Le Jas Chic: Something blue hair pins

The four must have for weddings known in the tradition are 1) something new 2) something old 3) something borrowed and 4) something blue. When I was preparing for my own wedding last June, I had everything checked except the something blue. I remember telling myself I need "something blue", but I guess all the stress and chaos involved in planning a wedding in 3 months had made me lost track and forgot about the "blues".

It wasn't until months later while I was watching the movie "Bride Wars", was when I saw that tiny blue hair pin the characters Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson played had used and the significance it came with. I thought that idea of something blue was brilliant. In the past I've associate something blue with garters, jewelry, ribbons on wedding dress, flower baskets, etc., but never with hair pins. I did some research online and saw THE particular hair pin that was made for the movie, and did not see any other "something blue hair pins can be compare with the one in the movie. So I thought to myself, why not invent something along that line, and make it even more significant? Thus I created my "something blue" hair pin collection which features freshwater pearl and swarovski crystal (first version). As I continued to explore deeper into the collection, I had created couple more versions using solely freshwater pearls in white and blue. What's unique about my collection is that I tried to make it subtle, so for brides that does not have the color blue in their wedding theme colors can still have that "something blue" and get away with as if they don't have any blues.

First version: made with metallic swarovski crystal bicone as center