We've all heard "something borrowed, something blue..." Does the something blue have to be something you wear?

No; actually my something blue was actually my great grandmother's hand-tatted handkerchief - it had soft blue lace around the edge of the linen, which I had borrowed from my mother. I killed three birds with one stone...old, borrowed AND blue!

(Oh, and don't forget the "Penny in her shoe" part - putting a penny in your shoe is supposed to bring prosperity to your marriage!)

Good luck!

Each item in this poem represents a good-luck token for the bride. If she carries all of them on her wedding day, her marriage will be happy. "Something old" symbolizes continuity with the bride's family and the past. "Something new" means optimism and hope for the bride's new life ahead. "Something borrowed" is usually an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride. The borrowed item also reminds the bride that she can depend on her friends and family.

As for the colorful item, blue has been connected to weddings for centuries. In ancient Rome, brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. Christianity has long dressed the Virgin Mary in blue, so purity was associated with the color. Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding gowns, as evidenced in proverbs like, "Marry in blue, lover be true."

And finally, a silver sixpence in the bride's shoe represents wealth and financial security. It may date back to a Scottish custom of a groom putting a silver coin under his foot for good luck. For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be in the left shoe. These days, a dime or a copper penny is sometimes substituted, and many companies sell keepsake sixpences for weddings.

It doesn't have to be something you wear. It should be with you, though, as something you at least carry. Think about the sixpence/penny, for example - you can't "wear" it, but it's in your shoe and so it goes down the aisle with you. The blue could be your flowers, in your jewelry, a handkerchief, or anything else you can think of.

No. But you could wear a baby blue garter if you want to go severely traditional.

You could wear a blue ring, or piece of jewellery... there's a million options.

Not necessarily, but most modern brides wear a blue garter. It could be a piece of blue jewelry, paint your toe nails blue, carry a blue hankerchief...it could be anything.

Yes. Wedding marketers are really smart - usually the garter has a blue rose or blue ribbon on it. That's what I used.

So it can be seen, it can't be blue that comes from being depressed.

However, you can combine. If you have a garter that someone else used and it's blue, you cover two points right there

I wore a little baby blue heart charm on my garter that I got from a wedding supply store.

Why not a garter with a blue flower or ribbon on it...then you have also covered the "something new"!

The something blue doesn't have to be worn, but most if the time it is...a piece of jewelry, a garter, a hankie...it can be anything!