Carrying something old is one of the famous traditions that guarantees being happy. Want to follow the tradition but don’t know how? Well, if you are a vintage bride, you will easily incorporate your grandma’s and mother’s items into your style but if you prefer some other style – what should you do? Don’t panic, we’ve prepared a whole bunch of amazing ideas to rock something old and you will be able to find something fitting your style for sure!
Bouquet Décor
Decorating your bouquet is perhaps the most popular idea for rocking something old. You may add a rosary, a necklace or some photos of the relatives that you miss meaning ‘I wish you were here’. Attach your grandmother’s and mother’s rings to the bouquet wrap, their brooches for décor or a small locket with pics. You may also incorporate two traditions in one: hang the photos on a blue ribbon to add not only something old but also something blue.
Grandfather's watch attached to the bouquet.
Attach some grandmother's brooches to your bouquet wrap.
Attach your parents’ and grandparents’ wedding rings to your bouquet for the ceremony.
Mom's or grandparents' rosary for wrapping the wedding bouquet.
A bouquet made of your grandma's and mother's brooches.
Parents' or grandparents' photo for hanging on your bouquet.
Locket of grandparents on a blue ribbon incorporates two traditions in one.
Put photos of loved ones you’ve lost in a locket and then wrap it around the bouquet.
Something old memories hidden in the bouquet.
Bridal Accessories
Have your grandma’s or mom’s wedding or just elegant accessories? Wear them to the wedding if they fit the style! If the accessories don’t fit the style, just use them for creating your personal jewelry in case your relatives allow. You can turn a necklace into a bracelet or add some beads to your earrings or just use some parts of the jewelry to create your own. If you can take your grandma’s or mom’s dress, you can cut out some lace and use for making earrings, necklaces or a garter. You can also make a veil, a clutch or a hairpiece of lace from the dress. If you need to cover up a little, borrow your mom’s or grandma’s fur stole and if it doesn’t fit your style, you can always change it a little bit, add various details or eliminate them.
Transform your mom's pearl necklace into a bracelet.
A lace garter made of mom's dress.
A wedding garter made of your mom's dress.
Lace wedding bracelet made of your mom's dress.
Lace from your mother's wedding dress makes a beautiful head piece to represent your something old.
Why not wear your mother's earrings if they fit your style.
Vintage family ring for the wedding.
Make earrigns for yourself from your mom's or grandmom's dress.
The bride is wearing a veil made of her mom's wedding gown.
If your mom's or grandmother's veil fits your style, it's amazing.
Tuck an antique hair pin into your updo.
Pearl statement necklace with a grandmother's brooch.
Vintage wedding veil is a great way to stick to the tradition.
A bride's kisslock frame clutch made from a mother's wedding dress.
Make a fitting fur stole from your mom's or grandmom's one.
Borrow your mom's fur wrap for your big day.
It's great if your grandmother's fur shrug fits your style.
Other Ideas
If you have the same size and you like your grandma’s shoes, they will perfectly fit your vintage wedding style! If you don’t want to show off your ‘something old’ piece, why not hide it? Make a small pin with something old, for example, a bead from your mom’s necklace, something blue like a blue bow and something borrowed and new. Remember that you needn’t much for something old, just a bead or a bow is sometimes enough.
Take your grandmother's shoes and spruce them up with gold bows.
29 grandmother's wedding shoes to be worn at your vintage wedding.
Lovely vintage shoes from your grandma.
A bride wearing a 120-year-old dress from her family.
A grandmother's necklace into earrings for the bride.
A pin that holds something new, old, borrowed and blue.
A small pin with a part of a mother's necklace.
Hang something old, new, blue and borrowed on a safety pin.