The Most Common Wedding Day 'SOMETHINGS'

So whether we have been married or not we have ALL heard the infamous wedding day 'somethings' right?

Need The Perfect Day to refresh your memory?!?

Well, See Below!

"Something Old, Something New Something Borrowed, Something Blue"

Ever wondered what that age old saying means, well here at The Perfect Day we have the answer, and lets just say one 'something' is missing!

**Check out our findings**:

The next line of this old saying actually hints at its origin. The complete phrase is:

Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.

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, THE MISSING 'SOMETHING' 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.

*Check out the 'Something Blue' for the bride & groom below! 

Jessica N. Parker

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How To Create YOUR WOW Vow's

The exchange of wedding vows is an integral part of a wedding ceremony.

It is a very romantic moment and often the perfect place to express your feelings towards your fiance.

Writing your vows, however, can be harder than it seems.

So The Perfect Day H.E.A has collected an assortment of both traditional and contemporary wedding vows  for you to use as a source of inspiration!

So Good Luck And Get Writing!

NON - TRADITIONAL *wedding vows*

1.) Today, as I give myself to you my mind is clear and my commitment
is strong and without reservation. I take you to be my life's partner.
I will never leave you nor forsake you;
I will spend all my days at your side.
We will share a lifetime of eternal, immeasurable love.




2.) All that I am and all that I have, I offer to you in love and in joy.
From this day forward I will love and comfort you, hold you close,
prize you above all others,
and remain faithful to you all the days of our lives.




3.) These things I promise I will do
That life may grant you ample grace
Because I love and cherish you:


I vow to treasure what is true
That I might touch whom I embrace:
These things I promise I will do.


I'll build a garden in your view
That with sweet fruit will stone replace
Because I love and cherish you.


I vow to love each day anew,
For love must dance through time and space:
These things I promise I will do.


I vow to make your terrors few
And then with you those demons face
Because I love and cherish you.


And now, as we make one of two,
A passage we cannot retrace,
These things I promise I will do
Because I love and cherish you.





TRADITIONAL *wedding vows*

1.) I, (Groom's Name), take you (Bride's Name) to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and honor you I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully Through the best and the worst, Through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold So I give you my life to keep So help me God.


I, (Bride's Name), take you (Groom's Name), to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever I will trust you and honor you I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully Through the best and the worst, Through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold So I give you my life to keep So help me God.


In unison: Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you, For where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried. May the Lord do with me and more if anything but death parts you from me.




2.) I, (Bride's Name/ Groom's Name), take (you/thee), (Bride's Name, Groom's Name), to be my [opt: lawfully wedded] husband, secure in the knowledge that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love.
On this special [opt: and holy] day, I (affirm/reaffirm/give) to you in the presence of God and (all those in attendance/these witnesses) my (pledge/sacred promise) to stay by your side as your [opt: faithful] wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad.


I (promise/further promise) to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve (higher/all of your) goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live.




3.) Do you, _____________, take this woman/man, _______________, to be your wife/husband, according to God’s holy decree; do you promise to be to him/her a loving and loyal husband/wife, to cherish and keep her/him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, to be faithful only to him/her as long as you both shall live?


Answer: I do.

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Owner, The Perfect Day H.E.A. Wedding & Event Planning Services

Assisting You In Turning Your Wedding Dreams Into Reality

 With Creations Limited Only By Your Imagination

Direct Phone Line: (919) 961-4951 - (919) 651-0923

Direct Email: theperfectdayhea@yahoo.com

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