Custom Wedding Shoes: A Unique Way to Do Something Blue

What’s the Story Behind the Tradition of Something Blue?  

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!  Ever wondered about this tradition and where it comes from?  We did a little digging and it turns out that this tradition is based on an old English rhyme wishing good luck for a couple on their wedding day. Each “something” offers something different.  The “something blue” specifically represents love, purity and fidelity – all factors in the foundation of a good marriage.  It’s an interesting tale and for brides wanting to read up a bit more on this topic,  The Knot has a really good post.  And guess what they have as the featured photo?  Something Blue Wedding Shoes.  

Once the base shoe style is selected, the question becomes what shade of blue?  Something blue wedding shoes don’t have to be royal blue (although that’s a popular choice).  Lately, we’ve been working with a lot of brides that have chosen navy blue and dusty blue.  And, in the past, we’ve worked a lot with cornflower blue, baby blue and teal.  Our personal favorite?  Robin’s Egg Blue.  At least right now – that might change when we work on the next pair of blue wedding shoes and fall in love all over again.  Robin’s Egg Blue is this gorgeous very pale shade of blue that worked incredibly well with silver accents – like a silver crystal covered heel or a silver brooch on the toe.  Yep! The adornments can be customized as well, so let’s talk about that step now!  

The final (and arguably the best) step is taking your something blue shoes to a new level with custom adornments.  Some brides want sparkly while others are trying to design for vintage, traditional, fairy tale or country wedding themes.  Some brides are into lace wedding shoes, while others are into bows and floral designs. We can mix and match and make the unique – truly Cinderella worthy!  And Cinderella worthy doesn’t have to mean breaking the wedding budget.  We design with brides across all budgets.  

Oh, and let’s not forget about our ‘maids!  Once a bridal shoe is selected and designed, it can be really fun to make the bridesmaids’ shoes to match.  One of our favorite ideas is for the bride to select the shade of blue and then allow here bridesmaids to select the style – it’s the perfect way to let some bridesmaids be sparkly in a pair of towering open toe platforms while others focus on comfort in a low heel wedding shoe.  Through our relationship with  Dyeables.com we can not only help you with the design, but work our connections for a whole wedding party discount!  

Sometimes it’s hard to imagine the wedding shoe possibilities when looking at just the elements.  Some brides have a knack for putting together a show-stopping design (and btw, that’s a totally subjective description) and others need some bridal inspiration.  To get them started, we put together this little gallery of something blue wedding shoes, but for brides wanting to dig a little deeper, they can always check out our  Be Inspired wedding shoe gallery.  Not everything in here is blue, but remember, we can always customize! Anything in the gallery comes in blue if a bride wants it to!  

This is just start of a beautiful collection!  We’ve also put together a Pinterest Board of all of our favorite something blue wedding ideas from Etsy (each image is a link taking you to the listing). In there, we’re looking at something blue jewelry, flowers, wedding table décor and perhaps our favorite, the ombre blue wedding dress. Stunning!  Looking for more –  see it here!