Art Meets Fashion Vendor Spotlight: In The Event + Ori Media

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We’re wrapping up this week’s coverage of Art Meets Fashion 2012 with a look at two local vendors who are involved with AMF but, like our three designer spotlights earlier this week, also have ties to the world of weddings. If you’re looking for contemporary wedding design and decor, or modern wedding videography, these are [...]

Art Meets Fashion Designer Spotlight: Sophie St. Claire

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You’ll rarely find Salt Lake City designer Sophie St. Claire without her trusty needle and thread. A quick look at her resume, and you’ll understand why: She’s designed more than 250 custom wedding gowns, she’s worked as a costume design technician with the Utah Opera and in costume design and construction for theaters in Switzerland [...]

Art Meets Fashion Designer Spotlight: Shelly Huynh of Orchid Dynasty

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If you love orchids and other exotic blooms, there’s a good chance you’ve met Shelly Huynh Lewis. The floral designer and orchid expert owns the oasis-like 9th and 9th floral boutique Orchid Dynasty. At last year’s Art Meets Fashion, Huynh wowed the audience with her incredible floral-couture creations: Think gowns fit for a queen fully [...]

Art Meets Fashion Designer Spotlight: Beckett & Robb

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Yesterday we told you about next month’s not-to-be-missed Art Meets Fashion event and benefit at Red Butte Garden, and over the next few days we’re highlighting a few of the designers from the artsy affair. Our first designer spotlight is a well-known name in local wedding circles and among the city’s best dressed dudes, from [...]

Save the Date: Art Meets Fashion (AMF) at Red Butte Garden September 8

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WHAT: Now in its fourth year, the annual event combines the best of local art and fashion. The glamorous, edgy evening (guests are encouraged to dress in ‘black tie alternative’–think a deconstructed tux or an LBD with funky accessories) features runway shows, exhibitions, performances, and food and wine pairings. This year, ticket sales from the artsy [...]

Dress Whites: Summer Engagement Shoot by Heather Telford Photography

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When the engagement shoot of Salt Lake couple Natalie and Spencer landed in my inbox, courtesy of Heather Telford Photography, the first thing I noticed was the bride-to-be’s wardrobe. I love Natalie’s breezy white blouse, cropped white jeans, and bright blue flats. The white-on-white ensemble and pop of blue is perfect for an outdoor summer engagement shoot. [...]

Behind the Scenes: Summer/Fall Flowers Feature

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Today we’re sharing a behind the scenes peek at the photo shoot for our Flowers feature, “Language of Love,” in our current summer/fall issue. (We snapped our cover image during the spring shoot, too.) The inspiration for this issue’s Flowers feature was deconstructed bouquets–we wanted to break down the elements that make up a bridal [...]

Too Cute to Eat: Custom-Decorated Sugar Cookies

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Earlier today, all the ladies in our office swooned when we opened a package from Ashley Lloyd with Attention 2 Detail Events. Inside, we found these darling custom-decorated sugar cookies by Firefly Confections featuring the cover image from our current issue and the last two issues of Salt Lake/Park City Bride & Groom magazine! Wouldn’t [...]

On the Menu: Watermelon

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Oh watermelon, how we love devouring your sweet, refreshing flesh–especially if you were grown in the city of Green River, Utah. Come late August and September, the small town on the Eastern edge of the state produces some of the juiciest, plumpest, sweetest watermelons in the West. Yup, when it come’s to picking our favorite summer [...]

Shopportunity: Lily & Iris End-of-Summer Promotion

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  If shopping for bridesmaid dresses is on your wedding to-do list, downtown Salt Lake City boutique Lily & Iris should be a must-stop destination. And now there’s even more incentive to shop the store’s selection of chic frocks: Through the end of August, buy five dresses and score a sixth dress on the house! Use [...]