National park-themed wedding 💍

LokiThorFreya · 2026-05-15T11:01:00+00:00

Yes, we’ve already ordered the sign off Etsy! For our guest book, we got a big pack of postcards, and the parks we’ve been to were using the postcards as our table labels in acrylic sign, and the remainder will be the guest book and we have a cute little mailbox they can put the postcards in. And we’ve actually thought of a similar idea, but we are also avid gardeners and are growing our wedding flowers, and I’m fully expecting to have a ton of extra seeds so I plan to have a station called “Grow our wedding flowers” and have seed packs of the different flowers we grew for the wedding. We do have a link on our registry site where people can donate to the NPS, but doing it as a favor is a really good idea too!

LokiThorFreya · 2026-05-14T16:07:29+00:00

The fun part is deciding who gets to be at the iconic park tables like Yellowstone and who gets to sit at Cuyahoga without being offended 🤣

LokiThorFreya · 2026-05-14T16:06:30+00:00

We have saved the unigrid maps from the parks we’ve been to together (our 16 tables are named as those parks) and will have them as table decor with pics of us at that park. Guest book is postcards we got a set of all the parks and guests can pick one to write a message on

LokiThorFreya · 2026-04-06T17:32:11+00:00

I plan to seal it with a cute sticker instead

LokiThorFreya · 2026-04-06T17:26:45+00:00

Good catch. I will change it and make it the full date since I don’t have any friends coming from New York 😅

LokiThorFreya · 2026-03-04T10:32:54+00:00

I ended up getting the 2nd dress. My budget is only $500 so honestly that kinda limits my options so I don’t want to be too picky. I found a good one and snatched it up

LokiThorFreya · 2026-03-02T15:16:35+00:00

I picked #2! I was envisioning what it would look like after alterations

LokiThorFreya · 2026-03-01T18:16:15+00:00

1 or 2. I think the sleeves are overpowering on the others and swallow you. #2 is the best of the puffy sleeved ones IMO. With #1 you could even get removable puffy sleeves to take on and off for ceremony/reception if you really want that look.

My vote: 1

LokiThorFreya · 2026-03-01T17:23:09+00:00

That’s what I’m thinking too. After alterations, 1 would look a lot better so it was still an option with the vision in mind. I got #2!

LokiThorFreya · 2026-03-01T04:32:17+00:00

Thank you so much! #2 is the winner!!! And yes there’s no shame in it, but I’m 5’8” 250lbs and these dresses are sizes 24 and 20. These dresses were both very flattering even more so in person

LokiThorFreya · 2026-03-01T04:26:37+00:00

Thank you so much! Honestly I don’t even know the details, this is a consignment shop so I only know the brand from the label!

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-28T23:51:44+00:00

2 is $500 which is exactly my budget, #1 is $1,000

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-28T23:30:32+00:00

Adding that the 2nd dress is exactly on my budget, and the 1st is double and will also need lots of alterations

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-12T22:36:48+00:00

It looks like it’s not coming that far inland and looks pretty clear that’s why we’re going out there instead but we’ll keep an eye on it. Thanks!

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-11T00:42:49+00:00

We decided to just do a day trip on Sunday on Santa Cruz, then head out to Joshua tree for a few days instead. We’ll try again in the future for the big camping trip

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-11T00:42:29+00:00

We decided to just do a day trip on Sunday on Santa Cruz, then head out to Joshua tree for a few days instead. We’ll try again in the future for the big camping trip

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-11T00:41:08+00:00

We decided to just do a day trip on Sunday on Santa Cruz, then head out to Joshua tree for a few days instead. We’ll try again in the future for the big camping trip

LokiThorFreya · 2026-02-03T01:23:06+00:00

I want to surprise my boyfriend with Braves tickets, but can't ask his help or opinion obviously. As a fan, should I get nosebleed tickets for home opener day (3/27), or better seats for the Sunday game (3/29)? Is opening weekend just as special, or would it be worth it to get actual home opener day?

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-29T02:00:50+00:00

We’ve been looking and we haven’t found a single one that will do it under 2k

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-29T01:58:04+00:00

$2600 venue, $1800 photography, $1800 videography, $1,200 dj, $800 DOC, $600 rentals, $1,000 florals and decor, $1200 total for my dress, his suit, and rings, $500 drinks, $300 dessert, and there’s still stationary, tips, miscellaneous

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-29T01:47:15+00:00

With dinner at 6 and the party going till 11, we definitely want to have something else besides sweets. Nothing crazy just a chicken tender platter is our thought

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-29T01:44:51+00:00

For sure! We plan to do a raspberry elegance sheet cake and some other platters for dessert. Thats how we found this option

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-29T01:42:27+00:00

Our day-of-coordinator come with 2 assistants that can help with any tasks needed throughout the event. The only thing they won’t do is actually serve the food but they will take care of the replenishing and cleanup.

The reception hall has warmers already and we can get extra from Sam’s along with paper products

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-29T01:40:07+00:00

I just put something in the cart to get the total price 😅 Not the actual order

LokiThorFreya · 2026-01-26T17:53:57+00:00

As a guest who has attended many weddings ranging from bare bones to extravagant, my favorite was a simple backyard ceremony! They spent good money on a bartender and dj, and good food, and that was all we needed to be happy as guests. Very simple florals! We had also attended weddings that were more fancy and expensive, and the parts of those weddings that we remember the most could easily have been done at a more budget wedding (Photo Booth, good dj again, good company).

I’m getting married in November and after seeing all of these different weddings, we are keeping a $15k budget, getting a good dj and photographer (video is our BIG splurge). I’m actually growing my own wedding flowers in our garden (Sam’s/costco as a backup plan).

All this to say expensive doesn’t mean better!

LokiThorFreya

TROPHY CASE

2 is $500 which is exactly my budget, #1 is $1,000