Made in UV: Vintage Holiday Decor and Gluten-Free Baking Mixes

We’ll always tip our snow caps to goodies made in Santa’s workshop, but products created in Utah Valley are worth telling on the mountain (Timpanogos, of course). Whip out the rolls of red paper for this twice-checked, elf-approved list of locally made items. Christmas on Pointe The Christmas Apron It’s December 1942, and the war […]

Made in UV: Heart felt decorations and leather-bound journals

For every issue of Utah Valley Magazine, we recognize five Utah Valley grown products. Grab your wallet — these creative businesses are something you’re going to want. 1. Mark A Name For Yourself Isaac Childs traveled the world after high school and recorded his experiences in a journal along the way. But after returning to […]

Made in UV: Shaving the way with beard oil and sweetly spun cotton candy

For every issue of Utah Valley Magazine, we recognize five Utah Valley grown products. Grab your wallet — these creative businesses are something you’re going to want. Wipeable, Washable and Stylish One Utah summer, Marilee Killpack took her family to dine outdoors to avoid their cramped, hot apartment, but that meant a lot of messy […]

Made in UV: Hot iron holsters, shoes made for (teaching) walking

For every issue of Utah Valley Magazine, we recognize five Utah Valley grown products. Grab your wallet — these creative businesses are something you’re going to want. Silicone dreams Erin Balogh’s pedestal sink created an awkward balancing act while she tried to keep her bebopping 2 year old away from the curling iron. To solve […]

Made in UV: Insta-pies from Pleasant Grove; Child-‘hood’ clothes

For every issue of Utah Valley Magazine, we recognize five Utah Valley grown products. Grab your wallet — these creative businesses are something you’re going to want. Hoodspiration As Meredith Pickup attended showers for her friends, she would welcome babies into the world in stylish hoodies she had sewn. She started an Etsy site to […]

Made in UV: A better guitar for travel; Shine bright (or tiny) like an origami stars

By Janessa Broadbent For every issue of Utah Valley Magazine, we recognize five Utah Valley grown products. Grab your wallet — these creative businesses are something you’re going to want. Traveling Tunes On a cold, Provo winter evening the Klosowiak brothers forgot to close the windows to their bedroom. The wooden body of their guitar […]

Here Provo builds community with new store in downtown Provo

[pullquote] If you go… When: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday beginning Thursday, June 30 Where: Here Provo, 26 W. Center St., Provo Cost: FREE Website: Instagram.com/here_provo Vendor Application: hereprovo.com [/pullquote] Downtown Provo has come back to life in recent years as the heart and center of Utah Valley. With new restaurants and […]

Made in UV: Survival kit shoe laces; summer style

By Erica Palmer The talent and creativity of Utah County residents is limitless. Here are five locally founded and created businesses that brighten Utah Valley. Feet-ure Every hiker faces the dilemma of being prepared vs. packing light, and outdoor enthusiasts Tyler Nielsen, Blake McDowell and Brady Miller took a smart step in the light direction. […]

Made in UV: Suitcase shelves, ViDi People’s Action Camera and more

The talent and creativity of Utah County residents is limitless. Here are five locally founded and created businesses that brighten Utah Valley. Have shelves, will travel Mike and Nevia Wright were still designing Luggashelf when they were flown to L.A. to be on “The Real,” the daytime talk show, to pitch their product to Shark […]

Made in UV: Whittled rings, teepees for toddlers and more

Versa-style Two years ago, Cedar Hills stay-at-home mom Annelise Brown agreed to help friends with a booth at a craft show. “I started making a few little pieces of jewelry, and I came up with this idea for interchangeable necklaces,” Annelise says. Soon Mialisia Jewelry was adorning women around the country at craft shows, later […]

Made in UV: Cross-stitched family portraits, shakes for kids

From the kitchen to the campground, these five fantastic items were locally grown in Utah Valley. Lizzy & Stitch Lizzy Dabcynski-Bean was hanging by a thread in an unfulfilling job when she decided to cut ties and cross over to cross-stitching. She founded Stitch People in Orem, where she jumps through embroidery hoops to match […]

11 unique Mother’s Day gifts you’ll find at Beehive Bazaar

[pullquote] If you go: When: April 30–May 2 and May 7–9 Thursday: 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Where: The Startup Building, 560 S. 100 West in Provo Cost: FREE Site: beehivebazaar.com [/pullquote]Mother’s Day is around the corner. Puzzled by what to give the woman who has it all? Beehive Bazaar, a biannual art […]

6 cool products made in Utah Valley

Utah Valley is known for its entrepreneurs and creative products. Here are six Utah Valley-made products that we wouldn’t mind having in our closet or on our shelves. 1. Virtual Valentine BYU students Brayden Adams and Rodney Cox were frustrated that most dating apps allowed outdated or doctored profile photos. To get to know their […]

6 items ‘grown’ in Utah Valley

These six items were made in Utah Valley’s own backyard. With a wide range of talent, there is no need to shop anywhere else. Oodles of Doodles Alexa Zurcher has been doodling since childhood. When she learned to digitize her creations, printmaking became a passion. Even before opening her shop, Alexa was filling her own wall space […]

Cool products made in UV

As you go about your holiday shopping this season, don’t look farther than your own backyard with these Utah Valley finds.

Cool products made in UV

By Kaitlyn Keenan Utah Valley is full of creative residents. Here are few products that people in the Valley have come up with lately: