Happy Magazine Monday! As we get ready to celebrate our 25th anniversary magazine in just a few days, we can’t help but look back on our favorite magazine moments from 2025! From fluffy feathers to frilly florals, we will never get over how much we loved every feature from last year’s magazine.
Here are just a few of our favorite moments from the 2025 Utah Valley Bride Magazine from our team, and why we love them so much!
Micah’s Favorite: Cowboy Take Her Away
“My favorite part of the 2025 magazine is, unsurprisingly, the Cowboy Take Her Away styled shoot spread. The Utah red rocks paired with the hat, boots, and bows on the dress are absolutely dreamy. The deep colored florals are stunning paired with the warm color palette, the western vibes, and the romantic feeling of running away with your lover. The entire shoot instantly takes me back to my own wedding and perfectly captures the vibe and feeling I always dreamed of. Plus, I love a good The Chicks reference!”
We’re with Micah on this one, who wouldn’t love a good hat and boots moment in a wedding dress? And we all know that Utah has more than a few perfect backdrops for these exact vibes.
And of course, this song may or may not have been stuck in our heads for all of 2025, and we’re not even mad about it. “Cowboy Take Me Away is seriously my favorite Chicks song; it reminds me of my husband Kevin.”
Micah Kaae is our Director of Operations and the most incredible event coordinator. All the magic you see at our bridal shows, networking events, and more is because of her incredible talent and ability to connect with absolutely anyone.
Read more about Micah here; email Micah at team@utahvalleybride.com.
Alli’s Favorite: Run Away With Me
Kenli and Jared’s wedding was another one of our gorgeous magazine covers in 2025. Not only is every single shot absolutely gorgeous, but their whole wedding day was full of fun details like pink golf wedding favors, monogrammed custom pillows, and endless pink roses on roses. Their rehearsal dinner the day before was just as magical as their wedding day too; and let’s be real, that dress is absolutely the most chic and fun gown from the whole year. Of course it had to be on the cover!
Alli says, “My favorite part of the 2025 magazine was the Run Away With Me feature! Their wedding was such a stunning evening, including the mini golf at Siempre for their rehearsal dinner, the vibrant pinks, the customized pillows and signs, and the night ending with fireworks!”
Read more about Kenli and Jared’s wedding day here!
Alli is our Director of Marketing and single-handedly curates all of our socials into the gorgeous feeds they are. All the most beautiful submissions and features you see are thanks to Alli’s amazing job at finding the best of the best in Utah!
Read more about Alli here; email Alli at hello@utahvalleybride.com.
Sydnie’s Favorite: Graceful and Sophisticated
Another one of our covers made the team’s favorites list, just proof that these cover girls are there for a reason! Sophie and Coulson’s wedding was perfectly powder blue, and every detail was just jaw-dropping. Their backyard wedding, complete with a floral-decked golf cart and incredible hydrangea accents, is proof that a backyard wedding absolutely can be a sophisticated affair.
Sydnie says, “If you know me, you know two things: I’m obsessed with the color light blue, and I’m obsessed with Sophie and Coulson’s wedding. Since the second I saw this beautiful photo of Sophie getting ready in her family’s home, I just knew it had to be on the cover. And not only that, but their ring ceremony setup, Sophie’s incredible wedding gown, and the custom bridesmaids’ dresses (that match her reception decor!) always have me talking about it non-stop.”
Read more about their wedding here!
But we wouldn’t be able to mention this gorgeous wedding without talking about all of the incredible wedding features from the 2025 magazine, and the brides and couples who shared their day with us.
“It feels impossible to pick just one favorite feature from last year’s magazine. I’m the one who is lucky enough to interview every single bride or couple for their feature, and that really is my favorite part of the magazine every year. Last year, we featured 17 real weddings, and I can genuinely say that I love all of them so much; all of the brides I talked with are not only so beautiful, but also incredibly admirable and kind people, and it’s so much fun for me to see where they are now, after hearing them gush about their love stories.”
Sydnie is the Editor-in-Chief and writes all of the articles you see in our magazine and online.
Read more about Sydnie here; email Sydnie at writer@utahvalleybride.com.
Jenna’s Favorite: Always and Forever
The wedding of Ashlan and Frankie wasn’t just perfect; it was literally a European wedding dream come true right in southern Utah. Their Zion destination wedding turned out to be the Italian-esque wedding Ashlan had been looking for, without the ocean’s distance to get there.
Jenna says, “My favorite spread from the 2025 magazine was the Always and Forever real wedding. It was so fun to highlight! Such a unique outdoor wedding that just came together so effortlessly in the design.”
And if you read their article, you’ll know how much attention to detail Ashlan and her wedding planner put into it. Oh, and for the swifites? Ashlan’s wedding has more than a few Taylor Swift moments!
Jenna is our magazine designer and the creative genius behind those gorgeous glossy pages we all love to flip through. She makes our magazine so beautiful!
Brittny’s Favorite: Intro to Pick Your Perfect
Last year we introduced a brand-new spread to our magazine, with you, the bride, in mind. The idea behind it was to highlight more beautiful work, from more beautiful weddings and more Utah wedding vendors. We all know and love using Pinterest to plan out every detail of your day, so we figured we would add a little more to it.
But the best part for Brittny wasn’t even the incredible choose-your-favorite options from our gowns, stationery, floral inspo, and more, but the jaw-dropping intro spread from our Pick Your Perfect section. It was a full-spread photo from the same gallery of the stunning salt flats floral arch in our florals section; and it was from the gallery that ended up being one of our 2025 covers!
Brittny says, “I loved the introduction to the Pick Your Perfect topics! The landscape photo across the spread was stunning, and it was a fantastic way to pull the cover image into the feature. An image like that deserves two pages!”
We couldn’t agree more. There’s nothing more magical than a dreamscape gradient like this.
Brittny is the previous owner of Utah Valley Bride and creative genius behind Divine Feminine Boudoir. Read more about it here!
Vendor Credits
Photography: Becca Dahl – Becca Photo
Planning: Gathered Wedding Planning
Couple: Kirsten Fulton + RJ Fulton
Hair: Sarah Michelle Artistry
Makeup: Cherisa Burbage MUA
Gown: Boda Bridal
Suit: Suit Up – Men’s Custom Clothing
Jewelry: Bijou Étoile Jewelry
Floral & Concept Designer: Olive & Sage Floral
Rentals: EVERMORE vintage rentals
Stationery: Anthology Print
Cake: Event Cakes By Han
