising some of them herself.

Old - a pearl bracelet belonging to our grandmother which I had, we pinned it around the base of her bouquet

New - everything was new! Dress, shoes, veil, jewellery

Borrowed - I borrowed a basket to put the Mass booklets in at the church - not specifically for the bride but she asked for that. Another idea for 'borrowed' was a fancy pen to sign the register at the end of the ceremony

Blue - she got the blue 'I Do' stickers for the soles of her shoes and added those herself.

marialouise

Thanks for your replies everyone!

So I took ChampagnePop's advice and just asked the bride outright.
Here's what we have:
Something old - she is wearing pearl earrings that mum gave her a long time ago
Something new - her veil (this was bought by someone else, so although many things are 'new' like the dress etc, she's counting this as her new thing)
Something borrowed and blue - I have blue rosary beads which our now deceased grandparents gave me for my confirmation. I'll have them in the ceremony with me, along with other stuff for her, so that's her borrowed and blue! She wasn't a fan of the blue stickers

I have also organised a nice pen for the Register but that's not borrowed, it's for them

Thank you for your advice everyone! 13 more sleeps!!!!

GingerLily

That sounds fantastic OP.

Good thing you asked about the stickers!