Red Rockin

You, the Mighty Two. Magical and sensuous, Utah’s five national parks hold our wonder and help us feel one with the universe. As red rock communes with scented sage and the dark sky becomes a canvas for the whirling cosmos, awe overwhelms any human.

Whether your opinion of marriage is esoteric or pragmatic, these  public lands, dubbed “America’s Best Idea,” create the jaw-dropping backdrops for your wedding, elopement, or bridal portraits. You, the Mighty Two, belong in Utah’s Mighty Five national parks.utahbrideandgroom_arches_hirez_austendiamondphotography-13

Arches National Park

Travellers the world over flock to Moab to gaze upon Delicate Arch before exploring only a fraction of the 2,000-plus known arches in the park—many of which are approved ceremony sites. With Moab close by, hosting your reception and booking your lodging is a breeze.

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Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park’s sprawling landscape boasts stately red rock formations—cliffs, massive domes and hidden arches at every turn. This otherworldly scenery is a perfect stage for an elopement.

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Zion National Park/Kolob Canyons

Zion’s stunningly deep canyons make it one of the West’s most visited parks—and a fantastic place to get married, or course. From soaring 2,000-foot cliffs to delicate hanging gardens, it is a place of beauty so majestic that the earliest settlers named it the “dwelling place of God.”

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Canyonlands/ Island in the Sky

For your Canyonlands ceremony, consider Grand View Point, which boasts, arguably, the best view in Island in the Sky (if not Southern Utah). You’ll literally be standing in the clouds. You can expect fewer crowds than in Arches, but still enjoy the amenities of nearby Moab.

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Bryce Canyon National Park

From the cool climes at 8,000 feet on the Paunsaugunt Plateau, thick pine forests surround you as you stand together on the verge of awe-inspiring red rock cliffs, spires and Bryce’s famous hoodoos—and on the verge of your life together. Your “I do” will echo through Bryce Amphitheatre.

Utah’s Mighty 5 make for the most scenic wedding backdrops

Photographs and words by Austen Diamond

For planning and executing your Utah national park wedding, visit AustenDiamondPhotography.com.

Agricultural Wedding: Pick of the Season

Locally-harvested cuisine from Utah’s top five caterers.

Farm to table isn’t new. For years, menus have boasted local food for good reasons: it is undeniably fresh, environmentally friendly (saves transportation costs) and supportive of locally-owned business.

What is new is entire wedding menus filled top-to-bottom with locally-grown gourmet offerings, not just a single dish. From appetizers and salads to entrees and desserts, five Utah caterers prep their favorite farm-fresh dishes.

“For couples wanting a local menu, I suggest summer over winter, unless they are meat and cheese lovers only,” says Colour Maisch of Blended Table. “From May to early November, we are swimming in amazing produce that lends itself to dishes like an heirloom tomato gratin that is to die for or, on the  simpler side, baked peaches with a touch of marzipan and slivered almonds.”

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Local smoked trout on a parmesan crisp topped with a bit of pickled onion, crème fraiche and micro greens

Local smoked trout served with colorful rainbow radish, crostini or warm flatbread

Espresso-rubbed short rib on flatbread topped with Frog Bench Farms local greens and Drake Farms goat cheese

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See the other caterers we featured: Food by: Cuisine Unlimited | Utah Food Services | Culinary Crafts | Done To Your Taste

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Photographs by: Jessica White Photography

Food by: Blended Table

Singular Sensations: Solar Power

“Mixture and placement of blooms is key,” says Jessica St. Thomas of St. Thomas Floral. She blends electric oranges and sunny golds in her monochromatic display using classically romantic blooms such as ranunculus, traditional roses, garden roses, zinnias and rose buds. “I love color,” she says. “Some people shy away from color because it can look cheesy fast.” Instead of forcing every color of a wedding palette into a bouquet, she suggests editing the arrangement to just one. Once a single hue is chosen, keep it small. “My brides this year have been asking for something smaller; they don’t want an oversized bouquet.”

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Leanne Marshal Lorelei gown, $3,390, Alta Moda Bridal, SLC; Roberto Coin Princess Earrings with diamonds in yellow and white gold, $3,000, O.C. Tanner Jewelers, SLC and Park City; Roberto Coin Princess Flower Bracelet with diamonds in yellow gold, $1,930, O.C. Tanner Jewelers, SLC and Park City

— Hair and makeup: Janelle Ingram

Wedding Fashion Inspiration at the UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Context is everything. The setting in which we see something colors our appreciation and opinion of it. When the Utah Museum of Fine Arts needed to update the building to accommodate the latest in conservation technology, the galleries were reconfigured to better suit the diverse art collection and the walls received dazzling new colors.  What better way to show off beautiful rooms than with beautiful clothes? And whether you are the bride or attending the wedding, we think everyone should look great at the wedding. So we framed the eye-popping creations of local Utah designers within the new UMFA.  Bask in the beauty.

ART

The Whirlpool Naruto in Awa Province, after Hiroshige, (French) 1900, oil on canvas, artist unknown. Japanese woodblock prints had a profound impact on the work of late 19th-century artists, including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Émile Bernard, in whose studio this painted copy of a Hiroshige print was discovered. 

FASHION

Dress, Lyla Dawn ($249.99); Shoes, International Concepts, Macy’s ($89.50); Jewelry, Suna Bros aquamarine earrings with diamond halo in 18k white gold ($7,200); Omi Privé aquamarine ring with diamonds in 18k rose gold ($7,800); Suna Bros necklace set with diamonds in platinum ($36,500); Suna Bros diamond bracelet in 18k white gold ($19,600), all from OC Tanner ring tradition.

ART

Left: Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (French) Princess Evdokia Ivanovna Golitsyna as Flora, 1799, oil on canvas. Vigée-Lebrun was the chief portraitist of Queen Marie Antoinette. The turbulence of the French Revolution forced the artist to launch a second career in Russia, where she painted this portrait.

Right: Jose Aparicio e Inglada (Spanish) Portrait of Jean-Louis Reynier, 1806, oil on canvas.

FASHION

Dress, Mckell Maddox ($600); Shoes, International Concepts, Macy’s ($119.50); Jewelry, May & Associates blue sapphire drop earrings with diamonds in platinum ($30,500); May & Associates blue sapphire ring with cluster diamonds in platinum ($29,500) Mattia Cielo bangle with pavé set diamonds in 18k white gold ($33,800) all from OC Tanner

ART

Hiram Powers (American), Eve Disconsolate, 1862, marble bust. One of the most sought-after sculptors of 19th-century America, Hiram Powers worked in Florence and Rome to access the region’s rich marble deposits and experienced craftsmen.

FASHION

Dress, Natalie Workman ($1,200), Shoes, International Concepts, Macy’s ($120); Jewelry, Pomellato Tango hoop earrings in rose gold ($30,400); Monica Rich Kossan link bracelet with diamond link in 18k yellow gold ($14,950); Monica Rich Kossan telescope necklace in 18k yellow gold ($2,475); Monica Rich Kossankaleidoscope pendant with rose cut yellow sapphires and rock crystals in 18k yellow gold ($4,700), all from OC Tanner

FASHION

Dress, Afa Ah Loo ($550); Shoes, Bandolino, Macy’s ($54.87); Jewelry, Krysia Renau Triple Druzy Earring ($309) and Statement Druzy Ring ($320) all from Farasha

ART

George Henry A. Hall (American), September, 1858, oil on canvas. Fruits ripen and flowers bloom as autumn arrives in George Henry Hall’s September. The composition’s large scale and sensual subject matter must have seduced potential patrons when it was exhibited publicly in 1859.

FASHION

Jumpsuit, Afa Ah Loo ($250); Shoes, Model’s own shoes; Belt: Model’s own belt; Jewelry: Ole Lynggaard chandelier earrings with rutilite quartz, moonstone, citrine and diamonds in 18k rose and yellow gold, OC Tanner ($11,700); Krysia Renau Vertical Quartz Ring ($415), Sophia & Chloe Home Cuff Bracelet ($355), Liesl Pawliw Asymmetrical Cuff ($180) all from Farasha

ART

Left: Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (French) Princess Evdokia Ivanovna Golitsyna as Flora, 1799, oil on canvas. Vigée-Lebrun was the chief portraitist of Queen Marie Antoinette. The turbulence of the French Revolution forced the artist to launch a second career in Russia, where she painted this portrait.

Right: Jose Aparicio e Inglada (Spanish) Portrait of Jean-Louis Reynier, 1806, oil on canvas.

FASHION

Dress, Mckell Maddox ($600); Shoes, International Concepts, Macy’s ($119.50); Jewelry, May & Associates blue sapphire drop earrings with diamonds in platinum ($30,500); May & Associates blue sapphire ring with cluster diamonds in platinum ($29,500) Mattia Cielo bangle with pavé set diamonds in 18k white gold ($33,800) all from OC Tanner

 

ART

Jann Haworth (American), The White Charm Bracelet, 1963/1964, remade 2004, canvas, muslin, stuffing, and thread. A pioneer of soft and stuffed sculpture, the Salt Lake City-based Haworth often works with materials and techniques that challenge the art world’s devaluation of “women’s work.” Here, Haworth’s giant charm bracelet is handsewn out of raw canvas, a material traditionally reserved for the “high art” of oil painting.

FASHION

Dress, Afa Ah Loo ($350); Shoes, International Concepts, Macy’s ($90); Jewelry, Pomellato gold and white agate earrings in rose gold ($5,050); Pomellato Nudo rose quartz ring ($2,350) all from OC Tanner

ART

Ku Ch’iao (Chinese), Snowy Mountains, 1691, ink, colored ink, Chinese silk. In this large scroll the artist pays homage to China’s 2,000-year-old landscape painting tradition.

FASHION

Dress, Melody Noy ($415); Shoes, Bandolino, Macy’s ($54.87); Jewelry, Armenta Old World earrings in 18k yellow gold and blackened sterling silver, OC Tanner($3,490); Susanna Galanis Cross Necklace ($550); Krysia Renau Aquamarine Oval Ring ($320) all from Farasha

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DETAILS

Photos: Adam Finkle

Styled by: Farasha, Vanessa Di Palma Wright, Emily Quinn Loughlin & Yvonne Colvin

Hair & Makeup: Paula Dahlberg

Model: Jonae Tyler

Art Direction: Jeanine Miller

Utah Bride and Groom 2018 – Bridal Hair and Makeup Sneak Peek

Our beauty experts here at Utah Bride & Groom magazine, have teamed up with a local hair and make-up stylist to bring you the hottest hair and make-up trends for 2018.

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Video by: Andrea Peterson
Hair: @juan0301
Makeup: @glamourista
Photographer: Adam Finkle
Art Direction: @valeriefras
Model: Hailey Ingham

DATE NIGHT TO WATCH THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE

written by: Mary Brown Malouf

“A crescent shadow starts eating away the sun, but nothing spectacular happens for quite awhile. Then, just as the eclipse is about to begin, the sky darkens like twilight, birds stop singing and get ready to roost—they think night is coming. A shadow comes rushing across the landscape and when you look up, it’s like a science fiction film: The sun is a black disk with filmy spooky light streaming out from it. It’s dark in the middle of the day—almost a sacred feeling.” Joe Bauman, a retired journalist, writer and local amateur astronomer, describes the first eclipse he witnessed. Since then, he has experienced four more.

On August 21 the sun will disappear from the sky in much of the country during the first total eclipse of the sun in 38 years—the first to cross the United States since 1918. The swath of total shadow will run diagonally from Oregon, where the sun will rise while totally eclipsed, southeast to Georgia. The whole event will affect the U.S. for only about an hour and a half; at the center line of the path, the sun will be dark for about two minutes.

People travel from all over the world to view an eclipse, gambling that the weather will be clear enough to actually see it. In Hawaii in 1991, eclipse tourists only saw the clouds get darker.

Utahns don’t have far to travel to not see the sun this August: Parts of Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon are all within the 70-mile-wide path of totality. In Salt Lake City itself, the eclipse will be 91 percent total. “But a partial eclipse is nothing like a total eclipse,” says Bauman. “It’s one of the most beautiful things you can see in Nature.”

For more information go to eclipse2017.org.

Bauman has some tips for viewing the great absence.

 – Give yourself plenty of time to get there—traffic could keep you from seeing the phenomenon. You don’t want to be sitting in your car when the sun goes dark.

 – Don’t ever look at eclipse with your naked eye until totality—it can damage your eyes. Wear eclipse glasses or use a pinhole viewer.

 – If you don’t have a filter, don’t take a photograph until it’s total.

 – Look away instantly when you see the “diamond ring” effect as the eclipse is ending. That’s the brilliant light flash as the sun’s corona is uncovered.

 – Most importantly, don’t lose the wonder of the moment in the recording of it.

You’ll want to be somewhere in the yellow band on eclipse day.

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Real Wedding: Meghan + Stafford

High school sweethearts, Meghan and Stafford Tingey were married in October at the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City. Meghan shares some of her favorite wedding day moments as well as a bit of planning advice for future brides. “I used a wedding planner app to help me plan my wedding day. You can find everything from wedding dresses to florists and create checklists to plan everything,” she says. 

“I chose a florist from the app who had great reviews and was reasonably priced. We had our consultation and our colors and everything planned. I had this weird feeling so, I didn’t have the florist drop off the flowers on our wedding day. Instead, I asked if we could pick them up the day before and when I got the flowers they weren’t what I ordered. My colors were maroon, greenery, white and blush. I got hot pink roses and babies breath. So, my bridesmaids and I went to the grocery store, chose flowers and stayed up until 3 AM putting arrangements together!” Meghan says. “Everything else turned out really great.”

“The only food I ate on my wedding day was a grilled cheese. After our luncheon at the Joseph Smith Memorial building, my photographer and I were hungry so, we ditched everyone and went to In and Out Burger. My favorite images from my wedding day were from that moment,” she says.

“I can’t remember a lot about my wedding day. It was such a blur. I do wish I would’ve spent more time dancing,” Meghan says. “Looking back, I would’ve done more little things with my bridesmaids to create those memories like going to the movies, sleepovers or hair braiding.”

“I want to do it all over again. I loved everything about it. Despite the flower mishap, it was the best day ever. I got to spend that special moment with everyone I love. We were able to celebrate mine and Stafford’s love for each other and you can’t get much better than that,” she says.

 

Vendors:
Photography: Hailey D. Arnold
Hair: Lexilocks
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Written by: Ashley Baker

Agricultural Wedding: Market Marvels

Locally-harvested cuisine from Utah’s top five caterers.

Farm to table isn’t new. For years, menus have boasted local food for good reasons: it is undeniably fresh, environmentally friendly (saves transportation costs) and supportive of locally-owned business.

What is new is entire wedding menus filled top-to-bottom with locally-grown gourmet offerings, not just a single dish. From appetizers and salads to entrees and desserts, five Utah caterers prep their favorite farm-fresh dishes.

“If you’re looking to source locally for your menu, spend a day at the farmer’s market,” Cuisine Unlimited’s Derek Deitsch says. “Couples can see all the different produce available from local growers.” But keep in mind seasonality, he warns. “What you see at the start of summer might not be fresh later in the year, so ask [your caterer] what will be in season leading up to your wedding day.”

Pictured:

Micro lettuce blend with pine nuts and grape tomatoes, dried olives and wildflower-encrusted goat cheese

Huckleberry spritzer with Utah honey panna cotta, raspberry compote and fresh honeycomb garnished with blueberries

Pictured:

Roasted Utah elk topped with fresh huckleberry salsa with mini squash and celery-root puree, served with Champagne

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See the other caterers we featured: Food by:  Blended Table | Utah Food Services | Culinary Crafts | Done To Your Taste

See more inside the

Photographs by: Jessica White Photography

Food by: Cuisine Unlimited

Utah Bride and Groom 2018 – Bridal Fashion Sneak Peek

Our fashion experts here at Utah Bride & Groom magazine, have teamed up with local designers and stylists to bring you the hottest bridal fashion trends for 2018.

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Video by: Andrea Peterson
Photographer: @jacquelynnphoto
Hair: @stevenrobertsonhair
Jewelry: @octannerjewelers
Makeup: @kristenpackardartistry

Real Wedding: Ashley + Jeremy

Ashley and Jeremy, who were married in the Newport Beach LDS temple, first found each other thanks to a mutual friend, a fast food restaurant, and their undergrad program. “We met at Chipotle in Orem, UT. We had a mutual friend who introduced us. I guess, Jeremy saw me and wanted my number, and the friend he was sitting at the table with knew me,” Ashley says. “I was going to school at UVU. He’s from Arizona and was attending BYU at the time.”

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“He called me after a little while and then we texted for a long time before we went on our first date a few months after we met,” she says. “We went to the Cheesecake Factory in Salt Lake, then walked around City Creek. We started hanging out a month after our first date with friends and then we began officially dating last June. He came home to Newport Beach with me for Christmas where he surprised me with a proposal at the beach the day before Christmas Eve, December 23.”

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“My sister is a photographer and she asked us to do a shoot for her portfolio. Of course, we chose the beach. It was 7:30 in the morning and I remember that the light was perfect outside,” Ashley says. “She told me to walk toward the ocean, so I did and when I turned around Jeremy was down on one knee. My parents popped out after he proposed. I had no idea they were all in on it together!”

“As far as wedding planning went, everything fell into place perfectly. I had a lot of people who came together to help me. It was easy. I knew my photographer and videographer from Utah and nothing went wrong. I didn’t over plan and it just fell into place. It felt like a dream. It felt magical and everything went perfectly. It was amazing,” she says.

“Jeremy was emotional and a little teary eyed. My favorite part of our wedding was being with my family and being able to just be with Jeremy,” Ashley says. “While we were getting married and looking into each other’s eyes, it was like we were in our own little world.”

Ashley and Jeremy Mohn were married June 10, 2017 in the Newport Beach LDS temple. Their reception was celebrated with friends and family in Ashley’s backyard in Corona, California.

Vendors:

Photography Credit: Taylor Jarman Photo

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Ring: Sierra West Jewelers

Flowers: Michell Anderson, Owner of The Neighborhood Boutique

Cake: Pila’s Pantry Cake and Supply in Norco, CA

Dress: Harlow Brides Salt Lake City

 

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Written by: Ashley Baker 

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