Something special

You know how you have the whole "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" that you have to incorporate into your attire on the wedding day? Well the picture above is technically my "borrowed" items even though I'm not wearing them like the usual tradition requires. Really I would just classify them as "something special." Our wedding has plenty of non-traditional components, but I'm glad to be able to keep with family tradition and use the cake serving set my grandma has kept all through the years as well as the toasting glasses my parents and all of my aunts and uncles on my mom's side have used in their weddings. Don't you love how they are set up all runway style in front of the pink background? haha Hopefully one day FI and I will have a child of our own that can use these heirlooms in their wedding too. Now that would be really special.

Of all places...

So of all the places I could've found a wedding garter, it just so happens that I found a super cute one at Hot Topic. Total randomness, I know. I was in there with my friend who was shopping for nose rings and happened to stumble upon this turquoise blue garter, completely void of lace just like I wanted and with a cute little bow on it, hanging on the wall right next to the stuffed skeleton animals and bottled neon hair dye. It's a highly unlikely location for a wedding item but hey...I'm not complaining! In fact I'm pleasantly surprised because it was under six bucks and the exact style I was looking for. Just goes to show you should always keep your eyes peeled!

My somethings

Of course as a bride I have to provide for the something old, something new adage on my wedding day. It's a tradition we girls know well, and I'm pleased to say I have my things!

My something old will be an antique-style pair of chandelier earrings I bought a long time ago for a special occasion just like this. They work perfectly with my dress as I needed some really glam, long earrings to wear since I've decided I won't be wearing a necklace. Sorry for the poor quality picture. Crappy camera phones!

My something new is (duh) my dress.

My something borrowed will be the toasting glasses my parents used on their wedding day and then my grandma is also letting me use her cake serving set. Yes I know technically this shouldn't count since I'm not actually wearing these items, but I am including them in my wedding day so I think I'm safe from any bad omens that should come my way! The toasting glasses aren't like typical flutes, and instead are more goblet shaped like the ones in the picture below.

As for my something blue, I'm just going to wear the traditional blue garter. I debated getting one of those cute sports team garters to cater to my man but seeing as how I didn't have anything else in blue for the wedding, I figured using the garter to fulfill this would be my best bet.