Something New

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.

Traditions and superstitions seem to be a huge part of any wedding. So much so that it seems like they go hand in hand with the religious aspect of the ceremony. Like any bride to be I am trying to get all my ducks in a row with this particular tradition. I never really gave it much thought, and I always thought it would be pretty simple. Turns out, I was right! At least in my case... If you know anything about me, you'll understand. And if you don't know anything about me, (which would surprise me greatly- but pipe up and leave a comment so you'll get to know me!) I have a strong fascination with anything antique, vintage, pretty much anything old. [insert old joke for Danny] I am the girl who took a Disney World Vacation right after she became engaged and made her wonderfully understanding fiance take a day to go antiquing!

Anyways, let me break it down for you:

Something Old:
I have these great pictures of my grandparents from the early 50's maybe. I have them framed and I've always cherished them so much. Just looking up and seeing them setting there, it makes me feel so connected to my family. If it weren't for two people falling so deeply in love, I wouldn't exist. So, at our wedding I want to celebrate every one's love. New or Old. I want to request pictures from all of our guests and make them vintage looking, then have them turned into postcards and hang them around the reception. How much fun!

As for the ceremony itself, I'm making a Brooch Bouquet to walk down the aisle with. I think it's very glitz and glam, and I'm going to ask my grandmother as well as my mother's sisters to lend me some of their old brooches/jewelery. Which not only covers "Old" but moves us right along to...

Something Borrowed:
As well as using my family members brooches and jewelery, my brother will be married soon, and my sister-in-law to be has alot of jewelery she has offered up.

Something Blue:
This isn't considerably hard, as one of our wedding colors is light blue. Easy Peasy.

which bring us to....

Something New:
Most brides to be turn to their dress for this. I'm sure I'm no different. Girls generally dream about their wedding dress for years and years, however, I don't think I ever put much thought into what mine would look like. So now I'm in a pickle. Tomorrow I will be trekking to the bridal store with just shy of an entourage, to try and sort this dilemma all out. Everyone seems to think I should be excited, and I probably should be.

I am horrified. I've been digging through all these magazines trying to find the dresses that I like, and I still don't really know. I keep coming up with almost the same dress. So what do I do when that one style doesn't look right on me. Also, I don't think of myself as frugal by any ones standards (okay... maybe by a Kardashian's standards I am...) but I get a little queasy when I think of spending $1000 on a dress. ONE DRESS! I know, I know. The price wont matter once I put the dress on... but still. Not to mention, price tag aside, I think I've seen one too many episodes of Friends and Sex In The City. I have this image in my head of me stepping in front of the mirror and someone saying how pretty the dress is, and all of the sudden I feint or start hyperventilating, or dashing out in the middle of the street all while trying to rip the dress to pieces (we're going with a worst case scenario on that last one... I hope). I'm pretty sure that wont happen, but still I can't get it out of my mind.

So, for now I guess nothing beats a good night's sleep. I will rise and shine tomorrow and get excited about putting on pretty dresses and hopefully come out of the whole thing with a.) a dress or b.) some sort of idea about what kind of dress I will look amazing in.

Wish me luck!