Confessions Of A Wedding Planner

Heather Angell, 34, owns Your Planning Angel.co.uk. Here she tells us what really goes into making the perfect day...

I fell into wedding planning accidentally. Events were part of my job, so I started to become the person my friends would come to when their venue pulled out or their caterer fell through. When I went on maternity leave, I suddenly realised that I could navigate these minefields for them.

About 80 per cent of the couples come to me via a recommendation, but they don’t always know what they need. Some want help with just the reception; some come to me with suppliers or a venue already and I work with that. If I don’t click with a client, I won’t plan their wedding. We’ll be working together closely so we have to get on.